Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Known for
Acting
Born
March 26, 1919
Died
August 1, 1980 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Kokomo, Indiana, USA

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."

Known For

Filmography

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla poster

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

Movie · as George Westinghouse

1980
Hotwire poster

Hotwire

Movie · as The Weasel

1979
Love and Bullets poster

Love and Bullets

Movie · as Louis Monk

1979
Nightwing poster

Nightwing

Movie · as Selwyn

1979
The Villain poster

The Villain

Movie · as Parody Jones

1979
The Champ poster

The Champ

Movie · as Riley

1979
Better Late Than Never poster

Better Late Than Never

Movie · as J.D. Ashcroft

1978
Up in Smoke poster

Up in Smoke

Movie · as Mr. Stoner

1978
The End poster

The End

Movie · as Dr. Waldo Kling

1978
Steel Cowboy poster

Steel Cowboy

Movie · as Pinky Pincus

1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy poster

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

Movie · as Turtle Ranch Boss

1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas poster

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

Movie · as Old Hollander

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 1 ep

1977
Slap Shot poster

Slap Shot

Movie · as Joe McGrath

1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday poster

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

Movie · as Billy

1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys poster

Mitzi & 100 Guys

Movie · as Self

1975
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

Movie · as Poe

1975
Rooster Cogburn poster

Rooster Cogburn

Movie · as Shanghai McCoy

1975
One of Our Own poster

One of Our Own

Movie · as LeRoy Atkins

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 3 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Movin' On poster

Movin' On

TV · 1 ep

1974
Paper Moon poster

Paper Moon

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Rockford Files poster

The Rockford Files

TV · as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers · 2 eps

1974
Petrocelli poster

Petrocelli

TV · as Clate Dobie · 1 ep

1973
The Boy and the Bronc Buster poster

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

Movie · as Buckshot

1973
Sssssss poster

Sssssss

Movie · as Dr. Carl Stoner

1973
Hawkins poster

Hawkins

TV · as R.J. Hawkins · 5 eps

1972
Pocket Money poster

Pocket Money

Movie · as Bill Garrett

1972
The Flim Flam Man poster

The Flim Flam Man

Movie · as Lovick

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

TV · 1 ep

1971
Hannie Caulder poster

Hannie Caulder

Movie · as Rufus Clemens

1971
The Brotherhood of Satan poster

The Brotherhood of Satan

Movie · as Doc Duncan

1971
Fools' Parade poster

Fools' Parade

Movie · as Lee Cottrill

1971
Red Sky at Morning poster

Red Sky at Morning

Movie · as John Cloyd

1971
Nichols poster

Nichols

TV · as Zachariah · 1 ep

1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue poster

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Movie · as Bowen

1969
The Wild Bunch poster

The Wild Bunch

Movie · as Coffer

1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid poster

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Movie · as Percy Garris

1969
True Grit poster

True Grit

Movie · as Colonel G. Stonehill

1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. poster

Marcus Welby, M.D.

TV · as Terry Riggs · 1 ep

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · 1 ep

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Nanyface · 1 ep

1968
It Takes a Thief poster

It Takes a Thief

TV · as Willard Knox · 1 ep

1968
The Doris Day Show poster

The Doris Day Show

TV · as Tyrone Lovey · 2 eps

1967
Cool Hand Luke poster

Cool Hand Luke

Movie · as Captain

1967
The Mountains of the Moon poster

The Mountains of the Moon

Movie · as O'Keefe

1967
The Flim-Flam Man poster

The Flim-Flam Man

Movie · as Lovick

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · 2 eps

1967
He & She poster

He & She

TV · as The Rev. Mr. Anderson · 1 ep

1967
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Charlie Coogan · 1 ep

1967
The Danny Thomas Hour poster

The Danny Thomas Hour

TV · as Paul Rooney · 1 ep

1966
Nevada Smith poster

Nevada Smith

Movie · as Strother (uncredited)

1966
An Eye for an Eye poster

An Eye for an Eye

Movie · as Trumbull

1966
Harper poster

Harper

Movie · as Claude

1966
Tarzan poster

Tarzan

TV · 2 eps

1965
Brainstorm poster

Brainstorm

Movie · as Mr. Clyde

1965
The Sons of Katie Elder poster

The Sons of Katie Elder

Movie · as Ned Ross

1965
Shenandoah poster

Shenandoah

Movie · as Train Engineer

1965
Lost in Space poster

Lost in Space

TV · as Nerim · 1 ep

1965
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

TV · as Holly Amberton · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Dan'l Hawks, Fludd · 1 ep

1965
The Legend of Jesse James poster

The Legend of Jesse James

TV · as Meeker · 1 ep

1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter poster

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Movie · as Fiddler

1964
Gilligan's Island poster

Gilligan's Island

TV · 1 ep

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Solomon Tarbot · 1 ep

1964
Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage

TV · as Senator James Wadsworth · 1 ep

1963
McLintock! poster

McLintock!

Movie · as Agard

1963
Showdown poster

Showdown

Movie · as Charlie Reeder

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Deputy Shirky Saulter · 1 ep

1963
The Dakotas poster

The Dakotas

TV · 1 ep

1963
The Lieutenant poster

The Lieutenant

TV · as Taxi Driver · 1 ep

1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Movie · as Floyd

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Finley, Luther Watson · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Deadly Companions poster

The Deadly Companions

Movie · as Parson

1961
Sanctuary poster

Sanctuary

Movie · as Dog Boy

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · as Frank Geray · 2 eps

1961
The New Breed poster

The New Breed

TV · as Benny Kohler · 2 eps

1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show poster

The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV · as Harper Worthington Yates · 1 ep

1960
Pete and Gladys poster

Pete and Gladys

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Wild and the Innocent poster

The Wild and the Innocent

Movie · as Ben Stocker

1959
The Horse Soldiers poster

The Horse Soldiers

Movie · as Virgil

1959
The Shaggy Dog poster

The Shaggy Dog

Movie · as Thurm

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Bates · 1 ep

1959
Black Saddle poster

Black Saddle

TV · as Pit Thatcher · 1 ep

1959
The Rebel poster

The Rebel

TV · as Jess · 1 ep

1959
Hotel de Paree

Hotel de Paree

TV · 31 eps

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Lonnie Stern, Joad Bruder, Cole Younger, Little Meredith Smith, Yuri · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Mothershed · 1 ep

1958
Cowboy poster

Cowboy

Movie · as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

1958
Bitter Heritage poster

Bitter Heritage

Movie · as Earle Eheeler

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · 1 ep

1958
Jefferson Drum poster

Jefferson Drum

TV · as Pete Henke · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Charles Sloane · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · as Polk Blackston · 1 ep

1957
Copper Sky poster

Copper Sky

Movie · as Pokey

1957
Black Patch poster

Black Patch

Movie · as Petey

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Pete Gibson, Joe Mead, Gerald Sommers, Roy Hutchinson · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Carew, Fred Coombs · 2 eps

1957
Panic! poster

Panic!

TV · 1 ep

1957
Trackdown poster

Trackdown

TV · as Benny French · 1 ep

1956
Attack poster

Attack

Movie · as Ingersol

1956
World Without End poster

World Without End

Movie · as Nihka (uncredited)

1956
The Black Whip poster

The Black Whip

Movie · as Thorny

1956
Johnny Concho poster

Johnny Concho

Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie poster

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

TV · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Joby · 1 ep

1956
Telephone Time poster

Telephone Time

TV · 1 ep

1956
Broken Arrow poster

Broken Arrow

TV · as Renton · 1 ep

1955
Kiss Me Deadly poster

Kiss Me Deadly

Movie · as Harvey Wallace

1955
Target Zero poster

Target Zero

Movie · as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

1955
The Big Knife poster

The Big Knife

Movie · as Stillman

1955
Strategic Air Command poster

Strategic Air Command

Movie · as Airman

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Mr. Stooler, Cooter, Ed Davey, Dooley, Dillard, Rowley, Gene Bunch, Billy, Timble, Ben Snow · 1 ep

1955
The Millionaire poster

The Millionaire

TV · as Pete Hill · 1 ep

1955
Matinee Theater poster

Matinee Theater

TV · 1 ep

1955
Navy Log poster

Navy Log

TV · 1 ep

1955
Crossroads poster

Crossroads

TV · as Landry Kersh · 1 ep

1954
The Silver Chalice poster

The Silver Chalice

Movie · as Father (uncredited)

1954
A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Movie · as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1954
Drum Beat poster

Drum Beat

Movie · as Scotty

1954
World for Ransom poster

World for Ransom

Movie

1954
Lassie poster

Lassie

TV · 3 eps

1954
The Lone Wolf poster

The Lone Wolf

TV · as Nick Davis · 1 ep

1954
Studio 57 poster

Studio 57

TV · as Pete Dutton · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Buckshot, Thurm · 2 eps

1953
South Sea Woman poster

South Sea Woman

Movie · as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

1953
The Magnetic Monster poster

The Magnetic Monster

Movie · as Co-Pilot

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Gunnery Officer Daly, Obie · 1 ep

1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

TV · as Waiter · 1 ep

1952
Androcles and the Lion poster

Androcles and the Lion

Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)

1952
Storm Over Tibet poster

Storm Over Tibet

Movie · as Co-pilot

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · as Wilkins · 1 ep

1952
Dangerous Assignment poster

Dangerous Assignment

TV · 1 ep

1952
Four Star Playhouse poster

Four Star Playhouse

TV · as Tom Blair · 1 ep

1952
Chevron Theatre

Chevron Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1951
The Red Badge of Courage poster

The Red Badge of Courage

Movie · as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

1951
Rhubarb poster

Rhubarb

Movie · as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

1951
I Love Lucy poster

I Love Lucy

TV · as Man in Coffee Shop · 1 ep

1951
Dragnet poster

Dragnet

TV · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Old Hollander · 1 ep

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Bellhop, Teeples · 1 ep

1950
The Asphalt Jungle poster

The Asphalt Jungle

Movie · as William Doldy (uncredited)

1950
The Damned Don't Cry poster

The Damned Don't Cry

Movie · as Springboard Diver (uncredited)