An American lead actor and supporting actor, rugged and commanding
Glenn Corbett's background didn't seem like it would lead to Hollywood
stardom. The son of a garage mechanic, Corbett served a hitch in the
navy and later met Judy, the woman who would become his wife, while she
was working at a college. With her encouragement, Corbett began to get
parts in campus theatricals, and it was while he was in one of these
that he came to the attention of the powers-that-be at Columbia
Pictures, which signed him to a contract.
His film debut was in
The Crimson Kimono (1959).
That was followed by supporting roles in
The Mountain Road (1960) and
Man on a String (1960). He
eventually got the lead role in
William Castle's suspense
thriller
Homicidal (1961) and
appeared in the TV series
Route 66 (1960). His work in
"Route 66" got him attention and he was cast in a new series,
The Road West (1966), but that
was short-lived.
Corbett was also busy making major theatrical films in the 1970s. He
snagged substantial supporting parts in two of
John Wayne's westerns, playing good
guy Pat Garrett in
Chisum (1970) and one
of the gang who kidnaps Wayne's son in
Big Jake (1971), but he took the lead
role in
Nashville Girl (1976) and
Universal's war epic
Midway (1976).
Throughout the '80s Corbett stayed busy with a regular part in the cast
of the long-running television series
Dallas (1978) up until his death in
1993 from lung cancer.
Shadow Force(1992)as Al Finch Sr.
Dallas(1978)as Paul Morgan, Charlie, TV News Announcer
Automan(1983)as Jarrett Powers
Simon & Simon(1981)as Ed Beckwith
Manimal(1983)as Sloan
Bicentennial Minutes(1974)as Self - Narrator
American Masters(1985)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies(2001)as Self
100 Years of the Hollywood Western(1994)as Self
Legends of the West(1992)as Actor in 'Chisum'
