--- name: "Roy Glenn" canonical: "https://film.one/person/roy-glenn" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 June 1914" died: "12 March 1971" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T04:51:39.736806+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Roy Glenn Actor. Born 3 June 1914 in Pittsburg, Kansas, USA. Died 12 March 1971. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 June 1914, Pittsburg, Kansas, USA - **Died:** 12 March 1971 - **Active:** 1967–1971 - **Also known as:** Roy E. Glenn, Sr., Roy Edwin Glenn, Roy Edwin Glenn Sr. - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 70 (1), 1970s 77 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Glenn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3445776, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322658/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/151864 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Guess Who's Coming to Dinner*](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Roy Glenn, also credited as Roy E. Glenn Sr., was an American character actor. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, he began his career in radio in the 1940s with appearances on programmes including *The Amos 'n' Andy Show* and *The Jack Benny Program*. His first film role came in *Kelly the Second* (1936), followed by *Dark Manhattan* (1937). He worked in film, television and radio until 1971. Glenn appeared in numerous films, including *Carmen Jones* (1954), *Porgy and Bess* (1959), *A Raisin in the Sun* (1961) as Willie Harris, *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967) as Mr. Prentice, *The Way West* (1967) and *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971) as a lawyer. He also had television roles and stage work. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), Fi1m 77, as Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.) — [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), Fi1m 70, as Mr. Prentice — [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md) ## Complete filmography (53) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Support Your Local Gunfighter* (1971), as Headwaiter - *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971), as Lawyer (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/escape-from-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) - *… tick… tick… tick…* (1970), as The Drunk - *The Pigeon* (1969), as Lt. Frank Miller - *I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!* (1968), as Gas Station Attendant - *Finian's Rainbow* (1968), as Passion Pilgrim Gospeller (uncredited) - *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as Doctor Wallace - *Hang 'em High* (1968), as Guard - *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), as Mr. Prentice — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner.md) - *The Way West* (1967), as Saunders - *Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round* (1966), as Sergeant Elmer K. Coxe - *A Man Called Adam* (1966), as Police Sergeant, Police Detective Sergeant - *U-238 and the Witch Doctor* (1966), as Naganto - *The Claw Monsters* (1966), as Chief Danka (archive footage) - *Where Love Has Gone* (1964), as Servant - *Saints and Sinners* (1962), series, as Soldier - *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1962), as Charles (uncredited) - *A Raisin in the Sun* (1961), as Willie Harris - *The Sins of Rachel Cade* (1961), as Townsman - *Take a Giant Step* (1959), as Minister - *Bourbon Street Beat* (1959), series, as Alexander Teale - *The Sound and the Fury* (1959), as Job - *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Sam Harrison - *The Green-Eyed Blonde* (1957), as Mr. Budlong - *Edge of the City* (1957), as Stevedore (uncredited) - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Trooper Robinson, Gabriel - *Written on the Wind* (1956), as Sam - *The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit* (1956), as Sgt. Matthews (uncredited) - *Time Table* (1956), as Train Porter - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Bartender - *A Man Called Peter* (1955), as New Jersey Laborer - *Panther Girl of the Kongo* (1955), as Chief Danka - *Carmen Jones* (1954), as Rum Daniels - *Jungle Gents* (1954), as Chief Mutawa - *Killer Leopard* (1954), as Daniel - *The Raid* (1954), as Emmanuel - Mrs. Bishop's Butler (uncredited) - *Riot in Cell Block 11* (1954), as Guard Delmar - *The Golden Idol* (1954), as Gomo - *Perils of the Jungle* (1953), as Korjah - *You Are There* (1953), series, as Crispus Attucks - *Jungle Drums of Africa* (1953), as Naganto - Witch Doctor - *Bomba and the Jungle Girl* (1952), as Kaje - *The Lusty Men* (1952), Actor - *Affair in Trinidad* (1952), as Fisherman (uncredited) - *Lydia Bailey* (1952), as Mirabeau - *Amos 'n' Andy* (1951), series, as Mr. Henderson - *The Jackie Robinson Story* (1950), as Mr. Gaines - Attorney (uncredited) - *Song of the South* (1946), as Br'er Frog (voice) (uncredited) - *Jasper's Boobytraps* (1945), Actor - *Jasper's Minstrels* (1945), as Scarecrow (voice) - *Jasper and the Haunted House* (1942), as Scarecrow (voice) - *Life Begins in College* (1937), as Singing Train Porter - *Slave Ship* (1937), as Slave in Ship's Hold ## Gallery - ![Roy Glenn](https://film.one/media/person/1100533/gallery-f0ca9dadb330.jpg) Roy Glenn — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Roy_Glenn_%28publicity_still%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Roy Glenn](https://film.one/media/person/1100533/gallery-bc980694c7a9.jpg) Roy Glenn — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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