Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 - August 8, 2017) was a Grammy- and Dove Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated American country pop singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television. During his 50 years in show business, Campbell released more than 70 albums. He sold 45 million records and racked up 12 RIAA Gold albums, 4 Platinum albums and 1 Double-Platinum album. Of his 74 trips up the country charts, 27 landed in the Top 10. Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston", Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights". Campbell made history by winning four Grammys in both country and pop categories in 1967. For "Gentle on My Mind" he received two awards in country & western, "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" did the same in pop. He owned trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the Country Music Association (CMA) and the Academy of Country Music (ACM), and took the CMA's top honor as 1968 Entertainer of the Year. In 1969 Campbell was hand picked by actor John Wayne to play alongside him in the film True Grit, which gave Campbell a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. Campbell sang the title song which was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2005, Campbell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glen Campbell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
Known for
ActingBirthday
April 22, 1936Deathday
August 8, 2017Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
41Place of birth
Delight, Arkansas, USAAlso known as
Glen Travis CampbellCast credits
Third World Cop
Security guardTrue Grit
"La Boeuf"The Wrecking Crew
Self - GuitarNorwood
NorwoodHava Nagila: The Movie
SelfThe Definitive Elvis: The Television Years
SelfThe Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel
SelfGlen Campbell: In Concert
HimselfGlen Campbell: I'll Be Me
SelfThe Cool Ones
PatrickBaby, the Rain Must Fall
Band MemberRock-A-Doodle
Chanticleer / The King (voice)Joys
SelfUphill All the Way
Captain HazeltonChristmas in Disneyland
Grandpa Jones / Disneyland VisitorBig Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music
Self (archive footage)The Midnight Special Legendary Performances 1975
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: More 1977
Strange Homecoming
Bill HalseyThe T.A.M.I. Show
Self - Guitarist in House Band (uncredited)