Strother Martin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-03-26
Day of Death
1980-08-01 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Strother Martin
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."
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Known For
Acting
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(1980)
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
(1980)
Hotwire
as The Weasel
(1979)
The Champ
as Riley
(1979)
The Villain
as Parody Jones
(1979)
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
(1979)
Nightwing
as Selwyn
(1979)
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
(1978)
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
(1978)
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
(1978)
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
(1978)
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
(1978)
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
(1977)
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
(1976)
(1975)
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
(1975)
Hard Times
as Poe
(1975)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
(1975)
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
(1973)
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
(1973)
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
(1972)
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
(1971)
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
(1971)
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
(1971)
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
(1970)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
(1969)
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
(1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
(1969)
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
(1967)
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
(1967)
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
(1967)
The Mountains of the Moon
as O'Keefe
(1966)
Harper
as Claude
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
(1966)
An Eye for an Eye
as Trumbull
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
(1965)
Shenandoah
as Train Engineer
(1965)
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
(1964)
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Fiddler
(1963)
McLintock!
as Agard
(1963)
Showdown
as Charlie Reeder
(1962)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
(1961)
The Deadly Companions
as Parson
(1961)
Sanctuary
as Dog Boy
(1959)
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
(1959)
The Shaggy Dog
as Thurm
(1959)
The Wild and the Innocent
as Ben Stocker
(1958)
Cowboy
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
(1958)
Bitter Heritage
as Earle Eheeler
(1957)
Black Patch
as Petey
(1957)
Copper Sky
as Pokey
(1956)
Attack
as Ingersol
(1956)
World Without End
as Nihka (uncredited)
(1956)
Johnny Concho
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1956)
The Black Whip
as Thorny
(1955)
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
(1955)
Strategic Air Command
as Airman
(1955)
The Big Knife
as Stillman
(1955)
Target Zero
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1954)
Drum Beat
as Scotty
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Father (uncredited)
(1954)
(1953)
The Magnetic Monster
as Co-Pilot
(1953)
South Sea Woman
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1952)
Storm Over Tibet
as Co-pilot
(1951)
The Red Badge of Courage
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
Rhubarb
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
(1950)
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited)
(1950)
The Damned Don't Cry
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)