Strother Martin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-03-26

Deathday

1980-08-01 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Strother Martin

Biography

Strother Martin (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What we've got here is...failure to communicate."

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Known For

Cool Hand Luke
7.7%

Cool Hand Luke

Nov 1, 1967

The Wild Bunch
7.6%

The Wild Bunch

Jun 19, 1969

The Twilight Zone
8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

True Grit
7.3%

True Grit

Jun 11, 1969

Up in Smoke
6.7%

Up in Smoke

May 16, 1978

The Asphalt Jungle
7.5%

The Asphalt Jungle

May 12, 1950

Saturday Night Live
6.9%

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

Bonanza
7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

Bonanza
7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

Bonanza
7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

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Acting

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
1980
Hotwire as The Weasel
1980
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla as George Westinghouse
1979
Better Late Than Never as J.D. Ashcroft
1979
The Villain as Parody Jones
1979
The Champ as Riley
1979
Nightwing as Selwyn
1979
Love and Bullets as Louis Monk
1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas as Old Hollander
1978
Steel Cowboy as Pinky Pincus
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy as Turtle Ranch Boss
1978
Vega$
1978
Up in Smoke as Mr. Stoner
1978
The End as Dr. Waldo Kling
1977
Slap Shot as Joe McGrath
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday as Billy
1975
Rooster Cogburn as Shanghai McCoy
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
Hard Times as Poe
1975
One of Our Own as LeRoy Atkins
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
1975
Baretta
1974
The Rockford Files as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
1974
Paper Moon
1974
Movin' On
1974
Petrocelli as Clate Dobie
1973
Sssssss as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973
The Boy and the Bronc Buster as Buckshot
1973
Hawkins as R.J. Hawkins
1972
The Rookies
1972
Pocket Money as Bill Garrett
1971
Hannie Caulder as Rufus Clemens
1971
Nichols as Zachariah
1971
Fools' Parade as Lee Cottrill
1971
The Brotherhood of Satan as Doc Duncan
1971
Red Sky at Morning as John Cloyd
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Bowen
1969
Love, American Style
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Percy Garris
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. as Terry Riggs
1969
The Wild Bunch as Coffer
1969
True Grit as Colonel G. Stonehill
1968
The Doris Day Show as Tyrone Lovey
1968
The Name of the Game as Nanyface
1968
It Takes a Thief as Willard Knox
1967
The Mountains of the Moon as O'Keefe
1967
Cool Hand Luke as Captain
1967
The Danny Thomas Hour as Paul Rooney
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
He & She as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
1967
The Flim-Flam Man as Lovick
1967
The Invaders as Charlie Coogan
1966
Tarzan
1966
Nevada Smith as Strother (uncredited)
1966
An Eye for an Eye as Trumbull
1966
Harper as Claude
1965
Lost in Space as Nerim
1965
The Big Valley as Dan'l Hawks
1965
The Big Valley as Fludd
1965
Run for Your Life as Holly Amberton
1965
The Legend of Jesse James as Meeker
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder as Ned Ross
1965
Shenandoah as Train Engineer
1965
Brainstorm as Mr. Clyde
1964
Profiles in Courage as Senator James Wadsworth
1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter as Fiddler
1964
Gilligan's Island
1964
Daniel Boone as Solomon Tarbot
1963
McLintock! as Agard
1963
The Fugitive as Deputy Shirky Saulter
1963
The Lieutenant as Taxi Driver
1963
Showdown as Charlie Reeder
1963
The Dakotas
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
The Virginian as Finley
1962
The Virginian as Luther Watson
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Floyd
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show as Harper Worthington Yates
1961
The New Breed as Benny Kohler
1961
Ben Casey
1961
The Deadly Companions as Parson
1961
Sanctuary as Dog Boy
1960
Pete and Gladys
1959
The Rebel as Jess
1959
The Twilight Zone as Mothershed
1959
Hotel de Paree
1959
Bonanza as Lonnie Stern
1959
Bonanza as Joad Bruder
1959
Bonanza as Cole Younger
1959
Bonanza as Little Meredith Smith
1959
Bonanza as Yuri
1959
The Horse Soldiers as Virgil
1959
The Wild and the Innocent as Ben Stocker
1959
The Shaggy Dog as Thurm
1959
Black Saddle as Pit Thatcher
1959
Rawhide as Bates
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Charles Sloane
1958
Lawman
1958
The Texan as Polk Blackston
1958
Bitter Heritage as Earle Eheeler
1958
Jefferson Drum as Pete Henke
1958
Cowboy as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1957
Trackdown
1957
Perry Mason as Pete Gibson
1957
Perry Mason as Joe Mead
1957
Perry Mason as Gerald Sommers
1957
Perry Mason as Roy Hutchinson
1957
Black Patch as Petey
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Carew
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Fred Coombs
1957
Copper Sky as Pokey
1957
Panic!
1956
The Black Whip as Thorny
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Joby
1956
Broken Arrow as Renton
1956
Attack as Ingersol
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Johnny Concho as Townsman (uncredited)
1956
Telephone Time
1956
World Without End as Nihka (uncredited)
1955
Target Zero as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955
Matinee Theater
1955
The Big Knife as Stillman
1955
Crossroads as Landry Kersh
1955
Navy Log
1955
Gunsmoke as Mr. Stooler
1955
Gunsmoke as Cooter
1955
Gunsmoke as Ed Davey
1955
Gunsmoke as Dooley
1955
Gunsmoke as Dillard
1955
Gunsmoke as Rowley
1955
Gunsmoke as Gene Bunch
1955
Gunsmoke as Billy
1955
Gunsmoke as Timble
1955
Gunsmoke as Ben Snow
1955
Strategic Air Command as Airman
1955
Kiss Me Deadly as Harvey Wallace
1955
The Millionaire as Pete Hill
1954
The Silver Chalice as Father (uncredited)
1954
Drum Beat as Scotty
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Buckshot
1954
A Star Is Born as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954
Studio 57 as Pete Dutton
1954
Lassie
1954
The Lone Wolf as Nick Davis
1954
World for Ransom
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Waiter
1953
South Sea Woman as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953
The Magnetic Monster as Co-Pilot
1953
General Electric Theater as Gunnery Officer Daly
1953
General Electric Theater as Obie
1952
Androcles and the Lion as Soldier (uncredited)
1952
Cavalcade of America as Wilkins
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Tom Blair
1952
Storm Over Tibet as Co-pilot
1952
Chevron Theatre
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Old Hollander
1951
Dragnet
1951
I Love Lucy as Man in Coffee Shop
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bellhop
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Teeples
1951
The Red Badge of Courage as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Rhubarb as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950
The Damned Don't Cry as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
1950
The Asphalt Jungle as William Doldy (uncredited)
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