Donald F. Glut
Donald F. Glut has been active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966, and has had a long and varied career. He has been a professional musician, actor, film director, executive producer, photographer, magazine editor, proofreader and copywriter, but is mostly known for his long career as a freelance writer. He has written and directed feature-length motion pictures, documentaries and music videos, authored approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction published books, TV scripts (live action and animation shows, network and syndicated), comic-book scripts, short stories, magazine articles, even music and theatre. He has been involved with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars, The Monkees, Tarzan, Spider-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vampirella, Masters of the Universe, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest and many others, and created original comic-book characters for Gold Key, Marvel and DC. He is arguably best known for his novelization of the second "Star Wars" movie, The Empire Strikes Back.
Filmography (32 titles)
ShowIcons Unearthed: Transformers
Self · 2026
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee · 2022
Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
Self · 2019
MovieThe Amazing Colossal Woman
Paleontologist · 2016
6.0MovieFanarchy
Self · 2015
5.3MovieToy Masters
Self · 2014
6.0MovieThe Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Self · 2010
7.8MovieSpine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self · 2007
MovieI Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Self · 2006
7.0MovieThe Sci-Fi Boys
Self · 2006
8.5MovieT-Rex: A Dinosaur in Hollywood
Himself · 2005
5.2MovieCountess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
'A-List' Strip Club Patron (as Don Glut) · 2004
8.0MovieBattle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Self · 2002
MoviePsychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
Self · 2002
MovieTaking the Punishment Poll
Self · 2002
7.7MovieThe 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Self · 1999
10.0MovieVampires: Thirst for the Truth
Self · 1996
5.0MovieBikini Drive-In
1995
7.0MovieDinosaur Movies
Host · 1993
9.0MovieHollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
1987
6.3MovieKing Kong
Guy in Ampitheater · 1976
5.6MovieSchlock
Movie patron · 1973
MovieSpider-Man
Spider-Man · 1969
7.6MovieThe Graduate
College Student (uncredited) · 1967
5.0MovieAtom Man vs. Martian Invaders
Atom-Man · 1967
7.1MovieVon Ryan's Express
1965
4.0MovieCaptain America Battles the Red Skull
Steve Rogers · 1964
4.0MovieBatman and Robin
Batman · 1964
MovieThe Human Torch
1963
10.0MovieThe Adventures of the Spirit
Spirit/Wolf Man/Green Hornet/Rocket Man · 1963