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| Birth Name(s) : Crispin Glover |
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Full Crispin Glover Biography
Born in New York City, Glover moved to Los Angeles at the age of five. His mother, Mary Elizabeth Lillian Betty Krachey Bloom (née Koerber), was an actress and dancer who retired upon his birth. His father is Bruce Glover, also an actor. As a child, Glover attended the Mirman School for the academically gifted. He then attended both Venice High and Beverly Hills High School and graduated in 1982.
Glover appeared in several sitcoms as a teenager, including Happy Days and Family Ties. His first film role was in 1983's My Tutor. That led to roles in Teachers (1984) and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984). He then worked with quirky director Trent Harris on the third chapter of the Beaver Trilogy, entitled The Orkly Kid. In this short film, he portrayed a small town man who organizes a local talent show to showcase his obsession with Olivia Newton-John, much to the embarrassment of the local community. At the climax of the film, Glover does his rendition, in full drag (clothing), of Olivia Newton-John's "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" from her 1979 album Totally Hot. This would not be the last time Harris and Glover worked together.
On July 28, 1987, Glover appeared on Late Night with David Letterman to promote his new movie River's Edge and his album. Dressed as his character from the film Rubin and Ed, he wore a long wig and platform shoes. His bizarre appearance was exceeded only by his strange behavior. After a failed attempt to challenge Letterman to an arm-wrestling match, Glover delivered an impromptu karate kick just inches from Letterman's face while shouting, "I'm strong... I can kick!". A noticeably irked Dave abruptly ended the segment and cut to commercial. Glover has later commented, on The Adam Carolla Show and Tom Green Live among others, that he neither denies nor admits any of the rumors surrounding the incident.
He has continued to play exceedingly eccentric types, e.g. the title characters in Bartleby (2001) and Willard (2003). He has received some considerable mainstream attention recently as the "Creepy Thin Man" in the Charlie's Angels films. The character had initially been cast as a speaking role, but Glover, not liking the lines as written, managed to convince the producers to eliminate the lines as to create a darker image for the character.
Glover mediates the special feature commentary on the DVD of Werner Herzog's Even Dwarfs Started Small and Fata Morgana (film)
In 1989, during a hiatus from films, Glover released an album called The Big Problem Does Not Equal the Solution, The Solution Equals Let It Be through Restless Records, produced by Barnes & Barnes (of "Fish Heads" fame). The album features original songs like "Clowny Clown Clown" , warped covers of Lee Hazlewood's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and Charles Manson's "I'll Never Say Never to Always" (sung in falsetto), and readings from his art books Rat Catching and Oak Mot (Glover modified old books with expired copyrights by adding or deleting pictures, text, and drawings). Sample pages from these books are featured in the album's liner notes. The music itself is similar to outsider music, with seemingly absurd, dream-like lyrics.
The back cover of the album is a collage of figures relating to each track on the album, with a puzzle: "All words and lyrics point to THE BIG PROBLEM. The solution lay within the title; LET IT BE. Crispin Hellion Glover wants to know what you think these nine things all have in common." He included his home phone number with copies of the album, encouraging listeners to phone when they had "solved" his puzzle. Glover later commented that he was surprised how many people figured it out.
In 2003, he recorded a cover version of the Michael Jackson classic song "Ben" to coincide with the release of the film Willard. In the eccentric music video for the song, which is included on the Willard DVD, he sings to a rat named Ben. In the commentary for the film, he remarks that he has recorded a second album.
A handful of songs using Glover's name as the title have been recorded by various artists, including New Jersey-based band Children In Adult Jails, rapper P.O.S., band Scarling., as well as Wesley Willis. Rapcore band Warlock Pinchers released a song entitled "Where the Hell is Crispin Glover?" featured as a B-side to "Morrissey Rides a Cockhorse." Alternative rock band Smile released the song "Crispin Glover vs. Tom Snyder" on their 1996 Masterlocks EP. In addition, some members of the pop punk rock band Reggie and the Full Effect were once in a local Kansas City band known as Onward Crispin Glover.
Crispin has penned between 15-20 books , many of which are featured during his Big Slide Show presentation. Thus far, only four of his books have been published through his publishing company, Volcanic Eruptions. Other known titles include: The Backward Swing and Round My House.Year†Title
†The publishing years listed above many not represent first edition publication dates, but may include subsuquent available editions. |
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