Strother Martin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 26, 1919
- Died
- Aug 1, 1980 (aged 61)
- Place of birth
- Kokomo, Indiana, USA
- Credits
- 147
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."
Known for
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969Movie
Percy Garris
Cool Hand Luke
1967Movie
Captain
The Wild Bunch
1969Movie
Coffer
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Floyd
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Mothershed
True Grit
1969Movie
Colonel G. Stonehill
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hotwire
1980Movie
The Weasel
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980Movie
George Westinghouse
Better Late Than Never
1979Movie
J.D. Ashcroft
The Villain
1979Movie
Parody Jones
The Champ
1979Movie
Riley
Nightwing
1979Movie
Selwyn
Love and Bullets
1979Movie
Louis Monk
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978Movie
Old Hollander
Steel Cowboy
1978Movie
Pinky Pincus
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978Movie
Turtle Ranch Boss
Vega$
1978TV
Up in Smoke
1978Movie
Mr. Stoner
The End
1978Movie
Dr. Waldo Kling
Slap Shot
1977Movie
Joe McGrath
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976Movie
Billy
Rooster Cogburn
1975Movie
Shanghai McCoy
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
Hard Times
1975Movie
Poe
One of Our Own
1975Movie
LeRoy Atkins
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975Movie
Self
Baretta
1975TV
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
Movin' On
1974TV
Paper Moon
1974TV
Petrocelli
1974TV
Clate Dobie
Sssssss
1973Movie
Dr. Carl Stoner
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973Movie
Buckshot
Hawkins
1973TV
R.J. Hawkins
The Rookies
1972TV
Pocket Money
1972Movie
Bill Garrett
The Flim Flam Man
1972Movie
Lovick
Hannie Caulder
1971Movie
Rufus Clemens
Nichols
1971TV
Zachariah
Fools' Parade
1971Movie
Lee Cottrill
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971Movie
Doc Duncan
Red Sky at Morning
1971Movie
John Cloyd
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970Movie
Bowen
Love, American Style
1969TV
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969Movie
Percy Garris
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969TV
Terry Riggs
The Wild Bunch
1969Movie
Coffer
True Grit
1969Movie
Colonel G. Stonehill
The Doris Day Show
1968TV
Tyrone Lovey
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Nanyface
It Takes a Thief
1968TV
Willard Knox
The Mountains of the Moon
1967Movie
O'Keefe
Cool Hand Luke
1967Movie
Captain
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967TV
Paul Rooney
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
He & She
1967TV
The Rev. Mr. Anderson
The Flim-Flam Man
1967Movie
Lovick
The Invaders
1967TV
Charlie Coogan
Tarzan
1966TV
Nevada Smith
1966Movie
Strother (uncredited)
An Eye for an Eye
1966Movie
Trumbull
Harper
1966Movie
Claude
Lost in Space
1965TV
Nerim
The Big Valley
1965TV
Dan'l Hawks, Fludd
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Holly Amberton
The Legend of Jesse James
1965TV
Meeker
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965Movie
Ned Ross
Shenandoah
1965Movie
Train Engineer
Brainstorm
1965Movie
Mr. Clyde
Profiles in Courage
1964TV
Senator James Wadsworth
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964Movie
Fiddler
Gilligan's Island
1964TV
Daniel Boone
1964TV
Solomon Tarbot
McLintock!
1963Movie
Agard
The Fugitive
1963TV
Deputy Shirky Saulter
The Lieutenant
1963TV
Taxi Driver
Showdown
1963Movie
Charlie Reeder
The Dakotas
1963TV
Stoney Burke
1962TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Virginian
1962TV
Finley, Luther Watson
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962Movie
Floyd
The New Breed
1961TV
Benny Kohler
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961TV
Harper Worthington Yates
Ben Casey
1961TV
Frank Geray
The Deadly Companions
1961Movie
Parson
Sanctuary
1961Movie
Dog Boy
Pete and Gladys
1960TV
The Rebel
1959TV
Jess
Hotel de Paree
1959TV
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Mothershed
Bonanza
1959TV
Lonnie Stern, Joad Bruder, Cole Younger, Little Meredith Smith, Yuri
The Horse Soldiers
1959Movie
Virgil
The Wild and the Innocent
1959Movie
Ben Stocker
The Shaggy Dog
1959Movie
Thurm
Black Saddle
1959TV
Pit Thatcher
Rawhide
1959TV
Bates
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Charles Sloane
Lawman
1958TV
The Texan
1958TV
Polk Blackston
Bitter Heritage
1958Movie
Earle Eheeler
Jefferson Drum
1958TV
Pete Henke
Cowboy
1958Movie
Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
Trackdown
1957TV
Benny French
Perry Mason
1957TV
Pete Gibson, Joe Mead, Gerald Sommers, Roy Hutchinson
Black Patch
1957Movie
Petey
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Carew, Fred Coombs
Copper Sky
1957Movie
Pokey
Panic!
1957TV
The Black Whip
1956Movie
Thorny
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Joby
Broken Arrow
1956TV
Renton
Attack
1956Movie
Ingersol
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
Johnny Concho
1956Movie
Townsman (uncredited)
Telephone Time
1956TV
World Without End
1956Movie
Nihka (uncredited)
Target Zero
1955Movie
Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
Matinee Theater
1955TV
The Big Knife
1955Movie
Stillman
Crossroads
1955TV
Landry Kersh
Navy Log
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Mr. Stooler, Cooter, Ed Davey, Dooley, Dillard, Rowley, Gene Bunch, Billy, Timble, Ben Snow
Kiss Me Deadly
1955Movie
Harvey Wallace
Strategic Air Command
1955Movie
Airman
The Millionaire
1955TV
Pete Hill
The Silver Chalice
1954Movie
Father (uncredited)
Drum Beat
1954Movie
Scotty
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Buckshot, Thurm
A Star Is Born
1954Movie
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Studio 57
1954TV
Pete Dutton
Lassie
1954TV
The Lone Wolf
1954TV
Nick Davis
World for Ransom
1954Movie
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953TV
Waiter
South Sea Woman
1953Movie
Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
The Magnetic Monster
1953Movie
Co-Pilot
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Gunnery Officer Daly, Obie
Androcles and the Lion
1952Movie
Soldier (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
Wilkins
Four Star Playhouse
1952TV
Tom Blair
Storm Over Tibet
1952Movie
Co-pilot
Chevron Theatre
1952TV
Dangerous Assignment
1952TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Old Hollander
Dragnet
1951TV
I Love Lucy
1951TV
Man in Coffee Shop
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951TV
Bellhop, Teeples
The Red Badge of Courage
1951Movie
Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Rhubarb
1951Movie
Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
1950Movie
Springboard Diver (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
1950Movie
William Doldy (uncredited)