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Birth. 5 Mar 1892. Indiana, USA. Death. 3 Feb 1959 (aged 66) Los Angeles County, California, USA. Burial. Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map.
Born on March 26, 1919, in Kokomo, Indiana, USA, Martin was the youngest of three children of Ethel (née Dunlap) and Strother Douglas Martin. The family lived in San Antonio, Texas, for a brief period before coming back to Indiana.
Apr 29, 2022 · Birthdate: 1889. Death: 1953 (63-64) Immediate Family: Son of Benjamin Lake Martin and Nancy Ann (Nanie) Smith. Husband of Ethel Dunlap. Father of Strother Martin. Managed by:
- Ethel Dunlap
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.
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Husband of Ethel (Dunlap) Martin — married [date unknown] [location unknown] Father of Madanna Evelyn (Martin) Williams , Dana Chancellor Martin and Strother Douglas Martin Jr. Died 19 Oct 1953 at age 63 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Sep 15, 2022 · Strother Martin’s breakthrough role was in the 1967 Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke, playing the part of a tough prison warden where he uttered the high pitched nasal twang line “What we got here…is a failure to communicate!” that became a part of American film lexicon.
