Directing · Pecos, Texas, USA · Born February 19, 1944
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.
TVIcons Unearthed: Transformers
2026
as Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
2019
as Self
MovieThe Amazing Colossal Woman
2016
as Paleontologist
MovieFanarchy
2015
as Self
MovieToy Masters
2014
as Self
MovieThe Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
2010
as Self
MovieSpine Tingler! The William Castle Story
2007
as Self
MovieI Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
2006
as Self
MovieThe Sci-Fi Boys
2006
as Self
MovieT-Rex: A Dinosaur in Hollywood
2005
as Himself
MovieCountess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
2004
as 'A-List' Strip Club Patron (as Don Glut)
MovieBattle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
2002
as Self
MoviePsychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
2002
as Self
MovieTaking the Punishment Poll
2002
as Self
MovieThe 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
as Self
MovieVampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
as Self
MovieBikini Drive-In
1995
MovieDinosaur Movies
1993
as Host
MovieHollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
1987
MovieKing Kong
1976
as Guy in Ampitheater
MovieSchlock
1973
as Movie patron
MovieSpider-Man
1969
as Spider-Man
MovieThe Graduate
1967
as College Student (uncredited)
MovieAtom Man vs. Martian Invaders
1967
as Atom-Man
MovieVon Ryan's Express
1965
MovieCaptain America Battles the Red Skull
1964
as Steve Rogers
MovieBatman and Robin
1964
as Batman
MovieThe Human Torch
1963
MovieThe Adventures of the Spirit
1963
as Spirit/Wolf Man/Green Hornet/Rocket Man
MovieThe Teenage Frankenstein
1959
Movie13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
as Self
