Strother Martin
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 26, 1919 (107 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1980 | The Secret of Nikola TeslaGeorge Westinghouse | |
| 1980 | HotwireThe Weasel | |
| 1979 | Love and BulletsLouis Monk | |
| 1979 | NightwingSelwyn | |
| 1979 | The VillainParody Jones | |
| 1979 | The ChampRiley | |
| 1979 | Better Late Than NeverJ.D. Ashcroft | |
| 1978 | Up in SmokeMr. Stoner | |
| 1978 | The EndDr. Waldo Kling | |
| 1978 | Steel CowboyPinky Pincus | |
| 1978 | Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy GuyTurtle Ranch Boss | |
| 1978 | Stubby Pringle's ChristmasOld Hollander | |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1977 | Slap ShotJoe McGrath | |
| 1976 | The Great Scout & Cathouse ThursdayBilly | |
| 1975 | Mitzi & 100 GuysSelf | |
| 1975 | Hard TimesPoe | |
| 1975 | Rooster CogburnShanghai McCoy | |
| 1975 | One of Our OwnLeRoy Atkins | |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1974 | Movin' On | |
| 1974 | Paper Moon | |
| 1974 | The Rockford FilesThomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers | |
| 1974 | PetrocelliClate Dobie | |
| 1973 | The Boy and the Bronc BusterBuckshot | |
| 1973 | SssssssDr. Carl Stoner | |
| 1973 | HawkinsR.J. Hawkins | |
| 1972 | Pocket MoneyBill Garrett | |
| 1972 | The Flim Flam ManLovick | |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1971 | Hannie CaulderRufus Clemens | |
| 1971 | The Brotherhood of SatanDoc Duncan | |
| 1971 | Fools' ParadeLee Cottrill | |
| 1971 | Red Sky at MorningJohn Cloyd | |
| 1971 | NicholsZachariah | |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable HogueBowen | |
| 1969 | The Wild BunchCoffer | |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidPercy Garris | |
| 1969 | True GritColonel G. Stonehill | |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D.Terry Riggs | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | |
| 1968 | The Name of the GameNanyface | |
| 1968 | It Takes a ThiefWillard Knox | |
| 1968 | The Doris Day ShowTyrone Lovey | |
| 1967 | Cool Hand LukeCaptain | |
| 1967 | The Mountains of the MoonO'Keefe | |
| 1967 | The Flim-Flam ManLovick | |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | |
| 1967 | He & SheThe Rev. Mr. Anderson | |
| 1967 | The InvadersCharlie Coogan | |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas HourPaul Rooney | |
| 1966 | Nevada SmithStrother (uncredited) | |
| 1966 | An Eye for an EyeTrumbull | |
| 1966 | HarperClaude | |
| 1966 | Tarzan | |
| 1965 | BrainstormMr. Clyde | |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie ElderNed Ross | |
| 1965 | ShenandoahTrain Engineer | |
| 1965 | Lost in SpaceNerim | |
| 1965 | Run for Your LifeHolly Amberton | |
| 1965 | The Big ValleyDan'l Hawks | |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse JamesMeeker | |
| 1965 | The Big ValleyFludd | |
| 1964 | Invitation to a GunfighterFiddler | |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island | |
| 1964 | Daniel BooneSolomon Tarbot | |
| 1964 | Profiles in CourageSenator James Wadsworth | |
| 1963 | McLintock!Agard | |
| 1963 | ShowdownCharlie Reeder | |
| 1963 | The FugitiveDeputy Shirky Saulter | |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | |
| 1963 | The LieutenantTaxi Driver | |
| 1962 | The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceFloyd | |
| 1962 | The VirginianFinley | |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | |
| 1962 | The VirginianLuther Watson | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1961 | The Deadly CompanionsParson | |
| 1961 | SanctuaryDog Boy | |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | The New BreedBenny Kohler | |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke ShowHarper Worthington Yates | |
| 1961 | Ben CaseyFrank Geray | |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | |
| 1959 | The Wild and the InnocentBen Stocker | |
| 1959 | The Horse SoldiersVirgil | |
| 1959 | The Shaggy DogThurm | |
| 1959 | RawhideBates | |
| 1959 | Black SaddlePit Thatcher | |
| 1959 | The RebelJess | |
| 1959 | Hotel de Paree | |
| 1959 | BonanzaLonnie Stern | |
| 1959 | BonanzaJoad Bruder | |
| 1959 | BonanzaCole Younger | |
| 1959 | BonanzaLittle Meredith Smith | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneMothershed | |
| 1959 | BonanzaYuri | |
| 1958 | CowboyTrailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake | |
| 1958 | Bitter HeritageEarle Eheeler | |
| 1958 | Lawman | |
| 1958 | Jefferson DrumPete Henke | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset StripCharles Sloane | |
| 1958 | The TexanPolk Blackston | |
| 1957 | Copper SkyPokey | |
| 1957 | Black PatchPetey | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonPete Gibson | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will TravelCarew | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonJoe Mead | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonGerald Sommers | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonRoy Hutchinson | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will TravelFred Coombs | |
| 1957 | TrackdownBenny French | |
| 1956 | AttackIngersol | |
| 1956 | World Without EndNihka (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | The Black WhipThorny | |
| 1956 | Johnny ConchoTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJoby | |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | |
| 1956 | Broken ArrowRenton | |
| 1955 | Kiss Me DeadlyHarvey Wallace | |
| 1955 | Target ZeroPvt. Dan O'Hirons | |
| 1955 | The Big KnifeStillman | |
| 1955 | Strategic Air CommandAirman | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeMr. Stooler | |
| 1955 | The MillionairePete Hill | |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | Navy Log | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeCooter | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeEd Davey | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeDooley | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeDillard | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeRowley | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeGene Bunch | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeBilly | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeTimble | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeBen Snow | |
| 1955 | CrossroadsLandry Kersh | |
| 1954 | The Silver ChaliceFather (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | A Star Is BornDelivery Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Drum BeatScotty | |
| 1954 | World for Ransom | |
| 1954 | Lassie | |
| 1954 | The Lone WolfNick Davis | |
| 1954 | Studio 57Pete Dutton | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyBuckshot | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyThurm | |
| 1953 | South Sea WomanMarine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | The Magnetic MonsterCo-Pilot | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterGunnery Officer Daly | |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterObie | |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseWaiter | |
| 1952 | Androcles and the LionSoldier (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Storm Over TibetCo-pilot | |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of AmericaWilkins | |
| 1952 | Dangerous Assignment | |
| 1952 | Four Star PlayhouseTom Blair | |
| 1952 | Chevron Theatre | |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of CourageCorporal (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | RhubarbMichael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | I Love LucyMan in Coffee Shop | |
| 1951 | Dragnet | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameOld Hollander | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsBellhop | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsTeeples | |
| 1950 | The Asphalt JungleWilliam Doldy (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't CrySpringboard Diver (uncredited) |