Strother Martin

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."

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

103

Birth Date

1919-03-26 00:00:00

Birth Place

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Known For

• 

  Sssssss
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  Slap Shot
• 

  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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  Up in Smoke
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  The Brotherhood of Satan
• 

  Hotwire

Credits

• actors (103 credits)

  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Hotwire

    The Weasel

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Secret of Nikola Tesla

    George Westinghouse

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Better Late Than Never

    J.D. Ashcroft

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Villain

    Parody Jones

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Champ

    Riley

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Nightwing

    Selwyn

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Love and Bullets

    Louis Monk

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    Old Hollander

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Steel Cowboy

    Pinky Pincus

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

    Turtle Ranch Boss

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Up in Smoke

    Mr. Stoner

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • The End

    Dr. Waldo Kling

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Vega$

    - Yes, My Darling Daughter (1978) ... actor actors
    1978
  • Slap Shot

    Joe McGrath

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

    Billy

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Rooster Cogburn

    Shanghai McCoy

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Hard Times

    Poe

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • One of Our Own

    LeRoy Atkins

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Mitzi & 100 Guys

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Saturday Night Live

    - Strother Martin/The Specials (1980) ... Self - Host actor actors
    1975
  • Baretta

    - All That Shatters (1977) ... actor actors

    - Open Season (1977) ... actor actors

    - On the Road (1975) ... actor actors
    1975
  • The Rockford Files

    - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 2 (1977) ... Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers actor actors

    - The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers: Part 1 (1977) ... Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers actor actors
    1974
  • Sssssss

    Dr. Carl Stoner

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Boy and the Bronc Buster

    Buckshot

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Pocket Money

    Bill Garrett

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Flim Flam Man

    Lovick

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Hannie Caulder

    Rufus Clemens

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Fools' Parade

    Lee Cottrill

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Brotherhood of Satan

    Doc Duncan

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • Red Sky at Morning

    John Cloyd

    actor

    actors
    1971
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    Bowen

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Percy Garris

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • The Wild Bunch

    Coffer

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • True Grit

    Colonel G. Stonehill

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Love, American Style

    - Love and the Old Boyfriend (1970) ... actor actors
    1969
  • Marcus Welby, M.D.

    - Nobody Wants a Fat Jockey (1970) ... Terry Riggs actor actors
    1969
  • The Mountains of the Moon

    O'Keefe

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • Cool Hand Luke

    Captain

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Flim-Flam Man

    Lovick

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Invaders

    - Moonshot (1967) ... Charlie Coogan actor actors
    1967
  • Nevada Smith

    Strother (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • An Eye for an Eye

    Trumbull

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Harper

    Claude

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Sons of Katie Elder

    Ned Ross

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Shenandoah

    Train Engineer

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Brainstorm

    Mr. Clyde

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Big Valley

    - Brother Love (1967) ... Fludd actor actors

    - Target (1966) ... Dan'l Hawks actor actors
    1965
  • Lost in Space

    - Blast Off into Space (1966) ... Nerim actor actors
    1965
  • Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Fiddler

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Daniel Boone

    - The Terrible Tarbots (1969) ... Solomon Tarbot actor actors
    1964
  • McLintock!

    Agard

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Showdown

    Charlie Reeder

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Fugitive

    - Devil's Carnival (1964) ... Deputy Shirky Saulter actor actors
    1963
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    Floyd

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 147 (1973) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The Virginian

    - You Can Lead a Horse to Water (1970) ... Luther Watson actor actors

    - The Claim (1965) ... Finley actor actors
    1962
  • The Deadly Companions

    Parson

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Sanctuary

    Dog Boy

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show

    - Baby Fat (1965) ... Harper Worthington Yates actor actors
    1961
  • Ben Casey

    - Heap Logs and Let the Blaze Laugh Out (1964) ... Frank Geray actor actors

    - The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits (1962) ... actor actors

    - Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor (1962) ... actor actors
    1961
  • The Horse Soldiers

    Virgil

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Wild and the Innocent

    Ben Stocker

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The Shaggy Dog

    Thurm

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother (1972) ... Cole Younger actor actors

    - The Impostors (1970) ... Joad Bruder actor actors

    - The Silence at Stillwater (1969) ... Lonnie Stern actor actors

    - The Meredith Smith (1965) ... Little Meredith Smith actor actors

    - The Saga of Muley Jones (1964) ... Yuri actor actors
    1959
  • Rawhide

    - The Gray Rock Hotel (1965) ... Bates actor actors
    1959
  • The Twilight Zone

    - The Grave (1961) ... Mothershed actor actors
    1959
  • Bitter Heritage

    Earle Eheeler

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Cowboy

    Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Lawman

    - The Hunch (1959) ... actor actors
    1958
  • The Texan

    - No Place to Stop (1959) ... Polk Blackston actor actors
    1958
  • Black Patch

    Petey

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Copper Sky

    Pokey

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Perry Mason

    - The Case of the Hasty Honeymooner (1965) ... Roy Hutchinson actor actors

    - The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito (1963) ... Gerald Sommers actor actors

    - The Case of the Fickle Filly (1962) ... Joe Mead actor actors

    - The Case of the Brazen Bequest (1961) ... Pete Gibson actor actors
    1957
  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    - Justice in Hell (1962) ... actor actors

    - One Came Back (1959) ... Carew actor actors

    - High Wire (1957) ... actor actors

    - A Matter of Ethics (1957) ... Fred Coombs actor actors
    1957
  • The Black Whip

    Thorny

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Attack

    Ingersol

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Johnny Concho

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • World Without End

    Nihka (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - The Necessary Breed (1957) ... Joby actor actors
    1956
  • Target Zero

    Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Big Knife

    Stillman

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Harvey Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Strategic Air Command

    Airman

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Gunsmoke

    - Island in the Desert (2) (1974) ... Ben Snow actor actors

    - Island in the Desert (1) (1974) ... Ben Snow actor actors

    - No Hands (1964) ... Timble actor actors

    - The Trappers (1962) ... Billy actor actors

    - The Do-Badder (1962) ... Gene Bunch actor actors
    1955
  • Matinee Theater

    - End of the Rope (1957) ... actor actors
    1955
  • The Silver Chalice

    Father (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Drum Beat

    Scotty

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • A Star Is Born

    Delivery Boy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • World for Ransom

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    - The Shaggy Dog (1978) ... Thurm actor actors

    - The Boy and the Bronc Buster (2) (1973) ... Buckshot actor actors

    - The Boy and the Bronc Buster (1) (1973) ... Buckshot actor actors
    1954
  • Lassie

    - The Nest (1957) ... actor actors

    - Quarantine (1956) ... actor actors

    - The Marauder (1956) ... actor actors
    1954
  • South Sea Woman

    Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Magnetic Monster

    Co-Pilot

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Androcles and the Lion

    Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Storm Over Tibet

    Co-pilot

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Four Star Playhouse

    - The Witness (1953) ... Tom Blair actor actors
    1952
  • The Red Badge of Courage

    Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Rhubarb

    Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • I Love Lucy

    - Off to Florida (1956) ... Man in Coffee Shop actor actors
    1951
  • Dragnet

    - The Big Blast (1952) ... actor actors
    1951
  • The Damned Don't Cry

    Springboard Diver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Asphalt Jungle

    William Doldy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950