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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.
By the late 1960s, Martin was almost as well-known a figure as many top-billed stars. In 1967, the same year as his role in Cool Hand Luke, he appeared in the episode "A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord" of NBC's The Road West series starring Barry Sullivan. In 1972, he appeared as James Garner's uncle in the "Zacharia" episode of NBC's Nichols.
This list is for characters in fictional works who exemplify the qualities of an antihero—a protagonist or supporting character whose characteristics include the following: imperfections that separate them from typically heroic characters (such as selfishness, cynicism, ignorance, and bigotry); [1]
George Harris Kennedy Jr. [1] (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" in Cool Hand Luke (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe.
Cool Hand Luke is a novel by Donn Pearce published in 1965. It was adapted into the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke. The story is told in a first-person narrative from the perspective of a convict in a central Florida prison. He works on a chain gang maintaining the berms of highways. He recounts the story of a "legendary" fellow inmate whose nickname ...
His film work included roles in Cool Hand Luke, Five Easy Pieces, Lawman, Kid Blue, The Grissom Gang, Chato's Land, and The Stone Killer. His later films included The Bodyguard, the part of Frank the helicopter pilot in the 1993 film Cliffhanger, and as the mysterious time traveler in Timequest (2002). [7] He also voiced Shadow in Homeward ...
Davalos appeared in East of Eden (1955) as James Dean's brother Aron [3] and portrayed the convict Blind Dick in Cool Hand Luke (1967). His other film credits include roles in I Died a Thousand Times (1955); All the Young Men (1960); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); Pit Stop (1969); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Brother, Cry for Me (1970); Hot Stuff (1979); Death Hunt (1981); Something Wicked This Way ...
1967 Cool Hand Luke as Koko; 1968 I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) as Charley; 1968 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series) as Stefanos; 1968 Bonanza (TV Series) as Davey; 1968-1980 Insight (TV Series) as Burglar / J.P. 1969 Have Gun-Will Travel (TV Series) as Ted Greive; 1969 Star Trek (TV Series) as Lokai in S3:E15, "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"