Glenn Corbett

Acting

Glenn Corbett

Born 1933-08-17 · El Monte, California, USA

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.

Acting credits

Midway poster
6.6

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Midway

1976

Chisum poster
6.7

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.

Chisum

1970

Big Jake poster
6.8

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

Big Jake

1971

The Crimson Kimono poster
6.6

Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.

The Crimson Kimono

1959

Nashville Girl poster
5.7

A Kentucky-born maiden realizes her dream of becoming a country music star. However, she discovers that her single-minded determination has caused her to lose things far more precious than fame or money when she gets involved with a group of corrupt music executives.

Nashville Girl

1976

Shenandoah poster
6.9

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.

Shenandoah

1965

Homicidal poster
6.4

A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named Helga, who was the childhood guardian of a pair of siblings: Miriam Webster and her half-brother, Warren, who is about to inherit the estate of their late father. Who is the mysterious Emily and what are her intentions?

Homicidal

1961

The Pirates of Blood River poster
6.2

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

Fixed Bayonets! poster
6.5

The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.

Fixed Bayonets!

1951

Man on a String poster
6.6

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

Man on a String

1960

The Mountain Road poster
6.6

In 1944, in eastern part of China, U.S.Army Major Baldwin and his volunteer team of demolition engineers are left behind the retreating Chinese forces. Their task is to slow down the Japanese advance into eastern China by blowing up bridges, roads, airfields and munitions dumps. They start by blowing up an American airfield and ammo dump. They receive the order to destroy a vital bridge over a mountain pass.The team uses a few army trucks to move around. At the bridge, they encounter a Nationalist Chinese Army unit in charge of guarding the bridge. Thanks to an American soldier who speaks some Chinese, Major Baldwin requests the permission, from the Chinese commander, to blow up the bridge.The Chinese colonel agrees but asks the American Major to do him a favor by also destroying a munitions dump located at some distance away.He also requests that Madame Sue-Mei Hung, the widow of a Chinese colonel, be transported by the American demolition team to the nearest major town.

The Mountain Road

1960

The Stranger poster
3.9

An astronaut enters a vortex and crash-lands on a parallel planet where he's not welcome.

The Stranger

1973

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood poster
5.7

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019

Guns in the Heather poster
5.4

An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'

Guns in the Heather

1969

The Fireball poster
6.0

Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and after setbacks learns to curb his ruthlessness and ambition.

The Fireball

1950

Stunts Unlimited poster
6.0

A group of Hollywood stunt performers are recruited by former U.S. Intelligence agent Dirk Macauley to retrieve a stolen laser gun from a notorious arms dealer in this pilot to a proposed TV series.

Stunts Unlimited

1980

All the Young Men poster
6.7

During the Korean War, the lieutenant in charge of a Marine rifle platoon is killed in battle. Before he dies, he places the platoon's sergeant, who's black, in charge. The sergeant figures on having trouble with two men in his platoon: a private who has much more combat experience than he does, and a racist Southerner who doesn't like blacks in the first place and has no intention of taking orders from one.

All the Young Men

1960

Law of the Land poster
3.8

A frontier sheriff and his young deputies search for a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

Law of the Land

1976

The Log of the Black Pearl poster
10.0

A young stockbroker, Christopher Sand, inherits an old ship named "Black Pearl" along with a medallion that is the key to a sunken Nazi treasure. But there are other people looking for the sunken treasure, people who will stop at nothing to gain access to the medallion.

The Log of the Black Pearl

1975

The Violent Years poster
4.4

A newspaper publisher's daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at gunpoint, and having makeout parties when her parents are away. Their "fence" gets them to trash the school on request of sinister un-American clients, and they run afoul of the law, apple pie, and God himself.

The Violent Years

1956

This Savage Land poster
6.3

Shortly after the Civil War, Kansas homesteaders are harassed by Confederate marauders. This was the pilot for the television series 'The Road West ', originally aired in two episodes.

This Savage Land

1969

Ride in a Pink Car poster
7.3

A man, thought to be dead, returns to his hometown in Florida. He finds his wife re-married and the town now ruled by corrupt forces.

Ride in a Pink Car

1974

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street poster
7.0

A private detective infiltrates a gang of drug-dealing extortionists who prey on politicians.

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street

1972