Strother Martin

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Known Credits 141

Gender Male

Birthday March 26, 1919

Day of Death August 1, 1980 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Kokomo, Indiana, USA

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Strother Martin

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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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Acting

2004

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$ (1 episode)
1978		Up in Smoke as Mr. Stoner
1978		The End as Dr. Waldo Kling

1977

as Joe McGrath

1976

as Billy

1975		Rooster Cogburn as Shanghai McCoy
1975		Saturday Night Live (1 episode) as Self - Host
1975		Hard Times as Poe
1975		One of Our Own as LeRoy Atkins
1975		Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
1975		Baretta (3 episodes)

1974		The Rockford Files (2 episodes) as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
1974		Paper Moon (1 episode)
1974		Petrocelli (1 episode) as Clate Dobie
1974		Movin' On (1 episode)

1973		Sssssss as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973		The Boy and the Bronc Buster: Part 1 as Buckshot
1973		Hawkins (5 episodes) as R.J. Hawkins

1972		The Rookies (1 episode)
1972		Pocket Money as Bill Garrett

1971		Hannie Caulder as Rufus Clemens
1971		Nichols (1 episode) 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

as Bowen

1969		Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 episode) as Terry Riggs
1969		Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Percy Garris
1969		The Wild Bunch as Coffer
1969		True Grit as Colonel G. Stonehill

1968		The Name of the Game (1 episode) as Nanyface
1968		It Takes a Thief (1 episode) as Willard Knox

1967		The Mountains of the Moon as O'Keefe
1967		Cool Hand Luke as Captain
1967		The Guns of Will Sonnett (2 episodes)
1967		He & She (1 episode) as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
1967		The Flim-Flam Man as Lovick
1967		The Invaders (1 episode) as Charlie Coogan

1966		Tarzan (2 episodes)
1966		Nevada Smith as Strother (uncredited)
1966		An Eye for an Eye as Trumbull
1966		Harper as Claude

1965		The Big Valley (1 episode) as Fludd (1 episode) as Dan'l Hawks
1965		Lost in Space (1 episode) as Nerim
1965		The Legend of Jesse James (1 episode) as Meeker
1965		Run for Your Life (1 episode) as Holly Amberton
1965		The Sons of Katie Elder as Ned Ross
1965		Shenandoah as Train Engineer
1965		Brainstorm as Mr. Clyde

1964		Profiles in Courage (1 episode) as Senator James Wadsworth
1964		Invitation to a Gunfighter as Fiddler
1964		Gilligan's Island (1 episode)
1964		Daniel Boone (1 episode) as Solomon Tarbot

1963		McLintock! as Agard
1963		The Fugitive (1 episode) as Deputy Shirky Saulter
1963		The Lieutenant (1 episode) as Taxi Driver
1963		Showdown as Charlie Reeder
1963		The Dakotas (1 episode)

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 episode) as Self
1962		Stoney Burke (1 episode)
1962		The Virginian (1 episode) as Luther Watson (1 episode) as Finley
1962		The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Floyd
1962		Pericles on 31st Street as Bernard Klioris

1961		The Dick Van Dyke Show (1 episode) as Harper Worthington Yates
1961		The New Breed (2 episodes) as Benny Kohler
1961		Ben Casey (3 episodes)
1961		The Deadly Companions as Parson
1961		Sanctuary as Dog Boy

1960

(1 episode)

1959		The Rebel (1 episode) as Jess
1959		Hotel de Paree (31 episodes)
1959		The Twilight Zone (1 episode)
1959		Bonanza (1 episode) as Little Meredith Smith (1 episode) as Cole Younger (1 episode) as Joad Bruder (1 episode) as Lonnie Stern
1959		The Horse Soldiers as Virgil
1959		The Wild and the Innocent as Ben Stocker
1959		The Shaggy Dog as Thurm
1959		Black Saddle (1 episode) as Pit Thatcher
1959		Rawhide (2 episodes) as Bates

1958		77 Sunset Strip (1 episode) as Charles Sloane
1958		Lawman (1 episode)
1958		The Texan (1 episode) as Polk Blackston
1958		Bitter Heritage as Earle Eheeler
1958		Jefferson Drum (1 episode) as Pete Henke
1958		Cowboy as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

1957		Trackdown (1 episode)
1957		Perry Mason (1 episode) as Roy Hutchinson (1 episode) as Gerald Sommers (1 episode) as Joe Mead (1 episode) as Pete Gibson
1957		Black Patch as Petey
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel (1 episode) as Fred Coombs (1 episode) as Carew (2 episodes)
1957		Copper Sky as Pokey
1957		Panic! (1 episode)

1956		The Black Whip as Thorny
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Joby
1956		Broken Arrow (1 episode) as Renton
1956		Attack as Ingersol
1956		The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 episode)
1956		Johnny Concho as Townsman (uncredited)
1956		Telephone Time (1 episode)
1956		World Without End as Nihka (uncredited)

1955		Target Zero as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955		Matinee Theater (1 episode)
1955		The Big Knife as Stillman
1955		Crossroads (1 episode) as Landry Kersh
1955		Navy Log (1 episode)
1955		Gunsmoke (2 episodes) as Ben Snow (1 episode) as Timble (1 episode) as Billy (1 episode) as Gene Bunch (1 episode) as Rowley (1 episode) as Dillard (1 episode) as Dooley (1 episode) as Ed Davey (1 episode) as Cooter (1 episode) as Mr. Stooler
1955		Strategic Air Command as Airman
1955		Kiss Me Deadly as Harvey Wallace
1955		The Millionaire (1 episode) as Pete Hill

1954		The Silver Chalice as Father (uncredited)
1954		Drum Beat as Scotty
1954		A Star Is Born as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954		Studio 57 (1 episode)
1954		Lassie (3 episodes)
1954		The Lone Wolf (1 episode)
1954		World for Ransom

1953		South Sea Woman as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953		The Magnetic Monster as Co-Pilot
1953		General Electric Theater (1 episode) as Obie (1 episode) as Gunnery Officer Daly

1952		Androcles and the Lion as Soldier (uncredited)
1952		Cavalcade of America (1 episode) as Wilkins
1952		Four Star Playhouse (1 episode) as Tom Blair
1952		Storm Over Tibet as Co-pilot
1952		Dangerous Assignment (1 episode)

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Old Hollander
1951		Dragnet (1 episode)
1951		I Love Lucy (1 episode) as Man in Coffee Shop
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 episode) as Bellhop
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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