Roy Glenn

Biography

Date of Birth 3 June 1914, Pittsburg, Kansas, USA Date of Death 12 March 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack) Trivia Widely reported as the original voice of "Tony the Tiger" in Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes commercials in the early 1950s. Kellogg's, however, maintains that Thurl Ravenscroft was always the original voice.

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Birth Name

Roy Edwin Glenn

Birth Place

Pittsburg, Kansas, USA

Birth Date

6/3/1914

Death Date

3/12/1971
Known For
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Chicago Calling

Shoeshine Man (uncredited)

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Scarecrow (voice)

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Jasper's Booby Traps

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Scarecrow (voice)

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Kaje

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Dark Manhattan

Harry Patton (uncredited)

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The Golden Idol

Gomo

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Life Begins in College

Singing Porter (uncredited)

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Take a Giant Step

Minister at Gram's Funeral (uncredited)

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St. Louis Blues

Bull Neck (uncredited)

Starring In
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Support Your Local Gunfighter

Headwaiter

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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)

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The Great White Hope

Pastor (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)

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...tick...tick...tick...

The Drunk (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)

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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!

Gas Station Attendant

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Finian's Rainbow

Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer (uncredited)

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Hang 'Em High

Guard

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Mr. Prentice (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)

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The Way West

Saunders

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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Sergeant Elmer K. Coxe

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A Man Called Adam

Police Detective Sergeant

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Where Love Has Gone

Valerie's Servant (uncredited)

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Sweet Bird of Youth

Charles (uncredited)

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A Raisin in the Sun

Willie Harris

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Drayman (uncredited)

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Take a Giant Step

Minister at Gram's Funeral (uncredited)

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Porgy and Bess

Frazier

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The Sound and the Fury

Job

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Tarzan's Fight for Life

Native Chief (uncredited)

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Voice in the Mirror

Janitor at Flophouse (uncredited)

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St. Louis Blues

Bull Neck (uncredited)

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Edge of the City

Stevedore (uncredited)

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Three Brave Men

Charley - Plant Security Guard (uncredited)

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Written on the Wind

Sam

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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Sgt. Matthews (uncredited)

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A Man Called Peter

The Laborer (uncredited)

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Panther Girl of the Kongo

Chief Danka

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Carmen Jones

Rum Daniels

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Jungle Gents

Omotowa (uncredited)

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The Raid

Emmanuel - Mrs. Bishop's Butler (uncredited)

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The Long Wait

Parking Attendant (uncredited)

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Riot in Cell Block 11

Guard Delmar

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The Golden Idol

Gomo

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So This Is Love

Man in Negro Congregation (uncredited)

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Kaje

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The Lusty Men

Cook (uncredited)

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Affair in Trinidad

Fisherman (uncredited)

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Chicago Calling

Shoeshine Man (uncredited)

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The Jackie Robinson Story

Mr. Gaines - Attorney (uncredited)

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Song of the South

Bullfrog (voice) (uncredited)

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Jasper's Booby Traps

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Scarecrow (voice)

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Scarecrow (voice)

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Life Begins in College

Singing Porter (uncredited)

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Dark Manhattan

Harry Patton (uncredited)

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