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:
- 112
- 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 Life of Nikola Tesla | George Westinghouse | 1980-02-19 |
| Movie | Hotwire | The Weasel | 1980-09-01 |
| Movie | Love and Bullets | Louis Monk | 1979-04-05 |
| Movie | Nightwing | Selwyn | 1979-06-22 |
| Movie | The Villain | Parody Jones | 1979-07-26 |
| Movie | The Champ | Riley | 1979-07-07 |
| Movie | Better Late Than Never | J.D. Ashcroft | 1979-10-17 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | The End | Dr. Waldo Kling | 1978-05-10 |
| Movie | Up in Smoke | Mr. Stoner | 1978-05-16 |
| Movie | Stubby Pringle's Christmas | Old Hollander | 1978-12-17 |
| Movie | Steel Cowboy | Pinky Pincus | 1978-12-06 |
| Movie | Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy | Turtle Ranch Boss | 1978-11-22 |
| 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 | One of Our Own | LeRoy Atkins | 1975-05-05 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Rooster Cogburn | Shanghai McCoy | 1975-11-01 |
| Movie | Hard Times | Poe | 1975-08-13 |
| Series | Movin' On | Unknown | 1974-05-08 |
| 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 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Movie | Cool Hand Luke | Captain | 1967-11-01 |
| Movie | Harper | Claude | 1966-02-22 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Trumbull | 1966-06-01 |
| Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Nevada Smith | Strother (uncredited) | 1966-06-10 |
| Movie | Brainstorm | Mr. Clyde | 1965-05-05 |
| Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | Ned Ross | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | Shenandoah | Train Engineer | 1965-06-03 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | Lost in Space | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | Gilligan's Island | Unknown | 1964-09-26 |
| Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | Invitation to a Gunfighter | Fiddler | 1964-10-14 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Movie | Showdown | Charlie Reeder | 1963-05-03 |
| 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 | Sanctuary | Dog Boy | 1961-04-18 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Movie | The Deadly Companions | Parson | 1961-06-06 |
| Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Thurm | 1959-03-19 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Innocent | Ben Stocker | 1959-05-27 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Series | Black Saddle | Unknown | 1959-01-10 |
| Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Virgil | 1959-06-11 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| 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 | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Movie | World Without End | Nihka (uncredited) | 1956-03-25 |
| Movie | Johnny Concho | Townsman (uncredited) | 1956-07-01 |
| Movie | Attack | Ingersol | 1956-09-19 |
| Movie | The Black Whip | Thorny | 1956-12-01 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | Kiss Me Deadly | Harvey Wallace | 1955-04-28 |
| Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
| Movie | Strategic Air Command | Airman | 1955-07-12 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | Target Zero | Pvt. Dan O'Hirons | 1955-11-15 |
| Movie | The Big Knife | Stillman | 1955-10-25 |
| Series | The Lone Wolf | Unknown | 1954-04-09 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | World for Ransom | 1954-01-31 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |