Ex-marine and ex-newspaper reporter Scott Glenn was ideally suited to the action-oriented films that would become his lot in the 1980s and 1990s. After learning the rudiments of his craft at the Actors Studio and appearing off-Broadway, Glenn made his film bow in 1970's "The Baby Maker". He was rescued from low-budget cycle flicks by director Robert Altman, who cast Glenn as Pfc. Glenn Kelly in "Nashville" (1975). As rangy and rugged off-camera as on, Glenn was one of the few film actors of recent years to flourish in western roles: among his more impressive credits within this genre are "Cattle Annie and Little Britches" (1981), "Silverado" (1985), "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" (1993), and, stretching a point a bit, "Urban Cowboy" (1980).