Birthday:
Mar 26, 1919
Place of Birth: Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Place of Birth: Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Strother Martin
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Cool Hand Luke | Captain | 1967 |
| The Wild Bunch | Coffer | 1969 |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Percy Garris | 1969 |
| Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975 |
| Nevada Smith | Strother (uncredited) | 1966 |
| Hard Times | Poe | 1975 |
| The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Floyd | 1962 |
| Slap Shot | Joe McGrath | 1977 |
| Up in Smoke | Mr. Stoner | 1978 |
| The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Bowen | 1970 |
| Hannie Caulder | Rufus Clemens | 1971 |
| Attack | Ingersol | 1956 |
| Brainstorm | Mr. Clyde | 1965 |
| The End | Dr. Waldo Kling | 1978 |
| The Brotherhood of Satan | Doc Duncan | 1971 |
| McLintock! | Agard | 1963 |
| Love and Bullets | Louis Monk | 1979 |
| The Boy and the Bronc Buster: Part 1 | Buckshot | 1973 |
| The Sons of Katie Elder | Ned Ross | 1965 |
| Pocket Money | Bill Garrett | 1972 |
| The Wild and the Innocent | Ben Stocker | 1959 |
| True Grit | Colonel G. Stonehill | 1969 |
| The Deadly Companions | Parson | 1961 |
| Nightwing | Selwyn | 1979 |
| The Horse Soldiers | Virgil | 1959 |
| Kiss Me Deadly | Harvey Wallace | 1955 |
| The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla | George Westinghouse | 1980 |
| Sssssss | Dr. Carl Stoner | 1973 |
| The Mountains of the Moon | O'Keefe | 1967 |
| The Silver Chalice | Father (uncredited) | 1954 |
| South Sea Woman | Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited) | 1953 |
| The Villain | Parody Jones | 1979 |
| Hotwire | The Weasel | 1980 |
| Target Zero | Pvt. Dan O'Hirons | 1955 |
| Copper Sky | Pokey | 1957 |
| Sanctuary | Dog Boy | 1961 |
| Pericles on 31st Street | Bernard Klioris | 1962 |
| The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday | Billy | 1976 |
| Rooster Cogburn | Shanghai McCoy | 1975 |
| The Asphalt Jungle | William Doldy (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Androcles and the Lion | Soldier (uncredited) | 1952 |
| Invitation to a Gunfighter | Fiddler | 1964 |
| Fools' Parade | Lee Cottrill | 1971 |
| Steel Cowboy | Pinky Pincus | 1978 |
| Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy | Turtle Ranch Boss | 1978 |
| The Shaggy Dog | Thurm | 1959 |
| A Star Is Born | Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1954 |
| The Flim-Flam Man | Lovick | 1967 |
| World Without End | Nihka (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Black Patch | Petey | 1957 |
| Cowboy | Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake | 1958 |
| The Champ | Riley | 1979 |
| Red Sky at Morning | John Cloyd | 1971 |
| An Eye for an Eye | Trumbull | 1966 |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Corporal (voice) (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Harper | Claude | 1966 |
| The Damned Don't Cry | Springboard Diver (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Stubby Pringle's Christmas | Old Hollander | 1978 |
| The Black Whip | Thorny | 1956 |
| The Magnetic Monster | Co-Pilot | 1953 |
| Bitter Heritage | Earle Eheeler | 1958 |
| Showdown | Charlie Reeder | 1963 |
| Shenandoah | Train Engineer | 1965 |
| Drum Beat | Scotty | 1954 |
| Storm Over Tibet | Co-pilot | 1952 |
| The Big Knife | Stillman | 1955 |
| Better Late Than Never | J.D. Ashcroft | 1979 |
| Strategic Air Command | Airman | 1955 |
| Rhubarb | Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Johnny Concho | Townsman (uncredited) | 1956 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| World for Ransom | 1954 | |
| One of Our Own | LeRoy Atkins | 1975 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Movin' On | 1974 | |
| Trackdown | 1957 | |
| The Rookies | 1972 | |
| Gilligan's Island | 1964 | |
| Hawkins | R.J. Hawkins | 1973 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Terry Riggs | 1969 |
| Baretta | 1975 | |
| I Love Lucy | Man in Coffee Shop | 1951 |
| Lost in Space | Nerim | 1965 |
| Gunsmoke | Mr. Stooler | 1955 |
| Dragnet | 1951 | |
| Perry Mason | Pete Gibson | 1957 |
| General Electric Theater | Gunnery Officer Daly | 1953 |
| Lassie | 1954 | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Old Hollander | 1951 |
| The Twilight Zone | 1959 | |
| Rawhide | Bates | 1959 |
| Vega$ | 1978 | |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | 1957 | |
| Run for Your Life | Holly Amberton | 1965 |
| The Fugitive | Deputy Shirky Saulter | 1963 |
| Daniel Boone | Solomon Tarbot | 1964 |
| The Millionaire | Pete Hill | 1955 |
| The Virginian | Finley | 1962 |
| The Big Valley | Dan'l Hawks | 1965 |
| Pete and Gladys | 1960 | |
| Profiles in Courage | Senator James Wadsworth | 1964 |
| Matinee Theater | 1955 | |
| Tarzan | 1966 | |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | 1956 | |
| Navy Log | 1955 | |
| Black Saddle | Pit Thatcher | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Jess | 1959 |
| The Dakotas | 1963 | |
| Lawman | 1958 | |
| Ben Casey | 1961 | |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | 1967 | |
| The New Breed | Benny Kohler | 1961 |
| Cavalcade of America | Wilkins | 1952 |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Joby | 1956 |
| Hotel de Paree | 1959 | |
| Stoney Burke | 1962 | |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Meeker | 1965 |
| Telephone Time | 1956 | |
| Dangerous Assignment | 1952 | |
| Panic! | 1957 | |
| Jefferson Drum | Pete Henke | 1958 |
| Paper Moon | 1974 | |
| Studio 57 | 1954 | |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975 |
| The Virginian | Luther Watson | 1962 |
| Broken Arrow | Renton | 1956 |
| He & She | The Rev. Mr. Anderson | 1967 |
| Nichols | Zachariah | 1971 |
| The Big Valley | Fludd | 1965 |
| Gunsmoke | Cooter | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Ed Davey | 1955 |
| Bonanza | Lonnie Stern | 1959 |
| Gunsmoke | Dooley | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Dillard | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Rowley | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Gene Bunch | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Billy | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Timble | 1955 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Carew | 1957 |
| The Lieutenant | Taxi Driver | 1963 |
| General Electric Theater | Obie | 1953 |
| Gunsmoke | Ben Snow | 1955 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Tom Blair | 1952 |
| The Name of the Game | Nanyface | 1968 |
| Bonanza | Joad Bruder | 1959 |
| Perry Mason | Joe Mead | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Gerald Sommers | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Roy Hutchinson | 1957 |
| Bonanza | Cole Younger | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Little Meredith Smith | 1959 |
| The Rockford Files | Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers | 1974 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Charles Sloane | 1958 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | Fred Coombs | 1957 |
| The Invaders | Charlie Coogan | 1967 |
| Crossroads | Landry Kersh | 1955 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Bellhop | 1951 |
| The Texan | Polk Blackston | 1958 |
| Petrocelli | Clate Dobie | 1974 |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | Harper Worthington Yates | 1961 |
| It Takes a Thief | Willard Knox | 1968 |
| The Lone Wolf | Nick Davis | 1954 |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | Paul Rooney | 1967 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Teeples | 1951 |
| Love, American Style | 1969 |
