Glen Glenn (sound engineer)
{{Short description|Canadian-American sound engineer (1907–1960)}}
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| birthname = Glen Percy Raymond Glenn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|11|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Chipman, New Brunswick, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|8|21|1907|11|25|mf=y}}
| death_place = between Chipman and Minto, New Brunswick, Canada
| occupation = Sound recordist
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| spouse = Mary Helen McCorkle (1954–1960; their death)
| children = 4
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Glen Percy Raymond Glenn (November 25, 1907 – August 21, 1960) was a Canadian-American sound engineer who settled in Los Angeles during the 1930s to pursue a career in movies.
Biography
He was born in Chipman, New Brunswick, Canada,{{Cite web |date=2014-12-12 |title=Famous New Brunswickers D-J |url=https://mynewbrunswick.ca/famous-new-brunswickers-d-j/ |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=MyNewBrunswick.ca}} to parents Lionel Glenn and Adella Clarke. He immigrated to America in 1926. He settled in New York and became an electrical engineer. He went to Los Angeles in 1931.{{Cite web |date=2016-02-05 |title=The Iconic Glen Glenn Sound Facility Is Reborn as the New Hub for Deluxe’s Los Angeles Audio Post-Production Operations with the Help of GC Pro |url=https://www.mixonline.com/the-wire/iconic-glen-glenn-sound-facility-reborn-new-hub-deluxe-s-los-angeles-audio-post-production-operations-help-gc-pro-426647 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=MIX}}
Glenn was known for his involvement in the sound department of more than 300 movies and television shows. Some include the 1942 movie The Corpse Vanishes, the 1950s television shows I Love Lucy, The Millionaire, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. Glenn also co-founded the Glen Glenn Sound Company in 1937 with fellow engineer Harry Eckles.{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphjournal.com/daily-gleaner/story/100271930/glen-glenn-sound?source=story-related |title=The Daily Gleaner |url-status=dead}}{{Dead link|date=April 2025}} Glen Glenn Sound eventually worked on the soundtracks of more than 20,000 motion pictures and television shows. The company was acquired by the audio post production company Todd-AO in 1986.
Death
Glenn and his wife Mary Helen were both killed on August 21, 1960, in an automobile accident while vacationing in New Brunswick, Canada. Their car plunged off of a high dirt road and landed in the water of the Newcastle Creek in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. Glenn was 52 years old.{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |publisher=McFarland |year=2016 |isbn=9781476625997 |edition=3rd |pages=282}}
Glenn was survived by four children: Molly, Deanna, John David and James Lionel. Glen and Mary Helen have 6 grandchildren: Heather Taylor Dankowski, Glen Taylor, Robert Moore, Bruce Moore, Kylie Glenn Jenkins, and Ryan Glenn and nine great-grandchildren: Sarah, Melanie, Emily, Ian, Evan, Glenn, Megan, Jack, and Dean.
Glenn and his wife are buried in unmarked graves at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
References
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External links
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