Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is a
multifaceted American artist.  He is primarily
known as an film actor, but is also a painter,
filmmaker, author, musician, and collector and
archivist of esotericism|esoterica. 

Glover was born in New York City, but moved to Los
Angeles, California|Los Angeles at the age of
four. As a child, Glover attended the Mirman
school for the academically gifted. His father,
Bruce Glover, was a character actor best
remembered for playing the offbeat S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
assassin Mr. Wint in the James Bond movie Diamonds
Are Forever.  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 Teachers (film)|Teachers (1984) and
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1985).

His breakout role was as George McFly in Robert
Zemeckis's Back to the Future.  Glover refused to
participate in the film's two sequels, but
Zemeckis used previously filmed footage and body
prosthetics on another actor, Jeffrey Weissman, to
simulate Glover on screen.  Glover sued the
producers (including Steven Spielberg) and won a
landmark victory that has influenced the way that
actors' images are used on screen.
http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/popcandy/20
02-08-07-candy.htm

Back to the Future was an international box office
smash following its release in 1985. Glover
followed it with The Orkly Kid, in which he
portrayed a young man whose obsession with Olivia
Newton-John raises the ire of his small-town
neighbors. From that point, Glover pursued a
defiantly individualism|individualistic path.  His
characters were notable for the peculiar
personality tics and unconventional thought
processes.  He played Andy Warhol in Oliver
Stone's The Doors (movie)|The Doors in  (1991 in
film|1991). He has continued to play exceedingly
eccentricity (behaviour)|eccentric types, e.g. the
title characters in Bartleby (2001 in film|2001)
and   Willard (2003 movie)|Willard (2003 in
film|2003). He has received some considerable
mainstream attention recently as the reticent
sexual fetish|fetishist, the 'Thin Man' in the 
Charlie's Angels films.

In 1987, Glover appeared on the Late Show with
David Letterman wearing a long wig and platform
shoes to promote his new movie Rubin and Ed. His
bizarre appearance was equalled by his strange
behavior, which is thought by many to have been
influenced by LSD. After a failed attempt to
challenge Letterman to an arm wrestling match,
Glover nearly kicked Letterman in the head, at
which point Letterman ended the segment and cut to
commercial. 

==Music==
In 1989, during a hiatus from films, Glover 
released an album called The Big Problem Does Not
Equal the Solution. The Solution = Let It Be
(1989) through Restless Records. The album
features Clowny Clown Clown (which has its own
music video), a cover of Nancy Sinatra's These
Boots Are Made for Walkin', and readings of
his poetry, including: Rat Catching (Glover
modified an old book by adding or deleting
pictures, text, and drawings), Oak-Mot, What It Is
& How It Is Done (a man's life told in first,
second and third person).  He included his home
phone number with copies of the album, encouraging
listeners to phone when they'd "solved" his
puzzle.  Glover later commented that he was rather
surprised how many people figured it out.

The music itself is similar to outsider music,
with seemingly absurd, dream-like lyrics.

In 2003, he recorded a version of the Michael
Jackson classic "Ben" to coinside with the release
of the film Willard_(2003_movie)|Willard. In the
eccentric music video for the song, he sings to a
rat named Ben. It is available on the DVD of the
film...

==What Is It?==
Glover made his directorial debut with  What Is It
(movie)|What Is It? (2005). In the late-1990's, he
toured with prints of the film and showed various
slides and read excerpts from his works. The
principal actors in the film have Down syndrome. 
What is It? has yet to be shown commercially in
theatres, although Glover has said he plans on
releasing it as part of a trilogy at some point in
the future.

Glover does not celebrate his birthday twice a
year (April and September 20th), as is sometimes
suggested: his birthday is April 20, 1964.

==External links ==
* imdb name|id=0000417|name=Crispin Glover
*
http://members.aol.com/vlcncrptns/VolcanicEruption
s.html Volcanic Eruptions (Sells his books, music,
and other things)
*
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/
personid-16194/ TV Tome bio and filmography
* http://thecrispincorner.com/essay.html Crispin
Glover's Essay, What is It?  from Apocalypse
Culture II (Feral House).
*
http://www.ugo.com/channels/filmtv/features/willar
d/crispin.asp Williard-era interview, film stills
*
http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2003/030603
/film_cover.html The Cult of Crispin
* http://www.angelfire.com/celeb/crispinglover/
Crispin Hellion Glover Resource Center
* http://www.bttf.com/glover.htm Crispin Glover
Encyclopedia
*http://www.crispinhellionglover.net/fan/
Fanlisting Networks Page for CHG
* http://www.essentialmedia.com/Shop/glover.html
Excerpt from Snails and Retards and Crispin
Glover--Interview
* http://www.thecrispincorner.com/ Crispin Corner
fansite
*
http://www.waxy.org/archive/2003/03/13/crispin_.sh
tml Transcript of Glover's notorious first
appearance on Late Night with David Letterman
* http://www.compfused.com/directlink/746/
Recording of Glover's appearence on Late Night
with David Letterman
* http://geocities.com/chg_online/ Obsessive CHG
fan site