Glenn Tryon

born: 02 August 1898 Juliaetta, Idaho, United States of America

died: 18 April 1970 Orlando, Florida, United States of America (age 71)

American actor who was pushed as a potential star under Hal Roach following the departure of Harold Lloyd, before later working as a gag writer.  In 1924, he was given his own series of films by Hal Roach. See this page for a complete list of films from that series.

Real name: Glenn Monroe Kunkel Height: 5'10"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1923 The Soilers Gay cowboy 1923 Mother's Joy [unidentified character]   1923 It's A Joy! The leading man 1924 The Big Idea Allawishus, the Mayor's son 1924 Smithy Mr. Smith 1924 Near Dublin Villager 1924 Fast Black [unidentified character]   1924 The Battling Orioles Tommy Roosevelt Tucker 1924 The Goofy Age [unidentified character]   1924 Hot Heels [unidentified character]   1924 The White Sheep Tobias Tyler 1924 Meet The Missus The young husband 1925 Wages Of Tin The boy 1925 The Haunted Honeymoon [unidentified character]   1925 A Sailor Papa Sailor 1925 Hold My Baby! Marion Snow, author 1925 Tell It To A Policeman [unidentified character]   1925 Thundering Landlords Husband   1925 Daddy Goes A' Grunting Husband   1925 Madame Sans Jane The young man / Female escort 1925 Cuckoo Love [unidentified character]   1925 Papa Be Good Speeding driver 1925 Flaming Flappers [?] [image is from a lobby card] 1926 Long Pants Fleming 1926 The Hug Bug [unidentified character]   1926 Ukulele Sheiks [unidentified character]   1926 Say It With Babies The Baby Man 1926 The Cow's Kimono Husband 1926 Along Came Auntie Remington Chow 1926 45 Minutes From Hollywood Orville 1927 Two-Time Mama Mr. Brown Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M1-9168 (birth record) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5T-8QP (1900 Census) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11631-16459-46?cc=1325221 (1900 Census) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGJR-YG9 (1910 Census) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6JC-5JY (WWI Draft card) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-26585-4901-29?cc=1968530 (WWI Draft card) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVS-Q5H (1930 Census) (how I put 2 + 2 together; he and his then-wife Lillian are listed as "Tryon," but his father Albert Kunkel was living with them) https://archive.org/stream/californiacensus00reel134rs#page/n997/mode/1up https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KM-QQZ (1936 passenger list) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22084-40964-81?cc=1923888 (1936 passenger list) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C2-JJM (1940 Census) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27798-4926-66?cc=2000219 (1940 Census) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29896-27581-55?cc=1804002 (first marriage) Jack Clifford (Rube Clifford's son) for providing the still from 45 Minutes From Hollywood Jesse Brisson (help and information; identification in Near Dublin) Peter Mikkelsen (autograph) This page was last updated on: 31 December 2023