'Coots' Matthews was born on 23 April 1923 in Porter, Texas, USA. He is known for Hellfighters (1968) and Modern Marvels (1993). He died on 31 March 2010 in Humble, Texas, USA.
Additional Crew(of The Red Adair Wild Well Control Company: upon whose personal experiences are based many of the incidents in this motion picture and whose technical help enabled us to re-create them)
technical advisor: of The Red Adair Wild Well Control Company: upon whose personal experiences are based many of the incidents in this motion picture and whose technical help enabled us to re-create them
Co-founded with 'Boots' Hansen Boots & Coots International Well Control in 1978 after both men were fired by 'Red' Adair. All three men put out one of the most famous oil well fires in history, the so-called "Devil's Cigarette Lighter" in Gassi Touil, Algeria in 1961.