Glyn Stout was born on 29 December 1937 in Amarillo, Texas, USA. He was married to Sandra Sue Laden and Lori Kay Stout. He died on 12 November 2015 in Los Gatos, California, USA.
In 1960, he attended the Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, and went on to serve in the navy as a lieutenant and ship's navigator on the USS Epping Forest.