John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (born July 18, 1921) is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and third American in space. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program as a member of NASA's original astronaut group. He orbited the Earth in Friendship 7 in 1962. After retiring from NASA, he entered politics as a Democrat and represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1974 to 1999.
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Filmography
Selected John Glenn film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
2003
Failure Is Not an Option
Himself
2000
The American President
Rutherford B. Hayes
1999
The 71st Annual Academy Awards
Himself - Presenter
1997
Cronkite Remembers
Himself
1985
Spaceflight
Himself
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