Glenn Langan (July 8, 1917 â€" January 26, 1991) was an American
character actor on stage and films.Born in Denver, Colorado, he made
his Broadway debut in 1942 opposite Luise Rainer in a revival of J.M.
Barrie's A Kiss for Cinderella. He made his credited film debut in The
Return of Doctor X (1939).Appeared as a French professor in the
romantic Margie (1946), a devoted young doctor protecting Gene Tierney
from the evil machinations of Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (1946), and
as one of the psychiatrists looking after demented patient Olivia de
Havilland in The Snake Pit (1948). Langan was also gainfully employed
in escapist adventure, essaying a square-jawed privateer captain in
Forever Amber (1947).His popularity waned by the early 1950s. He spent
the next decade appearing on various television episodes, but
eventually achieved a form of cult status as the irradiated 60-foot
hero of Bert I. Gordon's sci-fi outing, The Amazing Colossal Man
(1957). After winding down his screen career in the 1960s, Langan
re-invented himself as a successful real estate salesman. He was
married for forty years to actress Adele Jergens, with whom he had a
son.
character actor on stage and films.Born in Denver, Colorado, he made
his Broadway debut in 1942 opposite Luise Rainer in a revival of J.M.
Barrie's A Kiss for Cinderella. He made his credited film debut in The
Return of Doctor X (1939).Appeared as a French professor in the
romantic Margie (1946), a devoted young doctor protecting Gene Tierney
from the evil machinations of Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (1946), and
as one of the psychiatrists looking after demented patient Olivia de
Havilland in The Snake Pit (1948). Langan was also gainfully employed
in escapist adventure, essaying a square-jawed privateer captain in
Forever Amber (1947).His popularity waned by the early 1950s. He spent
the next decade appearing on various television episodes, but
eventually achieved a form of cult status as the irradiated 60-foot
hero of Bert I. Gordon's sci-fi outing, The Amazing Colossal Man
(1957). After winding down his screen career in the 1960s, Langan
re-invented himself as a successful real estate salesman. He was
married for forty years to actress Adele Jergens, with whom he had a
son.
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