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Born:
Kokomo, Indiana
on
3/26/1919
Died:
8/1/1980
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Hollywood swimming instructor turned character player; the man who said "What we have here is a failure to communicate" to Paul Newman, aka "Cool Hand Luke" (1967).
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Filmography
Rooster Cogburn
- ( McCoy
/ 1999
/ Released /
Universal
)
Love and Bullets
- ( Louis Monk
/ 1979
/ Released /
)
Nightwing
- ( Selwyn
/ 1979
/ Released /
)
The Champ
- ( Riley
/ 1979
/ Released /
)
The Villain
- ( Parody Jones
/ 1979
/ Released /
)
Cheech & Chong's Up In Smoke
- ( Arnold Stoner
/ 1978
/ Released /
)
The End
- ( Dr Waldo Kling
/ 1978
/ Released /
)
Slap Shot
- ( Joe McGrath
/ 1977
/ Released /
)
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
- ( Billy
/ 1976
/ Released /
AIP
)
Hard Times
- ( Poe
/ 1975
/ Released /
)
Ssssssss
- ( Dr Stoner
/ 1973
/ Released /
)
Pocket Money
- ( Garrett
/ 1972
/ Released /
)
Fools' Parade
- ( Lee Cottrill
/ 1971
/ Released /
)
Hannie Caulder
- ( Rufus Clemens
/ 1971
/ Released /
)
Red Sky at Morning
- ( Cloyd
/ 1971
/ Released /
)
Brotherhood of Satan
- ( Don Duncan
/ 1970
/ Released /
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
- ( Bowen
/ 1970
/ Released /
)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- ( Percy Garris
/ 1969
/ Released /
)
The Wild Bunch
- ( Coffer
/ 1969
/ Released /
)
True Grit
- ( Colonel G Stonehill
/ 1969
/ Released /
)
Cool Hand Luke
- ( Captain
/ 1967
/ Released /
)
The Flim-Flam Man
- ( Lovick
/ 1967
/ Released /
)
Harper
- ( Claude
/ 1966
/ Released /
)
Brainstorm
- ( Clyde
/ 1965
/ Released /
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
)
Shenandoah
- ( Engineer
/ 1965
/ Released /
Universal
)
The Sons of Katie Elder
- ( Jeb Ross
/ 1965
/ Released /
)
Invitation to a Gunfighter
- ( Fiddler
/ 1964
/ Released /
)
McLintock!
- ( Agard
/ 1963
/ Released /
United Artists Pictures Inc.
)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- ( Floyd
/ 1962
/ Released /
)
Sanctuary
- ( Dog Boy
/ 1961
/ Released /
Fox Films, Ltd.
)
The Deadly Companions
- ( Parson
/ 1961
/ Released /
)
The Horse Soldiers
- ( Virgil
/ 1959
/ Released /
)
The Shaggy Dog
- ( Thurm
/ 1959
/ Released /
)
The Wild and the Innocent
- ( Ben Stocker
/ 1959
/ Released /
Universal
)
Cowboy
- ( Trailhand
/ 1958
/ Released /
)
Attack!
- ( Sergeant Ingersol
/ 1956
/ Released /
United Artists Pictures Inc.
)
Kiss Me Deadly
- ( Truck Driver
/ 1955
/ Released /
)
Strategic Air Command
- ( Airman
/ 1955
/ Released /
Paramount Pictures
)
Target Zero
- ( Dan O'Hirons
/ 1955
/ Released /
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution
)
The Big Knife
- ( Stillman
/ 1955
/ Released /
)
Drum Beat
- ( Scotty
/ 1954
/ Released /
)
The Magnetic Monster
- ( Co-Pilot
/ 1953
/ Released /
United Artists Pictures Inc.
)
The Asphalt Jungle
- ( Karl Anton Smith
/ 1950
/ Released /
)
TV Credits
Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopie
(
1983 / Released
):
Actor
Better Late Than Never
(
1979 / Released
):
Actor
Steel Cowboy
(
1978 / Released
):
Actor
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
(
1978 / Released
):
Actor
The Ransom of Red Chief
(
1977 / Released
):
Actor
Mitzi and a Hundred Guys
(
1975 / Released
):
Actor
One of Our Own
(
1975 / Released
):
Actor
Hawkins
(
1973 / Released
):
Actor
Hawkins on Murder
(
1973 / Released
):
Actor
Lost in Space
(
1965 / Released
):
Actor
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Hollywood swimming instructor turned character player; the man who said "What we have here is a failure to communicate" to Paul Newman, aka "Cool Hand Luke" (1967).
Profession(s):
Actor, swimming instructor
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