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Biography

John Glover is mostly known for playing a number of villainous characters on television and films. He's made numerous appearances on stage, and has…more

Born

8/7/1944, Salisbury, Maryland

Birth Name

John Soursby Glover Junior

Gender

Male

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Star (5)

Role
- Smallville
  Lionel Luthor
  - S 7: Ep 16 Descent
    4/17/08
  - S 7: Ep 15 Veritas
    3/27/08
  - S 7: Ep 14 Traveler
    3/20/08
  - S 7: Ep 13 Hero
    3/13/08
  - S 7: Ep 12 Fracture
    2/14/08
  - + 12 More Credits
- Smallville
  Lionel Luthor (Recurring Season 1, Regular Season 2+)
  - S 7: Ep 7 Wrath
    11/8/07
  - S 7: Ep 6 Lara
    11/1/07
  - S 7: Ep 5 Action
    10/25/07
  - S 7: Ep 1 Bizarro
    9/27/07
  - S 6: Ep 22 Phantom
    5/17/07
  - + 63 More Credits
- Brimstone
  The Devil
  - S 1: Ep 13 Mourning After
    2/12/99
  - S 1: Ep 12 It's a Helluva Life
    2/5/99
  - S 1: Ep 11 Faces
    1/29/99
  - S 1: Ep 10 Carrier
    1/15/99
  - S 1: Ep 9 Lovers
    1/8/99
  - + 8 More Credits
- South Beach (1993)
  Roberts
  - S 1: Ep 6 I Witness
    8/12/93
  - S 1: Ep 5 Wild Thing
    7/6/93
  - S 1: Ep 4 Skin and Bones
    6/29/93
  - S 1: Ep 3 Stake Out
    6/15/93
  - S 1: Ep 2 Pirates of the Caribbean
    6/8/93
  - + 2 More Credits
- Search for Tomorrow
  Billy Vargas (1983)
  - S 1: Ep 1 1
    9/3/51
  - S 27: Ep 1 Ep. #9100
    12/26/86
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Smallville
  Lionel Luthor
  - S 10: Ep 21 Finale
    5/13/11
  - S 10: Ep 16 Scion
    3/4/11
  - S 10: Ep 13 Beacon
    2/11/11
  - S 1: Ep 21 Tempest (1)
    5/21/02
  - S 1: Ep 19 Crush
    5/7/02
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
  Mike Sayles
  - S 5: Ep 6 Here's a good excuse for missing the party
    2/23/91
  - S 3: Ep 5 Here's why you should lock your bathroom door
    5/20/89
  - S 3: Ep 4 Here's a little night music
    5/13/89
  - S 2: Ep 5 Here's a side effect of serious moonlight
    4/21/88
  - S 2: Ep 4 Here's a bunch of photos from an old album
    4/14/88
Guest Star (37)

Role
- Medium
  Carson Churchill
  - S 7: Ep 11 Only Half Lucky
    1/7/11
- Smallville
  Lionel Luthor
  - S 10: Ep 10 Luthor
    12/3/10
- Heroes
  Samson Gray
  - S 3: Ep 19 Shades of Gray
    3/9/09
- Brothers & Sisters
  Henry Mittner
  - S 3: Ep 14 Owning It
    2/8/09
- Numb3rs
  Simon Kraft
  - S 5: Ep 13 Trouble in Chinatown
    1/23/09
  - S 2: Ep 17 Mind Games
    3/10/06
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Dr. Declan Gage
  - S 7: Ep 22 Frame
    8/24/08
  - S 6: Ep 1 Blind Spot
    9/19/06
- Arli$$
  Bobby Salmon
  - S 7: Ep 9 End Game
    8/18/02
- Snoops
  Gary Hyndman
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/26/99
- Brimstone
  The Angel
  - S 1: Ep 12 It's a Helluva Life
    2/5/99
- Batman Gotham Knights
  The Riddler
  - S 2: Ep 9 Judgment Day
    10/31/98
- Superman: The Animated Series
  The Riddler
  - S 3: Ep 2 Knight Time
    10/10/98
- Chicago Hope
  Max Demming
  - S 4: Ep 19 Objects are Closer Than They Appear
    3/25/98
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  Nelson Broyles
  - S 6: Ep 14 Lies and Other Truths
    3/6/98
- Pinky and the Brain
  voice of Tycoon
  - S 3: Ep 43 Pinky's Turn
    2/28/98
- Dead Man's Gun
  Jack Fleetwood
  - S 1: Ep 2 Fool's Gold
    3/2/97
- Caroline in the City
  Hilton Traynor
  - S 2: Ep 16 Caroline and the Dearly Departed
    2/18/97
- Remember WENN
  Adrian Carr
  - S 1: Ep 9 Hilary Booth, Registered Nurse
    6/29/96
- Batman: The Animated Series
  Edward Nygma/The Riddler
  - S 3: Ep 3 Riddler's Reform
    9/24/94
  - S 1: Ep 45 What is Reality?
    11/24/92
  - S 1: Ep 41 If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich?
    11/18/92
- Dinosaurs
  Babysitter
  - S 4: Ep 6 Terrible Twos
    7/13/94
- Frasier
  Ned Miller
  - S 1: Ep 10 Oops
    11/18/93
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Verad
  - S 2: Ep 4 Invasive Procedures
    10/17/93
- Animaniacs
  voice of Rasputin
  - S 1: Ep 76 Nothing but the Tooth
    10/6/93
- Dinosaurs
  Prosecutor
  - S 3: Ep 9 Charlene's Flat World
    12/4/92
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Walter Gripp
  - S 6: Ep 20 Silent Towns
    10/10/92
- The Chuck Woolery Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 27 October 22, 1991
    10/22/91
- Tales from the Crypt
  Sebastian Esbrook
  - S 3: Ep 9 Undertaking Palor
    7/24/91
- American Dreamer
  Bill Abernathy
  - S 1: Ep 17 They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?
    6/22/91
- L.A. Law
  Dr. Paul Kohler
  - S 5: Ep 8 God Rest Ye Little Gentleman
    12/13/90
- The Hitchhiker
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 21 Striptease
    11/17/89
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 119 July 11, 1989
    7/11/89
  - S 1: Ep 104 June 6, 1989
    6/6/89
  - S 1: Ep 19 February 2, 1989
    2/2/89
- Murder, She Wrote
  Andrew Durbin
  - S 4: Ep 2 When Thieves Fall Out
    9/27/87
- Miami Vice
  Steve Duddy
  - S 3: Ep 18 Lend Me an Ear
    2/27/87
- Murder, She Wrote
  Franz Mueller
  - S 3: Ep 4 One White Rose For Death
    10/19/86
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Alien Ambassador
  - S 1: Ep 37 A Small Talent for War
    1/24/86
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Mr. Stewart
  - S 14: Ep 3 Don't Touch
    11/6/85
- Kojak
  Billy Jo Sparrow
  - S 2: Ep 20 Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard
    2/2/75
- Legend of Prince Valiant
  Additional Voices
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Blackest Poison

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- His father's name is John S Glover and his mother's name is Cade Glover.
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- For three college summers, he worked at a small theater in southwestern Virginia.
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- He's homosexual and since the 1990s his partner is the sculptor Adam Kurtzman.
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- John: (On his acting and personal life) I had a big part of my life in the theater in Philadelphia. Philadelphia's changed, but I love it.
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- John: (On being a homosexual actor) I graduated from high school in '62... and I didn't know any people who were gay. I'm sure there were people, but I didn't know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable.
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- John: (On acting) I would like to be able to be both a film actor and a stage actor - to be an American actor in the style of a lot the English actors who do films. They are these wonderful actors who can do everything.
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