who played the warden in cool hand luke
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Aug. 1 (AP) Strother Martin, the actor who played grizzled sourdoughs in 30 years of westerns and who was perhaps best known as the prison warden in Cool Hand Luke in 1967, died after suffering a heart attack early today, the Ventura County deputy coroner said. Mr. Martin was 61 years old and lived here.
Cool Hand Luke. Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg,[3] starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.