Born on this day – Strother Martin:

Strother Martin

Actor

March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); A Star Is Born (1954); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Androcles and the Lion (1952); Attack (1956); Baretta (1975–1977); Ben Casey (1962–1964); Better Late Than Never (1979); Big Town (1952); Bitter Heritage (1958); Black Patch (1957); Black Saddle (1959); Bonanza (1964–1972); Boots and Saddles (1958); Brainstorm (1965); Broken Arrow (1957–1958); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Cavalcade of America (1955); Chevron Theatre (1952); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Copper Sky (1957); Cowboy (1958); Crossroads (1955); Crusader (1956); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Daniel Boone (1969); Death Valley Days (1964–1967); Dragnet (1952); Drum Beat (1954); Fireside Theatre (1951–1952); Fools' Parade (1971); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Frontier (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); General Electric Theater (1956–1958); Gentle Ben (1968); Gilligan's Island (1967); Glynis (1963); Gunsmoke (1956–1974); Hannie Caulder (1971); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Harper (1966); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1962); Hawkins (1973–1974); He & She (1968); Hollywood Opening Night (1952–1953); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); Hotwire (1980); I Love Lucy (1956); I Married Joan (1954); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Iron Horse (1966–1967); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jefferson Drum (1958); Johnny Concho (1956); Kentucky Jones (1965); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Lassie (1956–1957); Lawman (1959); Lost in Space (1966); Love and Bullets (1979); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Old Boyfriend (1970); Man Without a Gun (1958); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); McLintock! (1963); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Movin' On (1975); Mystery Is My Business (1954); Navy Log (1958); Nevada Smith (1966); Nichols (1972); Nightwing (1979); One of Our Own (1975); Outlaws (1962); Panic! (1958); Paper Moon (1974); Perry Mason (1961–1965); Pete and Gladys (1962); Petrocelli (1975); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pocket Money (1972); Prisoner of War (1954); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rawhide (1959–1965); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Rhubarb (1951); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Run for Your Life (1968); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Sanctuary (1961); Saturday Night Live (1980); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1956); Shenandoah (1965); Showdown (1963); Slap Shot (1977); South Sea Woman (1953); Sssssss (1973); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Steel Cowboy (1978); Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978); Stoney Burke (1962); Storm Over Tibet (1952); Strategic Air Command (1955); Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978); Studio 57 (1954); Studio One (1958); Target Zero (1955); Tarzan (1967); Telephone Time (1957); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); The Americans (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Big Knife (1955); The Big Valley (1966–1967); The Black Whip (1956); The Brotherhood of Satan (1971); The Champ (1979); The Dakotas (1963); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The Deadly Companions (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965); The Doris Day Show (1969); The End (1978); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Fugitive (1964); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1968); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Invaders (1967); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Lieutenant (1964); The Lineup (1956–1958); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1973 / 1978); The Magnetic Monster (1953); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Millionaire (1957); The Name of the Game (1969); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The New Breed (1962); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Rebel (1959); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); The Road West (1967); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1974); The Rounders (1966); The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980); The Shaggy Dog (1959); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Stu Erwin Show (1953); The Texan (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Villain / aka Cactus Jack (1979); The Virginian (1965–1970); The Walter Winchell File (1958); The Web (1957); The Wild and the Innocent (1959); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Winds of Whoopie (1983); Trackdown (1958); Treasury Men in Action (1955); True Grit (1969); Up in Smoke (1978); Vega$ (1978); Whirlybirds (1959); World for Ransom (1954); World Without End (1956); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

On this day in movie history - Slap Shot (1977):

Slap Shot

directed by George Roy Hill,

written by Nancy Dowd,

was released in the United States on February 25, 1977.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser, Andrew Duncan, Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, David Hanson, Yvon Barrette, Allan Nicholls, Brad Sullivan, Stephen Mendillo, Yvan Ponton, Matthew Cowles, Kathryn Walker, Melinda Dillon, M. Emmet Walsh, Swoosie Kurtz, Paul D'Amato, Ronald L. Docken, Guido Tenesi, Jean Rosario Tetreault, Christopher Murney, Blake Ball, Ned Dowd, Nancy N. Dowd, Barbara L. Shorts, Larry Block, Paul Dooley, Dan Belisle, Jr., Rod Bloomfield, Bruce Boudreau, Galen Head, Susan Kendall, Connie Madigan, Mark Bousquet, John Gofton, Rod Masters, Joe Nolan, Dick Roberge, Ray Schultz, Carol Shelton, Ross Smith, Steve Stirling, Cliff Thompson.

On this day in movie history - Pocket Money (1972 movie & novel):

Pocket Money

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Terrence Malick,

based on the novel Jim Kane by J.P.S. Brown,

was released in the United States on February 1, 1972.
Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, Hector Elizondo, Christine Belford, Kelly Jean Peters, Gregory Sierra, Fred Graham, Matt Clark, Claudio Miranda, Bruce Davis Bayne, Poupée Bocar, Richard Farnsworth, Ken Freehill, Terrence Malick.

Recommended reading:

Jim Kane

By J.P.S. Brown

Filmed as Pocket Money (1972), directed by Stuart Rosenberg.

Hardcover.

Published 1970.

Published by E P Dutton.

ISBN 13: 9780803742291

ISBN 10: 0803742290

ASIN: 0803742290

Description:

Content with making an honest living hauling truckloads of horses from Mexico, Jim Kane – ranch hand, cattle trader, and bronco buster – is forced by a twist of fate to return to his job in Arizona, breaking colts for the rodeo.

On this day in movie history - Love and Bullets (1979):

Love and Bullets

directed by Stuart Rosenberg,

written by Wendell Mayes and John Melson,

was released in the United States on December 9, 1979.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Rod Steiger, Henry Silva, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael V. Gazzo, Paul Koslo, Val Avery, Sam Chew Jr., Billy Gray, Jerome Thor, Joseph Roman, Albert Salmi, John Hallam, Sidney Kean, Richard Graydon, Alan Bryce, Robin Clarke, Andy Romano, Lorraine Chase, Raynold Gideon, Ramon Chavez, Rik Colitti, Joe Bellucci, Ray Le Fre, Richard Brose, Lon Carli, Karen Wyeth, James Keane, J. Kenneth Campbell, Michael L. Cooley, Alex Donnelley, Gene Earl, Sapp Gruber, Hans Kronig, Marco Lopez, Charles Lucia, Michael Parrent, Clifford A. Pellow, Josef Rainer, Earl W. Smith.

On this day in movie history - Hard Times (1975):

Hard Times

aka The Streetfighter,

directed by Walter Hill,

written by Walter Hill, Bryan Gindoff and Bruce Henstell,

based on a story by Bryan Gindoff and Bruce Henstell,

was released in France on August 13, 1975.
Music by Barry De Vorzon.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire, Felice Orlandi, Edward Walsh, Bruce Glover, Robert Tessier, Nick Dimitri, Frank McRae, Maurice Kowalewski, Naomi Stevens, Lyla Hay Owen, John Creamer, Robert Castleberry, Becky Allen, Joan Kleven, Anne Welsch, Fred Lerner, Jimmy Nickerson, Chuck Hicks, Walter Scott, Max Kleven, Valerian Smith, Bob Minor, Larry Martindale, Charles W. Schaefer Jr., Leslie Bonano, Ronnie Philips, Greater Liberty Baptist Church Choir and Congregation, Ron Centanni, M.C. Gainey, Brion James, Laura Misch Owens.