JOHN KASON - TOUGH GUY ON AND OFF THE SCREEN

2010  THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES           Why it's called the Valley of the Stars.

During his successful career as an actor in film and television, John Kason lived in North Hollywood.
He was best known for his "heavy" roles, the all important "bad guy" that makes movies so exciting.
Kason was born in 1918 and died in an accident while on location in Santa Barbara in 1961.

John Kason - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Porky Johnson November 2010.  (click on image to enlarge - refer to photo number 2001)

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GLENN STRANGE - COWBOY, MOVIE MONSTER AND TV STAR

2010  THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES            Why it's called The Valley of the Stars.

 Glenn Strange as the bartender, Sam Noonan in CBS Television's series Gunsmoke.

Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Porky Johnson, November 2010. Refer to image 2000.  (click on image to enlarge)

          When he came to California as part of a singing group called the Arizona Wrangles, Glenn Strange could have little anticipated becoming one of the most recognized faces in the world ... a face in makeup that is.  As Dr. Frankenstein's monster, Glenn starred in three of Universal Studios blockbusting films about Frankenstein with the great Boris Karloff.

         Encino resident John Cox notes that Glenn Strange also played the Frankenstein Monster in three films (House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein).