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Strother Martin

Acting

Born March 26, 1919 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Died August 1, 1980

Biography

Strother Douglas Martin Jr. was an American actor, who appeared in over 170 film and television productions between 1950 and 1980, mainly in character roles. He often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman, and in Westerns directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role on the television legal drama Hawkins (1973–74).

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Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Mothershed

I Love Lucy

1951as Man in Coffee Shop

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962as Floyd

Cool Hand Luke

1967as Captain

Perry Mason

1957as Gerald Sommers

The Rockford Files

1974as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969as Percy Garris

The Wild Bunch

1969as Coffer

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Harper Worthington Yates

Gilligan's Island

1964

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Bonanza

1959as Joad Bruder

The Asphalt Jungle

1950as William Doldy (uncredited)

An Eye for an Eye

1966as Trumbull

The Fugitive

1963as Deputy Shirky Saulter

True Grit

1969as Colonel G. Stonehill

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Fred Coombs

Lost in Space

1965as Nerim

Rawhide

1959as Bates

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965as Ned Ross

A Star Is Born

1954as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

The Champ

1979as Riley

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970as Bowen

Shenandoah

1965as Train Engineer

Daniel Boone

1964as Solomon Tarbot

The Horse Soldiers

1959as Virgil

The Damned Don't Cry

1950as Springboard Diver (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

The Rookies

1972

Slap Shot

1977as Joe McGrath

Hard Times

1975as Poe

Stoney Burke

1962

Attack

1956as Ingersol

Crossroads

1955as Landry Kersh

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Tom Blair

Up in Smoke

1978as Mr. Stoner

Fools' Parade

1971as Lee Cottrill

Nevada Smith

1966as Strother (uncredited)

Harper

1966as Claude

Gunsmoke

1955as Ben Snow

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Terry Riggs

McLintock!

1963as Agard

Rooster Cogburn

1975as Shanghai McCoy

Movin' On

1974

The Virginian

1962as Finley

Cowboy

1958as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

Telephone Time

1956

Dragnet

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

1951as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

1980as George Westinghouse