Strother Martin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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
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- Born:
- Mar 26, 1919 In Kokomo, Indiana, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 124
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Asphalt Jungle 1950-05-12
- Latest Project:
- Movie Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade 2004-07-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self (archive footage) | 2004-07-25 |
| Movie | The Secret of Nikola Tesla | George Westinghouse | 1980-02-19 |
| Movie | Hotwire | The Weasel | 1980-09-01 |
| Movie | Nightwing | Selwyn | 1979-06-22 |
| Movie | The Champ | Riley | 1979-07-07 |
| Movie | Love and Bullets | Louis Monk | 1979-04-05 |
| Movie | The Villain | Parody Jones | 1979-07-26 |
| Movie | Better Late Than Never | J.D. Ashcroft | 1979-10-17 |
| Movie | Up in Smoke | Mr. Stoner | 1978-05-16 |
| Movie | The End | Dr. Waldo Kling | 1978-05-10 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy | Turtle Ranch Boss | 1978-11-22 |
| Movie | Steel Cowboy | Pinky Pincus | 1978-12-06 |
| Movie | Stubby Pringle's Christmas | Old Hollander | 1978-12-17 |
| Movie | Slap Shot | Joe McGrath | 1977-02-25 |
| Movie | The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday | Billy | 1976-06-23 |
| Movie | Mitzi & 100 Guys | Self | 1975-03-24 |
| Series | Baretta | Unknown | 1975-01-17 |
| Movie | Rooster Cogburn | Shanghai McCoy | 1975-11-01 |
| Movie | One of Our Own | LeRoy Atkins | 1975-05-05 |
| Movie | Hard Times | Poe | 1975-08-13 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | Paper Moon | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
| Series | Movin' On | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
| Series | The Rockford Files | Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers | 1974-09-13 |
| Series | Hawkins | 1973-03-13 | |
| Movie | Sssssss | Dr. Carl Stoner | 1973-07-06 |
| Movie | Pocket Money | Bill Garrett | 1972-02-01 |
| Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Movie | Red Sky at Morning | John Cloyd | 1971-05-12 |
| Movie | The Brotherhood of Satan | Doc Duncan | 1971-08-06 |
| Movie | Fools' Parade | Lee Cottrill | 1971-08-18 |
| Movie | Hannie Caulder | Rufus Clemens | 1971-11-08 |
| Movie | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Bowen | 1970-03-18 |
| Movie | True Grit | Colonel G. Stonehill | 1969-06-11 |
| Movie | The Wild Bunch | Coffer | 1969-06-19 |
| Series | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Unknown | 1969-09-23 |
| Movie | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Percy Garris | 1969-09-23 |
| Movie | The Flim-Flam Man | Lovick | 1967-08-22 |
| Series | He & She | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
| Movie | Cool Hand Luke | Captain | 1967-11-01 |
| Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Harper | Claude | 1966-02-22 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Trumbull | 1966-06-01 |
| Movie | Nevada Smith | Strother (uncredited) | 1966-06-10 |
| Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Shenandoah | Train Engineer | 1965-06-03 |
| Movie | Brainstorm | Mr. Clyde | 1965-05-05 |
| Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | Ned Ross | 1965-06-23 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | Lost in Space | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | Gilligan's Island | Unknown | 1964-09-26 |
| Movie | Invitation to a Gunfighter | Fiddler | 1964-10-14 |
| Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | Showdown | Charlie Reeder | 1963-05-03 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | McLintock! | Agard | 1963-11-12 |
| Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Floyd | 1962-04-13 |
| Series | Stoney Burke | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | The Deadly Companions | Parson | 1961-06-06 |
| Movie | Sanctuary | Dog Boy | 1961-04-18 |
| Series | The New Breed | Unknown | 1961-10-03 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Series | Pete and Gladys | Unknown | 1960-09-19 |
| Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Thurm | 1959-03-19 |
| Series | Black Saddle | Unknown | 1959-01-10 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Innocent | Ben Stocker | 1959-05-27 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Virgil | 1959-06-11 |
| Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Hotel de Paree | 1959-10-02 | |
| Movie | Bitter Heritage | Earle Eheeler | 1958-08-07 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| Movie | Cowboy | Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake | 1958-01-23 |
| Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Movie | Copper Sky | Pokey | 1957-09-01 |
| Series | Panic! | Unknown | 1957-03-05 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Movie | Black Patch | Petey | 1957-09-15 |
| Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Movie | Johnny Concho | Townsman (uncredited) | 1956-07-01 |
| Movie | World Without End | Nihka (uncredited) | 1956-03-25 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
| Movie | The Black Whip | Thorny | 1956-12-01 |
| Movie | Attack | Ingersol | 1956-09-19 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Strategic Air Command | Airman | 1955-07-12 |
| Movie | Kiss Me Deadly | Harvey Wallace | 1955-04-28 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Series | Navy Log | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Movie | Target Zero | Pvt. Dan O'Hirons | 1955-11-15 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Movie | The Big Knife | Stillman | 1955-10-25 |
| Series | The Lone Wolf | Unknown | 1954-04-09 |
| Movie | World for Ransom | 1954-01-31 | |
| Series | Studio 57 | Unknown | 1954-09-21 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | The Silver Chalice | Father (uncredited) | 1954-12-20 |
| Movie | Drum Beat | Scotty | 1954-11-10 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | South Sea Woman | Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited) | 1953-06-27 |
| Movie | The Magnetic Monster | Co-Pilot | 1953-02-18 |
| Series | Dangerous Assignment | Unknown | 1952-01-01 |
| Movie | Storm Over Tibet | Co-pilot | 1952-07-01 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Androcles and the Lion | Soldier (uncredited) | 1952-12-01 |
| Movie | The Red Badge of Courage | Corporal (voice) (uncredited) | 1951-09-27 |
| Movie | Rhubarb | Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited) | 1951-08-29 |
| Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
| Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Movie | The Asphalt Jungle | William Doldy (uncredited) | 1950-05-12 |
| Movie | The Damned Don't Cry | Springboard Diver (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |