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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."
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Filmography
all 135
Movies 71
TV Shows 64
self 3
Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Movie
The Weasel
Hotwire (1980)
Movie
George Westinghouse
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980)
Movie
J.D. Ashcroft
Better Late Than Never (1979)
Movie
Parody Jones
The Villain (1979)
Movie
Riley
The Champ (1979)
Movie
Selwyn
Nightwing (1979)
Movie
Louis Monk
Love and Bullets (1979)
Movie
Old Hollander
Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978)
Movie
Pinky Pincus
Steel Cowboy (1978)
Movie
Turtle Ranch Boss
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Movie
Vega$ (1978)
TV
Mr. Stoner
Up in Smoke (1978)
Movie
4.48
Dr. Waldo Kling
The End (1978)
Movie
McGrath
Slap Shot (1977)
Movie
5.09
Billy
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
Movie
6
McCoy
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Movie
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
Poe
Hard Times (1975)
Movie
6
LeRoy Atkins
One of Our Own (1975)
Movie
Self
Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)
Movie
Baretta (1975)
TV
6
Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
The Rockford Files (1974)
TV
7
Paper Moon (1974)
TV
Movin' On (1974)
TV
Dr. Carl Stoner
Sssssss (1973)
Movie
Buckshot
The Boy and the Bronc Buster (1973)
Movie
R.J. Hawkins
Hawkins (1973)
TV
The Mountains of the Moon (1972)
Movie
The Rookies (1972)
TV
Bill Garrett
Pocket Money (1972)
Movie
Rufus Clemens
Hannie Caulder (1971)
Movie
Zachariah
Nichols (1971)
TV
Lee Cottrill
Fools' Parade (1971)
Movie
Doc Duncan
The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
Movie
John Cloyd
Red Sky at Morning (1971)
Movie
Bowen
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Movie
6
Terry Riggs
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
TV
4.8
Coffer
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Movie
3.67
Colonel G. Stonehill
True Grit (1969)
Movie
3.5
Percy Garris
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Movie
5.5
Nanyface
The Name of the Game (1968)
TV
Captain
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Movie
5.25
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
TV
The Rev. Mr. Anderson
He & She (1967)
TV
Lovick
The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Movie
Charlie Coogan
The Invaders (1967)
TV
6
Tarzan (1966)
TV
6
Strother (uncredited)
Nevada Smith (1966)
Movie
Trumbull
An Eye for an Eye (1966)
Movie
Claude
Harper (1966)
Movie
6
Dan'l Hawks / Fludd
The Big Valley (1965)
TV
6.2
Nerim
Lost in Space (1965)
TV
2
Holly Amberton
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Meeker
The Legend of Jesse James (1965)
TV
Ned Ross
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Movie
6
Train Engineer
Shenandoah (1965)
Movie
Mr. Clyde
Brainstorm (1965)
Movie
Senator James Wadsworth
Profiles in Courage (1964)
TV
Fiddler
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Movie
Gilligan's Island (1964)
TV
7.5
Solomon Tarbot
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Agard
McLintock! (1963)
Movie
6
Dance Hall Customer
Glynis (1963)
TV
Deputy Shirky Saulter
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Taxi Driver
The Lieutenant (1963)
TV
Charlie Reeder
Showdown (1963)
Movie
The Dakotas (1963)
TV
Stoney Burke (1962)
TV
Finley / Luther Watson
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Floyd
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Movie
3.67
Bernard Klioris
Pericles on 31st Street (1962)
Movie
Benny Kohler
The New Breed (1961)
TV
Ben Casey (1961)
TV
4.75
Parson
The Deadly Companions (1961)
Movie
Dog Boy
Sanctuary (1961)
Movie
Pete and Gladys (1960)
TV
Jess
The Rebel (1959)
TV
Aaron Donager
Hotel de Paree (1959)
TV
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Cole Younger / Joad Bruder / Little Meredith Smith / Lonnie Stern
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Virgil
The Horse Soldiers (1959)
Movie
6
Ben Stocker
The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
Movie
Thurm
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Movie
5.2
Pit Thatcher
Black Saddle (1959)
TV
Bates
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Charles Sloane
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Lawman (1958)
TV
The Texan (1958)
TV
Earle Eheeler
Bitter Heritage (1958)
Movie
Pete Henke
Jefferson Drum (1958)
TV
Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
Cowboy (1958)
Movie
Trackdown (1957)
TV
Roy Hutchinson / Gerald Sommers / Joe Mead / Pete Gibson
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Petey
Black Patch (1957)
Movie
Carew / Fred Coombs
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Pokey
Copper Sky (1957)
Movie
Panic! (1957)
TV
Thorny
The Black Whip (1956)
Movie
Joby
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Renton
Broken Arrow (1956)
TV
10
Ingersol
Attack (1956)
Movie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
TV
Townsman (uncredited)
Johnny Concho (1956)
Movie
Telephone Time (1956)
TV
Nihka (uncredited)
World Without End (1956)
Movie
Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
Target Zero (1955)
Movie
Matinee Theater (1955)
TV
Stillman
The Big Knife (1955)
Movie
Navy Log (1955)
TV
Ben Snow / Cooter / Billy / Ed Davey / Dooley / Rowley / Dillard / Gene Bunch / Mr. Stooler / Timble
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Airman
Strategic Air Command (1955)
Movie
Harvey Wallace
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Movie
4.67
Pete Hill
The Millionaire (1955)
TV
Father (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
Movie
Scotty
Drum Beat (1954)
Movie
5.6
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Movie
Studio 57 (1954)
TV
Lassie (1954)
TV
8
World for Ransom (1954)
Movie
The Lone Wolf (1954)
TV
Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
South Sea Woman (1953)
Movie
Co-Pilot
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Movie
Obie / Gunnery Officer Daly
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Soldier (uncredited)
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
Movie
Wilkins
Cavalcade of America (1952)
TV
Tom Blair
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
TV
Co-pilot
Storm Over Tibet (1952)
Movie
Dangerous Assignment (1952)
TV
Old Hollander
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Dragnet (1951)
TV
7
Man in Coffee Shop
I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Bellhop
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
Rhubarb (1951)
Movie
William Doldy (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Movie
3.71
Ratings
Average 6.21
Based on 1.3 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1950
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1957
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1919-03-26
Deathday1980-08-01 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceKokomo, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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