William G. Scott was born in 1952 in Bessemer, Alabama. He attended Birmingham-Southern College for two years. He lived in New York City prior to moving to Hollywood in the late 1970s.

Changing his name to Glenn Shadix, he made his film debut in the poorly received The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), later winning a breakthrough role in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988) as Otho, the pretentious and treacherous interior designer who dangerously dabbles in the paranormal. Tim Burton went on to cast Shadix as the voice of the Mayor of Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), and Senator Nado in Planet of the Apes (2001).

Notable television credits include NBC's Seinfeld (1989), and HBO's Carnivàle (2003). On September 7, 2010, Shadix accidentally fell at his condominium in Birmingham, Alabama, and died of blunt trauma to his head. He had already had mobility problems and was wheelchair-bound. Shadix was survived by his mother, sister and brother-in-law.

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Glenn Shadix in Planet of the Apes (2001)

Adelle Lutz and Glenn Shadix in Beetlejuice (1988)

Catherine O'Hara, Susan Kellermann, Adelle Lutz, and Glenn Shadix in Beetlejuice (1988)

Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin, Maree Cheatham, Robert Goulet, and Glenn Shadix in Beetlejuice (1988)

Winona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, and Glenn Shadix in Beetlejuice (1988)

Jeffrey Jones, Dick Cavett, and Glenn Shadix in Beetlejuice (1988)

Geena Davis, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Jones, Michael Keaton, and Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice (1988)

Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas

Danny Elfman and Chris Sarandon in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Glenn Shadix

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