Glenn Anders (September 1, 1889 – October 26, 1981) was an American actor, most notable for his work on the stage.

Glenn Anders was born in Los Angeles, California,[1] the son of a Swedish immigrant father.

He attended the Wallace dramatic school in California, and began his career performing in vaudeville on the Orpheum circuit.

Anders had a distinguished career on Broadway, appearing in three Pulitzer Prize winning plays: Hell Bent for Heaven (1924), written by Hatcher Hughes; They Knew What They Wanted (1924) by Sidney Howard; and Strange Interlude (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.

He made a handful of film and TV appearances, most famously as a scheming lawyer in Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai (1947).