Cast & creator
Donald F. Glut
Best known for The Transformers, X-Men, Thor: Love and Thunder
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.
Also known as: Donald Glut, Don Glut, Dinosaur Don Glut
116
film credits
11
television credits
33
1953–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (127)
Showing 127 of 127 credits
The Transformers
Writer
1984
X-Men
Writer
1992
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thanks
2022
The Graduate
College Student (uncredited)
1967
The Centurions
Writer
1986
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Writer
1981
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Creator
2002
The New Adventures of He-Man
Creator
1990
The Biskitts
Writer
1983
Dink, the Little Dinosaur
Writer
1989
King Kong
Guy in Ampitheater
1976
Spider-Man
Writer
1981
Von Ryan's Express
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
1965
Bureau of Alien Detectors
Writer
1996
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
Assistant Director
1994
Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
'A-List' Strip Club Patron (as Don Glut)
2004Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
Casting
2004Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
Director
2004Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
Writer
2004Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood
Co-Producer
2004Spider-Man
Spider-Man
1969Spider-Man
Director
1969
Icons Unearthed: Transformers
Self
2026
Monster Rumble
Director
1961
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry
Self
2010
The Mummy's Kiss
Workman #4
2003The Mummy's Kiss
Writer
2003The Mummy's Kiss
Director
2003The Mummy's Kiss
Casting
2003
Fanarchy
Self
2015
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
Bikini Drive-In
1995Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
2022
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Self
1999
Psychette: William Castle and "Homicidal"
Self
2002
Dragstrip Dracula
Director
1962
Hollywood Goes Ape!
Director
1994Hollywood Goes Ape!
Writer
1994
Schlock
Movie patron
1973
Dinosaur Destroyer
Director
1959
The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Writer
2001The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Director
2001The Erotic Rites of Countess Dracula
Casting
2001The Vampire Hunters Club
Director
2001
The Sci-Fi Boys
Self
2006
The Mummy's Kiss: 2nd Dynasty
Director
2006The Mummy's Kiss: 2nd Dynasty
Writer
2006
The Adventures of the Spirit
Spirit/Wolf Man/Green Hornet/Rocket Man
1963The Adventures of the Spirit
Director
1963
Captain America vs. The Mutant
Director
1964
Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
Self
1996
Superduperman
Director
1962
I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Self
2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Director
2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Music
2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Second Unit Cinematographer
2006I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Don Glut's Amateur Movies
Producer
2006Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
Self
2019
13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O
Self
T-Rex: A Dinosaur in Hollywood
Himself
2005
Taking the Punishment Poll
Self
2002
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
Self
2002
Tor, King of Beasts
Director
1962Wrath of the Sun Demon
Director
1965
Return of the Monster Maker
Director
1958
More Dinosaurs
Creative Consultant
1985
The Revenge of Dracula
Director
1958
Slave of the Vampire
Director
1959
The Teenage Frankenstein Meets the Teenage Werewolf
Director
1959
Blood Scarab
Director
2008Blood Scarab
Writer
2008Blood Scarab
Executive Producer
2008Blood Scarab
Casting
2008
Captain America Battles the Red Skull
Steve Rogers
1964Captain America Battles the Red Skull
Director
1964The Day I Vanished
Director
1959
Return of the Wolf Man
Director
1957
I Was a Teenage Vampire
Director
1959
Return of the Teenage Werewolf
Director
1959
Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders
Atom-Man
1967Atom Man vs. Martian Invaders
Director
1967As I Kiss You
Director
2020
Toy Masters
Self
2014
Dinosaurs (KABC Special)
Creative Consultant
1984
I Was a Teenage Apeman
Director
1959
The Amazing Colossal Woman
Paleontologist
2016
Frankenstein Meets Dracula
Director
1957
The Earth Before Man
Director
1956
Time Is Just a Place
Director
1961
Dances with Werewolves
Director
2016Dances with Werewolves
Screenplay
2016Dances with Werewolves
Executive Producer
2016The Teenage Frankenstein
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Writer
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Costume Coordinator
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Makeup Artist
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Props
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Producer
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Editor
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Set Designer
1959The Teenage Frankenstein
Director
1959
The Frankenstein Story
Director
1958
The Age of Reptiles
Director
1960
The Time Monsters
Director
1959
Revenge of the Teenage Werewolf
Director
1960
Dinosaur Valley Girls
Director
1995Dinosaur Valley Girls
Screenplay
1995Dinosaur Valley Girls
Casting
1995
The Fire Monsters
Director
1959
The Invisible Teenager
Director
1962
Rocketman Flies Again
Director
1966
The Teenage Werewolf
Director
1959
Diplodocus at Large
Director
1953
Batman and Robin
Batman
1964Batman and Robin
Director
1964
The Human Torch
1963The Human Torch
Director
1963
Hollywood Dinosaur Chronicles
1987
Tales of Frankenstein
Director
2018Tales of Frankenstein
Writer
2018Tales of Frankenstein
Producer
2018For What Purpose?
Director
1965It Came from Alpha Centauri
Special Effects
1962
Son of Tor
Director
1964
Dinosaur Movies
Host
1993Dinosaur Movies
Director
1993Tyran the Terrible
Special Effects
1962