Bruce Glover

Bruce Glover
Bruce Glover as Mr. Wint (left) and Putter Smith during filming of Diamonds Are Forever
Born	Bruce Herbert Glover (1932-11-02) November 2, 1932 (age 84) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–present
Spouse(s)	Connie Overstake (1949–1950) (divorced) (1 child) Betty Glover (1960–2016, her death) (1 child)
Children	Crispin Glover Michael Leigh

Bruce Herbert Glover (born November 2, 1932) is an American character actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of the assassin Mr. Wint in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. He is the father of actor Crispin Glover.

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

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), Mission: Impossible (1970), Bearcats! (1971), and The Feather and Father Gang (1977). In 1978, he appeared on the Barney Miller episode: "The Prisoner".

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 a redneck thug harassing well-meaning teenagers in the drama Bless the Beasts and Children (1971), was leaning on hustler James Coburn to repay his debts in Hard Times (1975), and contributed another icy performance as Duffy 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.