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Nancy Carroll and Glenn Anders in Laughter (1930)

Luther Adler, Glenn Anders, Steve Brodie, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, and David Wayne in M (1951)

Luther Adler, Glenn Anders, and Martin Gabel in M (1951)

Raymond Burr, Glenn Anders, Walter Burke, and Martin Gabel in M (1951)

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Glenn Anders, Walter Burke, Martin Gabel, and Norman Lloyd in M (1951)

Orson Welles and Glenn Anders in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Glenn Anders and Ted de Corsia in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Glenn Anders in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, and Glenn Anders in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Rita Hayworth, Glenn Anders, and Everett Sloane in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Bob Hope, Leif Erickson, Paulette Goddard, Glenn Anders, Edward Arnold, Leon Belasco, Rod Cameron, Jack Chapin, and Grant Mitchell in Nothing But the Truth (1941)

Lex Barker, Glenn Anders, and Virginia Huston in Tarzan's Peril (1951)

Glenn Anders, Fortunio Bonanova, and Ann Sothern in Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)

Glenn Anders was born September 1, 1889 in Los Angeles, California. He attended the Wallace dramatic school in California and began a career as a performer in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit. He arrived in New York in 1919 and attended Columbia University from 1919 until 1921. He made his Broadway debut in 1919 in a play entitled Just Around the Corner. Mr. Anders had a very long and distinguished career on Broadway and during his career appeared in three Pulitzer Prize winning plays. Those plays were: Hell Bent for Heaven (1924) written by Hatcher Hughes; They Knew What They Wanted (1924) written by Sidney Howard and Strange Interlude (1928) written by Eugene O'Neill. Most of his career was spent on stage but he also had some noteworthy film appearances. He made approximately eight movies from 1925 to 1951. His most memorable film role was that of Grisby the lawyer in Lady from Shanghai, The (1948) starring Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth. After retiring from the stage he resided for several years in Mexico. He returned to the United States to reside at the Actor's Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He resided at the Actor's Fund Home until his death in 1981 at the age of 92.

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