- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilliam Glenn Scott
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- William G. Scott was born in 1952 in Bessemer, Alabama. He attended Birmingham-Southern College for two years. He lived in New York City prior to moving to Hollywood in the late 1970s.
Changing his name to Glenn Shadix, he made his film debut in the poorly received The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), later winning a breakthrough role in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) as Otho, the pretentious and treacherous interior designer who dangerously dabbles in the paranormal. Tim Burton went on to cast Shadix as the voice of the Mayor of Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), and Senator Nado in Planet of the Apes (2001).
Notable television credits include NBC's Seinfeld (1989), and HBO's Carnivàle (2003). On September 7, 2010, Shadix accidentally fell at his condominium in Birmingham, Alabama, and died of blunt trauma to his head. He had already had mobility problems and was wheelchair-bound. Shadix was survived by his mother, sister and brother-in-law.
- IMDb mini biography by: tony.r.vario@gmail.com
- ParentsRuth Livingston ShadixChester Scott Jr
- Southern baritone voice
- Was offered his role in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) while swimming in the backyard pool of Tim Burton. The two had been friends since working together in Beetlejuice (1988).
- Underwent gastric-bypass surgery in April 2002 with the help and support of Michelle Phillips and Carnie Wilson. He lost over one hundred pounds.
- Lost his Victorian-era home in Bessemer, Alabama, together with all of his belongings, in a 2008 house fire.
- Glenn became close to Tennessee Williams in 1977, during his work as a Production Assistant on "Vieux Carré" at the St. James Theater in Manhattan. The star was Sylvia Sidney, who Glenn later costarred with in Beetlejuice (1988) and renewed his friendship. Spent long hours at the Monkey Bar at the Èlysèe Hotel with Tennessee where he prepared Glenn for the pitfalls of fame and notoriety as well as his philosophy of artistry.
- Frequently cast in Tim Burton's films.
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