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Strother Martin

Acting 61 (deceased) years old Kokomo, Indiana, USA ★ 1.5
Born: March 26, 1919
Died: August 1, 1980

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."

Filmography

Acting Credits (171)

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

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