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Pepper Martin est un Acteur Américain né le 20 septembre 1936
This article is about the actor. For the baseball player, see Pepper Martin
Howard "Pepper" Martin (born September 20, 1936) is a retired Canadian-American actor and professional wrestler.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario on September 20, 1936, Howard Martin lied about his age and joined the Navy at only 16. "I was a big kid for my age", Martin explained in an interview. Playing football for the Navy, he tore his knee out in his second year and had to have cartilage removed. "Then they found out how old I really was and kicked me out", Pepper stated. Pepper had been dating his future wife already and they were married July 21, 1956, eventually producing two daughters and four grandchildren.
He took a job at Westinghouse in Hamilton, and a chance to play with the Hamilton Tigers football club came up. Needing to get in better shape, and rehab his knee, a friend directed Martin to a gym run by Al Spittles. The gym happened to be where local wrestlers trained and Pepper soon fell in with them, learning the sport and debuting some time in 1957. In his first match, he teamed with Bolus against Johnny Evans (later Reggie Love) and Bull Johnson (father of "Bullwhip" Danny Johnson). Martin would live out of Windsor as he traveled the Detroit territory. He would leave for the Tennessee are and quickly return to Detroit, before going to work for Jim Barnett's Indianapolis territory, which had just opened in 1959. Even though he was still a preliminary wrestler, Pepper began making real money at this point, sometimes over $1,000 a night in the big arenas.
Martin moved his family to the States to work for Leroy McGuirk's Tulsa, Oklahoma office in the 1960s and soon made good friends with his future tag partner and ring general, Al Lovelock. They worked out of New Orleans for a year; Pepper described the travel as "horrendous". They eventually made their way to Texas, where Pepper was stabbed by a fan. Returning home to Ontario to recoup, he later returned to Texas, but this time as a babyface (wrestling jargon for "good guy"). Over the next couple of years he would work in Minneapolis, Vancouver, and St. Louis before getting a phone call from Roy Shire, the promoter out of San Francisco. It was the call that would change his life by bringing him to the West Coast and his future on the silver screen.
One weekend while wrestling in between San Francisco and Los Angeles, wrestler-turned-actor Woody Strode to Pepper to Hollywood for a late night romp. They ended up waking director John Ford up at three in the morning, being ejected from his lawn and then drinking until eight o'clock with Hollywood tough guy Lee Marvin. Pepper would later befriend John Ford and even spend Sundays swimming at his house. It was also while working in Los Angeles that wrestling legend Freddie Blassie would give Martin the chance to commentate the matches with Dick Lane, something that he attributes to helping him in his future acting career. Then disaster struck Martin's life.
During a 1962 match in Long Beach, Martin broke his back. The doctor discovered a small vertical crack in his spine, but denying surgery, Martin had a palette made up that he would lie on for the next six weeks to keep his back straight and allow it to heal. Come June of 1962, he was better and intending to return to Canada when Dick Beyer, who had worked as The Destroyer, suggested he go to the Pacific Northwest territory where a babyface was needed. Talking on the phone to promoter Don Owen (who was the first to ever put professional wrestling on television), Pepper decided to get outrageous with his pay, saying he'd do it for 10% of the gate. "I'll stay six weeks. If I get over, I'll stay. If I don't get over, that's my notice, and I want ten percent". Owen agreed, and what followed was the most successful run of Pepper Martin's wrestling career.
In the NWA Pacific Northwest territory, Pepper would not only become a multiple time champion, but would also continue in his role as commentator, calling matches in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Eugene. Pepper would have an incredible year and a half long feud with Hall of Fame inductee Pat Patterson, exchanging the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title back and forth dozens of times. "Pat and I laughed about this the last time we were together - something like 28 times," Martin laughs, referencing many undocumented title switches. Officially, Martin was an NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion five times, exchanging the title with other wrestling legends Stan Stasiak, Mad Dog Vachon, Paul Jones, Tony Borne and the aforementioned Patterson. Martin also became an eight time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion with Shag Thomas (4x), Luther Lindsay (2x), Paul Jones and Billy White Wolf.
Martin's first feature film was the 1968 film Angels from Hell. He also appeared in the 1974 film The Longest Yard and the 1981 slasher Scream. Martin is also known for his role as the truck driver, Rocky, in the 1981 sequel Superman II. Martin's TV appearances include Police Woman, The Mod Squad, I Dream of Jeannie, The Incredible Hulk and The Rockford Files.
The play The Time of Your Life was revived in March 17, 1972 at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles with Martin, Henry Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Thompson, Gloria Grahame, Lewis J. Stadlen, Strother Martin, Richard X. Slattery and Jane Alexander among the cast with Edwin Sherin directing.
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Nom de naissance Howard Martin
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 20 septembre 1936
Mort 18 mars 2022 (à 85 ans)
Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 20 septembre 1936
Mort 18 mars 2022 (à 85 ans)
Howard "Pepper" Martin (born September 20, 1936) is a retired Canadian-American actor and professional wrestler.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario on September 20, 1936, Howard Martin lied about his age and joined the Navy at only 16. "I was a big kid for my age", Martin explained in an interview. Playing football for the Navy, he tore his knee out in his second year and had to have cartilage removed. "Then they found out how old I really was and kicked me out", Pepper stated. Pepper had been dating his future wife already and they were married July 21, 1956, eventually producing two daughters and four grandchildren.
He took a job at Westinghouse in Hamilton, and a chance to play with the Hamilton Tigers football club came up. Needing to get in better shape, and rehab his knee, a friend directed Martin to a gym run by Al Spittles. The gym happened to be where local wrestlers trained and Pepper soon fell in with them, learning the sport and debuting some time in 1957. In his first match, he teamed with Bolus against Johnny Evans (later Reggie Love) and Bull Johnson (father of "Bullwhip" Danny Johnson). Martin would live out of Windsor as he traveled the Detroit territory. He would leave for the Tennessee are and quickly return to Detroit, before going to work for Jim Barnett's Indianapolis territory, which had just opened in 1959. Even though he was still a preliminary wrestler, Pepper began making real money at this point, sometimes over $1,000 a night in the big arenas.
Martin moved his family to the States to work for Leroy McGuirk's Tulsa, Oklahoma office in the 1960s and soon made good friends with his future tag partner and ring general, Al Lovelock. They worked out of New Orleans for a year; Pepper described the travel as "horrendous". They eventually made their way to Texas, where Pepper was stabbed by a fan. Returning home to Ontario to recoup, he later returned to Texas, but this time as a babyface (wrestling jargon for "good guy"). Over the next couple of years he would work in Minneapolis, Vancouver, and St. Louis before getting a phone call from Roy Shire, the promoter out of San Francisco. It was the call that would change his life by bringing him to the West Coast and his future on the silver screen.
One weekend while wrestling in between San Francisco and Los Angeles, wrestler-turned-actor Woody Strode to Pepper to Hollywood for a late night romp. They ended up waking director John Ford up at three in the morning, being ejected from his lawn and then drinking until eight o'clock with Hollywood tough guy Lee Marvin. Pepper would later befriend John Ford and even spend Sundays swimming at his house. It was also while working in Los Angeles that wrestling legend Freddie Blassie would give Martin the chance to commentate the matches with Dick Lane, something that he attributes to helping him in his future acting career. Then disaster struck Martin's life.
During a 1962 match in Long Beach, Martin broke his back. The doctor discovered a small vertical crack in his spine, but denying surgery, Martin had a palette made up that he would lie on for the next six weeks to keep his back straight and allow it to heal. Come June of 1962, he was better and intending to return to Canada when Dick Beyer, who had worked as The Destroyer, suggested he go to the Pacific Northwest territory where a babyface was needed. Talking on the phone to promoter Don Owen (who was the first to ever put professional wrestling on television), Pepper decided to get outrageous with his pay, saying he'd do it for 10% of the gate. "I'll stay six weeks. If I get over, I'll stay. If I don't get over, that's my notice, and I want ten percent". Owen agreed, and what followed was the most successful run of Pepper Martin's wrestling career.
In the NWA Pacific Northwest territory, Pepper would not only become a multiple time champion, but would also continue in his role as commentator, calling matches in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Eugene. Pepper would have an incredible year and a half long feud with Hall of Fame inductee Pat Patterson, exchanging the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Title back and forth dozens of times. "Pat and I laughed about this the last time we were together - something like 28 times," Martin laughs, referencing many undocumented title switches. Officially, Martin was an NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion five times, exchanging the title with other wrestling legends Stan Stasiak, Mad Dog Vachon, Paul Jones, Tony Borne and the aforementioned Patterson. Martin also became an eight time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion with Shag Thomas (4x), Luther Lindsay (2x), Paul Jones and Billy White Wolf.
Martin's first feature film was the 1968 film Angels from Hell. He also appeared in the 1974 film The Longest Yard and the 1981 slasher Scream. Martin is also known for his role as the truck driver, Rocky, in the 1981 sequel Superman II. Martin's TV appearances include Police Woman, The Mod Squad, I Dream of Jeannie, The Incredible Hulk and The Rockford Files.
The play The Time of Your Life was revived in March 17, 1972 at the Huntington Hartford Theater in Los Angeles with Martin, Henry Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Thompson, Gloria Grahame, Lewis J. Stadlen, Strother Martin, Richard X. Slattery and Jane Alexander among the cast with Edwin Sherin directing.
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, 1h35Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie horrifique, Horreur, Slasher
Thèmes Le thème de l'éducation, Comédie horrifique
Acteurs George Clooney, Vince Edwards, Philip McKeon, Alex Rocco, Michael Eric Kramer, Cliff Emmich
Rôle Chief Deyner
Note43%
Une série de meurtres inexpliqués se produit à la Crippen High School. Quelques années plus tard, un producteur décide de mettre sur pied un long métrage à partir de cette terrible histoire. L'équipe de film part tourner dans l'université, désormais déserte...
Scream (1981)
, 1h22Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Horreur, Slasher
Thèmes Tueur en série
Acteurs Pepper Martin, Hank Worden, Ethan Wayne, Alvy Moore, Bobby Diamond, Gregg Palmer
Rôle Bob
Note29%
A group of twelve friends on a river camping trip decide to spend the night in an old ghost town, and an unseen killer begins to dispatch them one by one. On the first night at the stroke of midnight, three of the group are killed in rapid succession. Allen is found hanged; his friends Rod and John both hacked by a cleaver. In the morning, the nine survivors try to leave, but find their three rubber rafts slashed apart by someone (or something) forcing them to spend another night at the ghost town. During the day, two youths on motor dirt bikes arrive and one of the guides, named Jerry, leaves with one of them to get help from a nearby ranch which is over 30 miles away.
Superman II (1980)
, 2h3Réalisé par Richard Donner, Richard Lester
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Fantastique, Fantasy, Action, Aventure
Thèmes L'enfance, L'espace, Politique, Le terrorisme, Sur la Lune, Le futur, Superman, Extra-terrestres, Super-héros, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Sur la Lune, Extraterrestre, Invasion extraterrestre, Arme nucléaire, Film catastrophe, Maison-Blanche
Acteurs Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas
Rôle Rocky
Note67%
Le général Zod et ses sbires, Ursa et Non, tentent de voler un puissant cristal sur Krypton. Ayant échoué dans leur tentative, ils sont jugés par Jor-El qui les condamne à être emprisonnés dans la Zone Fantôme.
Gone With the West (1975)
, 1h32Réalisé par Bernard Girard
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Western
Acteurs James Caan, Stefanie Powers, Aldo Ray, Barbara Werle, Robert Walker Jr., Sammy Davis Jr.
Rôle Mimmo's Man
Note31%
Jud McGraw gets out of prison and seeks revenge against Mimmo, a man who wronged him. He meets Little Moon, a woman who also has good reason to go looking for justice.
Les Gagneurs (1975)
, 1h41Réalisé par Marvin J. Chomsky
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Policier
Acteurs Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, Donna Mills, Luther Adler, Paul Stewart, Morgan Paull
Rôle Sgt. Terwilliger
Note60%
Deux play-boys de Miami devenus célèbres en réalisant l'un des plus grands vols de bijoux du 20ème siècle. 22 pierres précieuses au compteur, dont les fameuses étoile de l'Inde et le diamant de l'aigle. Des pierres à l'époque si connues qu'il était alors impossible de les revendre...
Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
, 1h37Réalisé par George McCowan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action
Thèmes Transport, Aviation, Dans un avion, Film catastrophe, Film catastrophe américain, Film de catastrophe aérienne
Acteurs Ralph Bellamy, Polly Bergen, Theodore Bikel, Sonny Bono, Dane Clark, Laraine Day
Rôle Bomb Man
Note53%
Sur un vol à destination de Londres, une note est trouvée indiquant qu'il y aura des meurtres sur l'avion de ligne avant son atterrissage.
Plein la gueule (1974)
, 2h1Réalisé par Robert Aldrich, Hal Needham
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Action, Policier
Thèmes La prison, Sport, Football américain, Musique
Acteurs Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter, Anitra Ford, Michael Conrad, James Hampton
Rôle Shop Steward
Note70%
Une comédie dramatique dans laquelle Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds) vole une Citroën SM et échappe à la police. Il est attrapé et par la suite envoyé en prison. Là, il organise une équipe de football américain de prisonniers pour affronter les gardiens.
Les Cordes de la Potence (1973)
, 1h43Réalisé par Andrew V. McLaglen
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Western
Acteurs John Wayne, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Gary Grimes, Morgan Paull
Rôle Hard Case
Note63%
Le marshal J.D. Cahill gagne le bivouac de cinq pilleurs de banque en cavale et parvient à les arrêter. Après quoi, il les ramène en train jusqu’à Valentine, dans le comté de Jeff Davis au Texas. Pendant ce temps, son fils aîné Danny est en cellule pour ivresse et désordre. Il s’est acoquiné avec trois malfaiteurs, également emprisonnés, pour commettre un braquage sans qu’on les soupçonne. À la faveur d’un incendie déclenché par le fils cadet de Cahill, Billy Joe, ils s’échappent de la prison, volent l’argent d’une banque en faisant deux victimes, et regagnent leurs cellules. Le butin est temporairement confié à Billy Joe par Fraser, le chef de la bande ; ce dernier menace successivement chacun des jeunes Cahill de tuer le frère de celui qui viendrait à les dénoncer.
Justice sauvage (1973)
, 1h47Réalisé par Phil Karlson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Biographie, Action, Policier
Acteurs Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Hartman, Lurene Tuttle, Noah Beery, Jr, Leif Garrett, John Brascia
Rôle Zolan Dicks
Note68%
Un ancien catcheur professionnel rentre dans sa ville natale dans le but de monter une affaire avec son père. Mais la ville qu'il a connu a bien changé et la corruption est devenu monnaie courante. Afin d'éradiquer une bonne fois pour toutes le mal qui la ronge, il se présente au poste de shérif. Mais sa candidature et sa nomination passe mal auprès de certains habitants qui vont prendre un malin plaisir à lui pourrir son mandat.
The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971)
, 1h30Réalisé par Jerry Paris
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Barbara Eden, David Hartman, Jo Anne Worley, Herb Edelman, Julie Newmar, John McGiver
Rôle Room Director
Note58%
Dr. Jane Bowers (Barbara Eden) is a women's lib advocate who meets male chauvinist police officer Jerry Frazer (David Hartman) while engaging in a protest rally. Then, she is forced by a housing shortage to reach an unusual agreement with Jerry to share an apartment.
The Love War (1970)
, 1h14Réalisé par George McCowan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction
Acteurs Lloyd Bridges, Angie Dickinson, Harry Basch, Daniel J. Travanti, Byron Foulger, Pepper Martin
Note63%
Two warring planets choose to settle their conflict over which of them will take over the planet Earth, each sending a trio of soldiers to Earth to fight to the death. The combatants, disguised as human beings, can only identify each other by using special visors.
Matt Helm règle son comte (1968)
, 1h45Réalisé par Phil Karlson
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Comédie, Comédie dramatique, Action, Espionnage
Thèmes Espionnage
Acteurs Dean Martin, Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate, Nigel Green, Nancy Kwan, Chuck Norris
Rôle Frankie
Note55%
L’agent de contre-espionnage américain Matt Helm est chargé par le gouvernement d’appréhender le comte Contini qui a provoqué une crise financière mondiale en dérobant de l'or pour une valeur équivalant à 1 milliard de dollars. On adjoint à Matt l’agente britannique Freya Carlson qui va créer plus de problèmes qu’elle ne va en résoudre…
Angels from Hell (1968)
, 1h26Réalisé par Bruce Kessler
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action
Thèmes Transport, Road movie
Acteurs Arlene Martel, Ted Markland, Jack Starrett, Tom Stern, Pepper Martin, Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Note49%
A former motorcycle gang leader, Mike (Tom Stern), returns home from Vietnam to resume his life and form a new motorcycle gang. Using all his gathered experience as a hero from the war he tries to unite all the existing motorcycle gangs in the neighborhood and put together a brand new, super outlaw gang. They beat a road police officer who wants to give them a parking ticket. Although the sheriff tries to calm everybody down, things are not going down well. Very soon Mike faces big trouble when Speed, one of his gang members, is stopped on fake possession charges and murdered on retaliation. The trouble intensifies when an all-out cop against biker war breaks out.