Glenn Corbett

Glenn Corbett
Glenn Corbett in Route 66
Born	Glenn Edwin Rothenburg (1933-08-17)August 17, 1933 El Monte, California, United States, North America
Died	January 16, 1993(1993-01-16) (aged 59) San Antonio, Texas, United States, North America
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959–1993
Spouse(s)	Judy Daniels (1957–1993; his death)
Children	Jason Corbett (b. 1960) Jocelyn Corbett (b. 1961)

Glenn Corbett (August 17, 1933 – January 16, 1993) was an American actor in movies and television for more than thirty years. Corbett came to national attention in the early 1960s when he replaced George Maharis in the cast of the popular CBS adventure drama Route 66. He followed this with roles in high profile films and television shows like the original Star Trek series, the daytime soap opera The Doctors, the prime time soap Dallas , and movies like Chisum with John Wayne and the World War II epic Midway.

An American lead actor and supporting actor, the ruggedly handsome Corbett was born Glenn Edwin Rothenburg on August 17, 1933 in El Monte, California, the son of a garage mechanic. After serving in the United States Navy as a Seabee, he met his wife Judy at Occidental College and with her encouragement he began acting in campus theater plays. He was seen by a talent scout and was signed to a contract with Columbia Pictures.

Corbett's film debut was in The Crimson Kimono (1959); it was followed with supporting roles in The Mountain Road (1960) and Man on a String (1960). He took the lead role in William Castle's suspense thriller, Homicidal in (1961).

In other film work, Corbett starred with John Wayne in Chisum (1970), as sheriff Pat Garrett, opposite Wayne in the role of Lincoln County rancher John Chisum. He again starred with the Duke in the film Big Jake (1971), as a half Apache outlaw named O'Brien, opposite Wayne's character as rancher Jacob McCandles. Later, in the 1970s, he had the lead role in Nashville Girl (1976) and in Universal's war epic Midway (1976).