Bruce Glover facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bruce Glover
Bruce Glover as Mr. Wint during filming of Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Born	Bruce Herbert Glover (1932-05-02)May 2, 1932 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	March 12, 2025(2025-03-12) (aged 92)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–2025
Spouse(s)	Connie Overstake ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1950)​ Marion Elizabeth Lillian "Betty" Krachey ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 2016)​
Children	2, including Crispin

Bruce Herbert Glover (May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025) was an American character actor, who is best known for portraying the assassin Mr. Wint in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Other notable film appearances include roles in Walking Tall (1973), Chinatown (1974), and Hard Times (1975).

He was the father of actor Crispin Glover.

Life and career

Glover was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Eva Elvira (née Hedstrom) and Herbert Homan Glover. He was of English, Czech, and Swedish descent.

Glover was drafted into the U.S. Army serving from 1953 to 1955 where he served six months in Korea.

He began acting with numerous appearances on various television shows including My Favorite Martian (1963), Perry Mason: The Case of the Golden Girls (1965), The Rat Patrol (1966), Hawk (1966), The Mod Squad (1968), Gunsmoke (1969), Adam 12 (1969), Mission: Impossible (1970), Bearcats! (1971), Police Story (1977), The Feather and Father Gang (1977), Barney Miller (1978), CHiPs (1978), and The Dukes of Hazzard (1979).

In 1971, Glover and jazz musician Putter Smith portrayed the assassins Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd, respectively, in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.

Glover played a motorcycle gang leader known as Bach in the Adam-12 episode Log 103: A Sound Like Thunder (1969). He also played in the drama Bless the Beasts and Children (1971), in Hard Times (1975), and in Chinatown (1974). In addition, he appeared as Captain Voda, a Soviet military officer, in "Doomsday, and Counting", an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man.

Glover also appeared as deputy Grady Coker in the film Walking Tall (1973) and the sequels: Walking Tall Part 2 (1975) and Walking Tall: Final Chapter (1977). He remained busy through the 1980s and 1990s with more guest spots on TV shows including Hart to Hart (1981), T.J. Hooker (1982), The A-Team (1983), and Murder, She Wrote (1989). He also appeared in the films Ghost Town (1988), Popcorn (1991), and Warlock: The Armageddon (1993).

In the 1950s, Glover began to teach acting. In the 1970s, he conducted acting classes with "The Indian Actors Workshops" and had various acting studios around Los Angeles, California. In the 1990s, Glover added an additional level to his West Los Angeles residence to accommodate an acting studio.

Glover was interviewed by Chris Aable on the cable television show Hollywood Today (1995), and appeared in the films Night of the Scarecrow (1995), Die Hard Dracula (1998), and Ghost World (2001).

Death

Glover died on March 12, 2025. His son Crispin announced his father's death on Instagram with a tribute of personal and professional pictures on March 29.

Selected filmography

See also

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