Eighties movie star unrecognizable 40 years after hit movie – can you guess who he is?

The Irish Sun

5 days ago

AN EIGHTIES movie star left film-fans doing a double take after stepping out with his bike in Los Angeles.
The 61-year-old screen star, born in New York, followed in the acting footsteps of his father Bruce - who
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A Hollywood screen star looked almost unrecognisable as he stepped out in Los Angeles
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He dressed in all-black as he wheeled his bike to a garden center
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Crispin Glover found movie fame in Back To The Future
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Crispin, 61, dressed in all black for his outing
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While Bruce
portrayed the assassin Mr Wint in James Bond flick
Diamonds Are Forever
and featured in the
Hollywood
classic Chinatown
, his son Crispin Glover is famed for his role in the hit franchise Back to the Future.
Crispin, who played George McFly, was seen attempting to go incognito in a black bucket hat.
He paired the headgear with a jean jacket, trousers and sneakers in the same color.
He kept his head down as he headed out of a tree-covered alleyway.
The screen star then carried his bike as he made his way to his start point.
ON SCREEN
Back To The Future followed teenager Marty Mcfly, played by Michael J Fox, as he is sent back in time to 1955 by his scientist friend Doc Brown, portrayed by Christopher Lloyd.
Marty must ensure that his teenage parents fall in love and return to his own time to save Doc Brown's life.
It was an instant box-office hit and the movie became the highest grossing film of 1985.
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Despite the film's massive success, Crispin's career took an unexpected turn when he did not return for the sequels due to a dispute with the producers over salary and creative differences.
Since then, he has carved out a name for himself in Hollywood featuring in indie films such as Rivers Edge and Willard.
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In 2022 the movie star bagged a role on Netflix's hit series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.
SAD LOSS
Crispin announced his father's passing in a post on Instagram on May 30.
The distraught son simply said: "Bruce Herbert Glover. May 2, 1932 - March 12, 2025."
He also shared a touching photo of himself as a child, his father, and his mother.
Crispin Glover Career
CRISPIN Glover is known for his Back To The Future role - yet has he starred in anything else?
Crispin Glover is famed for his role in the hit franchise Back to the Future, where he played George McFly.
Despite the film's massive success, Crispin's career took an unexpected turn when he did not return for the sequels due to a dispute with the producers over salary and creative differences.
Since then, he has carved out a name for himself in Hollywood featuring in indie films such as Rivers Edge and Willard.
He starred in celeb-packed movie What's Eating Gilbert Grape in 1994
In 2022 the movie star bagged a role on Netflix's hit series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.
It is not yet clear why the 92-year-old died.
The hard-man character actor also starred in other well-known flicks in the 1960s and 1970s like Hard Times and Bless the Beasts and Children.
He was married twice and had two other children beyond Crispin.
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Crispin played George McFly in the iconic Back To The Future flick
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Crispin's actor father Bruce Glover sadly passed last month
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