Seamon Glass

Seamon Glass (September 26, 1925 – July 12, 2016) was an American actor and author. He acted in film and television from the early 1960s to the early 1990s. He appeared in the films This Is Not a Test (1962), Deliverance (1972), Bootleggers (1974), and Winterhawk (1975). Background He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 26, 1925. He died in Los Angeles on July 12, 2016. His family's name was originally "Altglas" but changed to "Glass". His father died when he was 13 years of age with the family moving to California. World War II With his mother's permission, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 17 during World War II, serving in British Samoa and the Marshall Islands. He received a disability pension after suffering a hearing loss during a Japanese bombing raid. Glass was sent to the brig four times, His novel of his service in a Marine aviation unit entitled The Half Ass Marines was published in 2010.