Bruce Glover
Acting
Biography
Bruce Herbert Glover (May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025) was an actor. His film credits include Diamonds Are Forever, Chinatown, The Thomas Crowne Affair, Hard Times, and Ghost World. His television credits include Perry Mason, Mission: Impossible, Mod Squad, Gunsmoke, S.W.A.T., The Streets of San Francisco, Battlestar Galactica, The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team. He appeared on Broadway, opposite Bette Davis in The Night of the Iguana and Anne Bancroft in Mother Courage and Her Children. He was the father of actor Crispin Glover.
Born: May 2, 1932
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance
The Muldoon family's wealth and power fuel a cycle of obsession and strife, with father and son locked in a battle for control at its core.
Scammerhead
A Global Film Noir with dark comic elements about Silas Breece, a legendarily unorthodox business hustler who travels the world seeking capitol from bizarre investors, mobsters and government officials for a series of increasingly elaborate projects.
Chinatown
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Murder, She Wrote
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
The A-Team
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
Filmography
as Apollo Muldoon (1888) / Brutus Muldoon (1918) / Chronos Muldoon (1948)
as Stanisław I. Kubryk
as Wyndham Bawtree
as Soup / Javier
as The Ex-husband
as Sam
as Rufus
as Duffy in Chinatown (archive footage)
as Feldman (Wheelchair Guy)
as Priest
as Doctor Van Helsing
as Thaddeus
as Ted Ellison
as Roy (segment "Mis-Apprehended")
as Casey
as Chief Reed (uncredited)
as Vernon
as Mallerd
as Gene Hufford
as Dealer
as Morgan Crawford
as One Eye
as Jack Franzen
as Mr. Wint (archive footage)
as Koslo
as Tepper
as Tony Aresco
as Alec Frost
as Convict #3
as Megan
as Sgt. Vogt
as Chuck Harris
as Grady Coker
as Chuck Johnson
as Sgt. Hovak
as Grady Coker
as Bach
as Kincaid
as Doty
as Jennings
as Fred Denton
as Sam Ralston
as Duffy
as Capt. Voda
as Mr. Buckner
as Sheriff Burgess
as Viktor Bellushyn
as Henry Slote
as Schrader
as Grady Coker
as Ray Kriley
as M. Wint
as Schiller
as Hustler
as Sludge
as Sam King
as Stan Brewster
as Captain Midnight
as Deputy Dolby
as Bach
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
as Sandy Blake
as Major Deiter
as Ernst Bandar
as Lt. West
as Martian Crewmember / The Monster (uncredited)
as Bodkin
as Tweed Murcott
as Frank
as Truck Driver
as Rick Durbin
as Titus Wylie
as Enoch Brandt
as Alec Frost