John Glover

John Glover
Character	Lionel Luthor Clark Kent (Transference) Jor-El (Hidden) Brainiac (Persona) Lionel Luthor (Earth-2) Darkseid (Finale, Part 2)
Birth date	August 7, 1944
Origin	Kingston, New York, United States

John Glover (born August 7, 1944 in Salisbury, Maryland) is an American actor, best known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Lionel Luthor in Smallville.

Career

John Glover is mostly known for playing a number of villainous characters on television and films. He's made numerous appearances on stage, and has even won a Tony Award for "Featured Actor in a Play" for his role in "Love! Valour! Compassion!" which he did again in the film version. He splits his time among Maryland, Los Angeles and Vancouver. Trying to increase the awareness for Alzheimer as well as raise much-needed funds for a cure, he dedicates his time to the Alzheimer's Association. He also funds a scholarship for actors at his alma mater, Towson University, and returns to teach classes in his free time. Other roles include General Charles Lee in George Washingtion, Bryce Cummings in Scrooged, Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, a mobster in Payback, The Riddler in Batman: The Animated Series, Doctor Jason Woodrue in Batman and Robin, the Devil in Brimstone, and Verad in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Invasive Procedures". He has also made notable appearances on stage, winning a Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Play for his dual roles in the Broadway play Love! Valour! Compassion!, which he reprised in the film version. He also had a small but unforgettable appearance in the Woody Allen film Annie Hall. In a flashback to a scene from Annie Hall's past he utters the line: "Touch my heart. With your foot".

Quick Facts

• He graduated from Towson State Teacher's College.
• He received an Honorary Masters degree.
• His astrological sign is Leo.
• He is 6' 1".
• He frequently plays villains.
• He is openly gay.
• He is left handed (as is Michael Rosenbaum)
• His favorite Episode is Heat.

Trivia

• John Glover appeared as Lionel Luthor as a special guest star during Season One, then as a main character from Season Two to Season Seven and back to a special guest star as an alternate reality doppelganger in Season Ten.
  • Glover also played Clark Kent (after Clark and Lionel switched bodies) in Season Four's Transference, Jor-El (while using Lionel as an oracle) in the Season Five's Hidden and Oracle, Brainiac (disguised as Lionel) in Season Seven's Persona, and Darkseid (in Lionel's corpse) in the final season's finale.
  • He is the only recurring actor to appear in Pilot and Finale, Part 2.
• An interview with John Glover can be found in Issue 5 of Smallville.
• He guest starred in Law & Order: Criminal Intent during both the 6th season premiere and the 7th season finale.
• Glover was recently interviewed by MediaBlvd Magazine.
• Glover's new play Some Men premiered at the Philadelphia Company Theatre on June 11, 2006.
• Glover offered to have his head shaved when Lionel went to prison as long as it was aired.
• He received another Emmy nomination for his role in Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder.
• Every year he auctions off Smallville items on eBay to raise money for Alzheimer's. It's been a big success for the 3 years he's been doing it.
• In 1981, he appeared in The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Tom Keller, along with Ned Beatty (the man that played the Superman: The Movie version of Otis Berg) who played Dan Beame. The film was also the directing debut of Joel Schumacher, whom Glover later worked with on Batman & Robin.
• He provided the voice for The Riddler in Emmy Award-winning series Batman: The Animated Series.
• Glover played Doctor Jason Woodrue in the super-hero movie Batman & Robin.
• In Season Four's Transference, during the prison fight and raid involving Lionel, John did not use a stunt man, choosing to act out the stunts himself. The stunt man stood by ready but was never used.

Glover as the alternate reality Lionel Luthor in Season Ten.

• Glover voiced the villainous computer virus known as Abraxas in TRON: Evolution, as well as the highest ranking and deadliest soldier Dyson in Tron Uprising.

Filmography

1. "Heroes" .... Samson Gray (1 episode, 2009)
   ... aka "Heroes: Villains" (USA: third season title)
       - Chapter Six 'Shades of Gray' (2009) .... Samson Gray
2. "Brothers & Sisters" .... Henry Mittner (1 episode, 2009)
       - Owning It (2009) .... Henry Mittner
3. "Numb3rs" .... Simon Kraft (2 episodes, 2006-2009)
   ... aka "Num3ers" (USA: promotional title)
       - Trouble in Chinatown (2009) .... Simon Kraft
       - Mind Games (2006) .... Simon Kraft
4. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Dr. Declan Gage (2 episodes, 2006-2008)
   ... aka "Law & Order: CI" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
       - Frame (2008) .... Dr. Declan Gage
       - Blind Spot (2006) .... Dr. Declan Gage
5. "Smallville" .... Lionel Luthor / ... (141 episodes, 2001-2008)
   ... aka "Smallville Beginnings" (USA: rerun title)
   ... aka "Smallville: Superman the Early Years" (UK: promotional title)
       - Arctic (2008) (credit only) .... Lionel Luthor
       - Quest (2008) (credit only) .... Lionel Luthor
       - Apocalypse (2008) (credit only) .... Lionel Luthor
       - Sleeper (2008) (credit only) .... Lionel Luthor
       - Descent (2008) .... Lionel Luthor
         (136 more)
6. The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005) .... Ogden
7. A Kiss at Kerouac's Grave (2004) .... Will
8. Sweet Union (2004) .... Oleen
9. Tricks (2004) .... Ralph
10. "Smallville: Chloe Chronicles" .... Lionel Luthor (1 episode, 2004)
        - Chronicle 7 (2004) .... Lionel Luthor
11. "Arli$$" .... Bobby Salmon (1 episode, 2002)
        - End Game (2002) .... Bobby Salmon
12. Mid-Century (2002) .... Bill Gates
13. On Edge (2001/I) .... Yuri Moskivin
14. The Body (2001) .... Jesus Christ Street Actor
    ... aka Das geheimnisvolle Grab (Germany) ... aka The Body - Das geheimnisvolle Grab (Germany: TV title)
15. "Get Real" .... Fate (1 episode, 2000)
        - Waiting (2000) .... Fate
16. "Snoops" .... Gary Hyndman (1 episode, 1999)
        - Pilot (1999) .... Gary Hyndman
17. Macbeth in Manhattan (1999) .... Richard/Director
18. "Brimstone" .... The Devil / ... (13 episodes, 1998-1999)
        - Mourning After (1999) .... The Devil
        - It's a Helluva Life (1999) .... The Devil / Angel
        - Faces (1999) .... The Devil
        - Carrier (1999) .... The Devil
        - Lovers (1999) .... The Devil
          (8 more)
19. Payback (1999/I) .... Phil
20. The Tempest (1998) (TV) .... Anthony Prosper
21. "The New Batman Adventures" .... Edward Nigma / ... (1 episode, 1998)
    ... aka "Batman: The Animated Series Volume Four" (USA: DVD box title)
        - Judgment Day (1998) (voice) .... Edward Nigma / The Riddler
22. "Superman" .... The Riddler (1 episode, 1998)
    ... aka "Superman: The Animated Series" (USA: informal alternative title)
        - Knight Time (1998) (voice) .... The Riddler
23. "Chicago Hope" .... Max Demming (1 episode, 1998)
        - Objects Are Closer Than They Appear (1998) .... Max Demming
24. "Homicide: Life on the Street" .... Nelson Broyles (1 episode, 1998)
    ... aka "Homicide" (USA: informal short title)
        - Lies and Other Truths (1998) .... Nelson Broyles
25. Dead Broke (1998) .... Sam
26. The Broken Giant (1998) .... Bennett Hale
27. Dead by Midnight (1997) (TV) .... Dr. Armond Drake/Ben Hamill
28. Medusa's Child (1997) (TV) .... Rogers Henry
29. Batman & Robin (1997) .... Dr. Jason Woodrue
30. Dead Man's Gun (1997) (TV) .... Jack Fleetwood (segment "Fool's Gold")
31. "Caroline in the City" .... Hilton Traynor (1 episode, 1997)
    ... aka "Caroline" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
        - Caroline and the Dearly Departed (1997) .... Hilton Traynor
32. Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997) .... John Jeckyll, James Jeckyll
33. "Remember WENN" .... Adrian Carr (1 episode, 1996)
        - Hilary Booth, Registered Nurse (1996) .... Adrian Carr
34. In the Mouth of Madness (1994) .... Saperstein ... aka John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness (USA: complete title)
35. "Batman" .... Edward Nygma / ... (3 episodes, 1992-1994)
    ... aka "Batman: The Animated Series" (USA: promotional title)
    ... aka "The Adventures of Batman & Robin" (USA: new title)
        - Riddler's Reform (1994) (voice) .... Edward Nygma / The Riddler
        - What Is Reality? (1992) (voice) .... Edward Nygma / The Riddler
        - If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (1992) (voice) .... Edward Nygma / The Riddler
36. "Dinosaurs" .... Babysitter / ... (3 episodes, 1992-1994)
        - Terrible Twos (1994) (voice) .... Babysitter
        - Charlene's Flat World (1992) (voice) .... Prosecutor
        - The Last Temptation of Ethel (1992) (voice) .... Lucius
37. Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) (TV) .... Maj. Asa Bird Gardiner ... aka Assault at Westpoint (USA: short title)
38. Schemes (1994) (V) .... Victor Kraft
39. Night of the Running Man (1994) .... Derek Mills
40. Dora Was Dysfunctional (1994)
41. Home (1994/I)
42. Automatic (1994) .... Goddard Marx
43. "Frasier" .... Ned Miller (1 episode, 1993)
        - Oops (1993) .... Ned Miller
44. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" .... Verad (1 episode, 1993)
    ... aka "DS9" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka "Deep Space Nine" (USA: short title)
    ... aka "Star Trek: DS9" (USA: short title)
        - Invasive Procedures (1993) .... Verad
45. "Animaniacs" .... Rasputin (1 episode, 1993)
    ... aka "Animaniacs" (UK)
    ... aka "Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs" (USA: complete title)
        - Pavlov's Mice/Chicken Boo-Ryshnikov/Nothing But the Tooth (1993) (voice) .... Rasputin
46. "The Hidden Room" .... John Burke (1 episode, 1993)
        - Passages (1993) .... John Burke
47. "South Beach" .... Roberts (5 episodes, 1993)
        - Wild Thing (1993) .... Roberts
        - Stake Out (1993) .... Roberts
        - Pirates of the Caribbean (1993) .... Roberts
        - Diamond in the Rough (1993) .... Roberts
        - School for Scandal (????) .... Roberts
48. Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) .... A.J. Pattle
    ... aka Bon Appetit, Mama (UK) ... aka Motherhood (UK: video title)
49. Majority Rule (1992) (TV) .... 'Mac' Mackin ... aka Majority City (Europe)
50. "The Ray Bradbury Theater" .... Walter Grip (1 episode, 1992)
    ... aka "Le monde fantastique de Ray Bradbury" (Canada: French title)
    ... aka "Mystery Theatre" (UK: rerun title)
    ... aka "Ray Bradbury présente" (France)
    ... aka "The Bradbury Trilogy" (UK: rerun title)
    ... aka "The Ray Bradbury Theatre" (UK)
        - Silent Towns (1992) .... Walter Grip
51. Grass Roots (1992) (TV) .... Harold Perkerson
52. Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel (1992) (TV) .... Loco Garrison
53. "Tales from the Crypt" .... Undertaker (1 episode, 1991)
    ... aka "HBO's Tales from the Crypt"
        - Undertaking Palor (1991) .... Undertaker
54. Dead on the Money (1991) (TV) .... Russell Blake
55. A Season of Giants (1991) (TV) .... Leonardo DaVinci
    ... aka La primavera di Michelangelo (Italy) ... aka Michelangelo: The Last Giant
56. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991) (TV) .... Billy ... aka What Ever Happened to...? (USA)
57. "L.A. Law" .... Dr. Paul Kohler (1 episode, 1990)
        - God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman (1990) .... Dr. Paul Kohler
58. El Diablo (1990) (TV) .... The Preacher
59. RoboCop 2 (1990) .... Magnavolt Salesman
60. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) .... Daniel Clamp
61. An Enemy of the People (1990) (TV) .... Dr. Thomas Stockman
62. "The Hitchhiker" (1 episode, 1989)
    ... aka "Deadly Nightmares" (UK: video compilation title)
    ... aka "Le voyageur" (France)
        - Striptease (1989)
63. Meet the Hollowheads (1989) .... Henry Hollowhead ... aka Life on the Edge
64. Breaking Point (1989) (TV) .... Dr. Gerber
65. Traveling Man (1989) (TV) .... Chick Beeler
66. "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" .... Mike Sayles (1 episode, 1989)
        - Here's Why You Should Lock Your Bathroom Door (1989) .... Mike Sayles
67. Pursuit (1989) (TV) .... Max Brodsky ... aka Twist of Fate (USA)
68. Scrooged (1988) .... Brice Cummings
69. The Chocolate War (1988) .... Brother Leon
70. David (1988) (TV) .... Charles Rothenberg
71. Rocket Gibraltar (1988) .... Rolo Rockwell
72. Hot Paint (1988) (TV) .... Algernon
73. Masquerade (1988) .... Tony Gateworth
74. Moving Target (1988) (TV) .... Dobbins
75. "Murder, She Wrote" .... Andrew Durbin / ... (2 episodes, 1986-1987)
        - When Thieves Fall Out (1987) .... Andrew Durbin
        - One White Rose for Death (1986) .... Franz Mueller
76. Paul Reiser Out on a Whim (1987) (TV)
77. "Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder" (1987) .... Richard Behrens
78. "Miami Vice" .... Steve Duddy (1 episode, 1987)
        - Lend Me an Ear (1987) .... Steve Duddy
79. Willy/Milly (1986) .... Fred Niceman
    ... aka I Was a Teenage Boy ... aka Something Special
80. 52 Pick-Up (1986) .... Alan Raimy
81. Apology (1986) (TV) .... Philip ... aka Apology for Murder (UK)
82. A Killing Affair (1986) .... Sheb Sheppard ... aka My Sister's Keeper (UK)
83. "The Twilight Zone" .... Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War") (1 episode, 1986)
    ... aka "The New Twilight Zone" (Australia)
        - Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes (1986) .... Alien Ambassador (segment "A Small Talent for War")
84. White Nights (1985) .... Wynn Scott
85. An Early Frost (1985) (TV) .... Victor DiMato
86. "ABC Afterschool Specials" .... Mr. Stewart (1 episode, 1985)
        - Don't Touch (1985) .... Mr. Stewart
87. "Lime Street" .... Mr. Balzar (1 episode, 1985)
        - Diamonds Aren't Forever (1985) .... Mr. Balzar
88. A Flash of Green (1984) .... Rose Halley
89. Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984) (TV) .... Pierre Lafitte
90. "George Washington" (1984) .... Gen. Charles Lee
91. The Evil That Men Do (1984) .... Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy
92. "Search for Tomorrow" (1951) .... Billy Vargas (unknown episodes, 1983-1984)
93. "Kennedy" (1983) .... William Walton
94. The Face of Rage (1983) (TV)
95. Rage of Angels (1983) (TV) .... Scanlon/Jackson ... aka Sidney Sheldon's Rage of Angels
96. A Little Sex (1982) .... Walter
97. The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) .... Tom Keller
98. Melvin and Howard (1980) .... Freese - Attorney #2
99. The Mountain Men (1980) .... Nathan Wyeth
100. The American Success Company (1980) .... Ernst
     ... aka American Success
     ... aka Good as Gold (USA: video title)
     ... aka Success (USA: recut version)
     ... aka The Ringer
101. Last Embrace (1979) .... Richard Peabody
102. Under This Sky (1979) (TV)
103. Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) .... Herbert Little
104. Julia (1977) .... Sammy
105. "The Andros Targets" (1 episode, 1977)
         - The Surrender (1977)
106. Annie Hall (1977) .... Actor Boyfriend
107. "Kojak" .... Billy Jo Sparrow (1 episode, 1975)
         - Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard (1975) .... Billy Jo Sparrow
108. Shamus (1973) .... Johnnie
     ... aka Passion for Danger

External links

• John Glover IMDb page
• TV.com page