Strother Martin Autograph

Strother 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. Among Martin's memorable performances is his portrayal of the warden or "captain" of a state prison camp in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, in which he utters the line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate." The line is number 11 on the American Film Institute list of 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. More about Strother Martin

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Martin was born March 26, 1919, in Kokomo, Indiana to Ethel (née Dunlap) and Strother Douglas Martin. For a short time, the Martins lived in San Antonio, Texas, but soon returned to Indiana. As a child, he excelled at swimming and diving. He was nicknamed "T-Bone Martin" because of his diving expertise. At 17 he won the National Junior Springboard Diving Championship. He served as a swimming instructor in the United States Navy during World War II and was a member of the diving team at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He entered the adult National Springboard Diving competition in hopes of gaining a berth on the U.S. Olympic team, but finished third in the competition.

After the war, Martin moved to Los Angeles and worked as a swimming instructor and as a swimming extra in water scenes in films, including the 1950 crime drama The Damned Don't Cry. He earned bit roles in a number of pictures and soon gained frequent character roles in films and television through the 1950s, having appeared in such programs as the Western anthology series Frontier on NBC and the syndicated American Civil War drama Gray Ghost. He was cast in 1955 as Landry Kersh in the episode "Shadow of God" on the ABC religion anthology series Crossroads. Martin also portrays a man with learning difficulties in "Cooter", an episode written by Sam Peckinpah in 1958 for the third season of the long-running Western series Gunsmoke. The next year on that series he played the character "Dillard" in "The Constable". Read even more about Strother Martin at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Strother Martin

The most expensive item with a signature of Strother Martin (STROTHER MARTIN & L.Q. JONES THE WILD BUNCH SIGNED PHOTO RARE BECKETT SLAB BAS) was sold in July 2021 for $599.99 while the cheapest item (STROTHER MARTIN & BURT REYNOLDS sIgned AUTOGRAPH #9772) found a new owner for $12.50 in April 2019. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2012 with an average selling price of $157.00 for an autographed item of Strother Martin. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2021 with $599.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $12.50 was April 2019. In average, an autographed item from Strother Martin is worth $113.50.

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thumbnailACTOR STROTHER MARTIN SIGNED PAGE AND GREAT PRINT COOL HAND LUKE D.1980 R$63.01logo
thumbnailACTOR STROTHER MARTIN SIGNED PAGE AND NICE PRINT COOL HAND LUKE D.1980$88.00logo
thumbnailAMERICAN FILM & TV CHARACTER ACTOR STROTHER MARTIN, SIGNED VINTAGE STUDIO PHOTO.$49.99logo
thumbnailRARE ACTOR STROTHER MARTIN SIGNED CARD & NICE PRINT D.1980$76.00logo
thumbnailSlapshot Cool Hand Luke Strother Martin Signed Autograph Cut - PSA - FREE S&H!$274.95logo
thumbnailSTROTHER MARTIN & BURT REYNOLDS sIgned AUTOGRAPH #9772$12.50logo
thumbnailSTROTHER MARTIN & L.Q. JONES THE WILD BUNCH SIGNED PHOTO RARE BECKETT SLAB BAS $599.99logo
thumbnailStrother Martin autographed signed B&W Photo Actor Original 8x10 Hat Watch Doors$134.99logo
thumbnailStrother Martin PSA DNA Coa Signed Cool Hand Luke Check Autograph$265.00logo
thumbnailStrother Martin SIGNED Authentic Autograph 4x6” CUT Slabbed PSA/DNA Up In Smoke$199.95logo
thumbnailSTROTHER MARTIN SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED INDEX CARD RARE COOL HAND LUKE L@@K!!!$250.00logo
thumbnailStrother Martin signed B&W photo Matted Slapshot/Butch Cassidy/ Cool Hand Luke$70.00logo
thumbnailStrother Martin was an American character actor Hand Signed 5 x 3 Index Card$73.55logo
thumbnailSTROTHER MARTIN. Signed 1975 Stagebill honoring frequent co-star Paul Newman$48.00logo
thumbnailVICTOR BUONO, STROTHER MARTIN AND MORE Hand Signed Autographed CAST W/COA$495.00logo