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Bookmark or Share- Strother Martin Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life & AchievementsStrother Douglas Martin, Jr. was an American actor who gained fame for portraying supporting roles in films starring John Wayne and Paul Newman. An Indiana native, Martin was a prodigious swimmer and diver as a child and went on to serve in the United States Navy during the World War II.
- Strother Martin - WikipediaStrother Douglas Martin Jr. (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American character actor who often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman and in Western films directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah.
- Strother Martin - IMDbStrother Martin. Actor: Cool Hand Luke. American character actor who achieved considerable fame in the last decade of his life. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Strother Martin Jr. was the youngest of three children of Strother Douglas Martin, a machinist, and Ethel Dunlap Martin.
- The Man in the Background of Your Favorite WesternsStrother Martin played “prairie scum” characters in some of the most acclaimed westerns of all time, and he had a talent for delivering potent dialogue.
- Strother Martin - The Movie Database (TMDB)Strother Martin (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate."
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