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Strother Martin

Strother Martin, American actor (died 1980)

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Born
March 26, 1919
Died
August 1, 1980
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1919

About Strother Martin

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). Martin also portrays a man with learning difficulties in "Cooter", an episode written by Sam Peckinpah in 1956 for the first season of the long-running Western series Gunsmoke. Martin appeared in the first Brian Keith series, Crusader, a Cold War drama on CBS. At 17 he won the National Junior Springboard Diving Championship.

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Strother Martin timeline

  1. Martin also portrays a man with learning difficulties in "Cooter", an episode written by Sam Peckinpah in 1956 for the first season of the long-running Western series Gunsmoke.
  2. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role on the television legal drama Hawkins (1973–74).

The world when Strother Martin was born

Strother Martin was born in 1919. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1919

  • Best-selling book"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBlack Sox scandal — 1919 World Series fixed
  • Top headlineTreaty of Versailles signed — 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
  • Technology milestoneFirst nonstop transatlantic flight (Alcock & Brown)
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population~1.79B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population103.2M

1919 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Strother Martin's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19192026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,000$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population103.2M341 million

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