Matt Elder — The Sons of Katie Elder Character Profile

About Matt Elder

Third brother and an unsuccessful hardware dealer. He reunites with his siblings but is tragically killed during the ambush when he is fatally impaled by a splinter during a dynamite explosion under a bridge.

Character Facts

Played by

Earl Holliman

Appears in

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Matt Elder — Family Siblings — John Elder (John Wayne)

  Eldest brother witnesses the tragic death of his sibling during the ambush.

• Matt Elder — Family Siblings — Tom Elder (Dean Martin)

  Brothers who share the burden of their mother's unfulfilled expectations.

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