Strother Martin
Acting1919Kokomo, 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
Acting History
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
Hotwire
as The Weasel
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host• 1 eps
1979
Nightwing
as Selwyn
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
The Champ
as Riley
The Villain
as Parody Jones
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
1978
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
The Wonderful World of Disney
TVas Buckshot / Thurm• 1 eps
1977
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
The Rockford Files
TVas Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers• 2 eps
1976
1975
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
Hard Times
as Poe
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
1974
1973
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
Hawkins
TVas R.J. Hawkins• 5 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TVas Self• 1 eps
1972
1971
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TVas Terry Riggs• 1 eps
The Virginian
TVas Luther Watson• 1 eps
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
Daniel Boone
TVas Solomon Tarbot• 1 eps
The Name of the Game
TVas Nanyface• 1 eps
The Doris Day Show
TVas Tyrone Lovey• 2 eps
1968
Run for Your Life
TVas Holly Amberton• 1 eps
It Takes a Thief
TVas Willard Knox• 1 eps
The Danny Thomas Hour
TVas Paul Rooney• 1 eps
1967
The Mountains of the Moon
as O'Keefe
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
The Big Valley
TVas Fludd• 1 eps
The Invaders
TVas Charlie Coogan• 1 eps
He & She
TVas The Rev. Mr. Anderson
1966
Talion
as Trumbull
Harper
as Claude
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
Lost in Space
TVas Nerim• 1 eps
The Legend of Jesse James
TVas Meeker• 1 eps
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
Shenandoah
as Train Engineer
Rawhide
TVas Bates• 1 eps
Profiles in Courage
TVas Senator James Wadsworth• 1 eps
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TVas Harper Worthington Yates• 1 eps
Perry Mason
TVas Gerald Sommers / Joe Mead / Roy Hutchinson / Pete Gibson• 1 eps
1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Fiddler
The Fugitive
TVas Deputy Shirky Saulter• 1 eps
The Lieutenant
TVas Taxi Driver• 1 eps
Ben Casey
TVas Frank Geray• 1 eps
Bonanza
TVas Yuri• 1 eps
1963
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
The New Breed
TVas Benny Kohler• 2 eps
1961
1959
The Shaggy Dog
as Thurm
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
The Wild and the Innocent
as Ben Stocker
The Rebel
TVas Jess• 1 eps
The Texan
TVas Polk Blackston• 1 eps
Black Saddle
TVas Pit Thatcher• 1 eps
1958
Cowboy
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
Bitter Heritage
as Earle Eheeler
General Electric Theater
TVas Obie• 1 eps
Trackdown
TVas Benny French• 1 eps
Jefferson Drum
TVas Pete Henke
1957
Copper Sky
as Pokey
Black Patch
as Petey
Broken Arrow
TVas Renton• 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Joby• 1 eps
The Millionaire
TVas Pete Hill• 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
TVas Fred Coombs• 1 eps
1956
Johnny Concho
as Townsman (uncredited)
World Without End
as Nihka (uncredited)
The Black Whip
as Thorny
Attack
as Ingersol
I Love Lucy
TVas Man in Coffee Shop• 1 eps
1955
Target Zero
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
The Big Knife
as Stillman
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
Strategic Air Command
as Airman
Crossroads
TVas Landry Kersh• 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
TVas Wilkins• 1 eps
1954
The Silver Chalice
as Father (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Drum Beat
as Scotty
Studio 57
TVas Pete Dutton• 1 eps
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TVas Waiter• 1 eps
The Lone Wolf
TVas Nick Davis• 1 eps
1953
South Sea Woman
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
The Magnetic Monster
as Co-Pilot
Four Star Playhouse
TVas Tom Blair• 1 eps
1952
Androcles and the Lion
as Soldier (uncredited)
Storm Over Tibet
as Co-pilot
1951
Rhubarb
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Old Hollander
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas Teeples / Bellhop
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)