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13 mar 2017 · Strother Martin in Rooster Cogburn, 1975. Strother Martin was a character actor who rose to the very top of the character category. While his credits run from 1950 to 1980, his character star shone the brightest in the 1960s and 1970s, when he was often conscripted to play time-worn, hard-bitten, tobacco-spittin’ codgers in Westerns.
3 giorni fa · Martin died on August 1, 1980 at the age of 61. He had spent a couple years under medical care due to a diabetes diagnosis. He had also been struggling with cardiac issues.The star died of a heart ...
31 mar 2022 · Character actor Strother Martin Jr. (1919-1980) had a guest role in 11 memorable Gunsmoke episodes. He grew up in Indiana where he excelled at swimming and diving. He attended the University of Michigan as a diving team member (almost making the '48 Olympic team) and went on to serve in the Navy as a swimming instructor in World War II.
Cool Hand Luke: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio. A laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
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25 set 2018 · Strother Douglas Martin, Jr. (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was a character actor who often worked with John Wayne and Paul Newman. Many of his memorable western films were directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah. He is no doubt best known as the prison “captain” in Cool Hand Luke (1967), where he utters the famous line “What we’ve ...
Other articles where Strother Martin is discussed: Cool Hand Luke: …of the prison warden (Strother Martin) and befuddles the guards with a series of daring escapes. In the process, he provides inspiration and vicarious thrills for his fellow inmates. The mounting tension between Luke and his jailers, however, leads to tragedy.
20 feb 2018 · Surely one of Strother Martins and Kim Darbys best scenes?
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