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."
Known For
Acting
(2004)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
(1980)
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
(1980)
Hotwire
as The Weasel
(1979)
The Villain
as Parody Jones
(1979)
The Champ
as Riley
(1979)
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
(1979)
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
(1979)
Nightwing
as Selwyn
(1978)
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
(1978)
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
(1978)
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
(1978)
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
(1978)
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
(1977)
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
(1976)
(1975)
Hard Times
as Poe
(1975)
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
(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)
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
(1971)
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
(1971)
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
(1971)
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
(1970)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
(1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
(1969)
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
(1969)
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
(1967)
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
(1967)
The Mountains of the Moon
as O'Keefe
(1967)
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
(1966)
Harper
as Claude
(1966)
An Eye for an Eye
as Trumbull
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
(1965)
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
(1965)
Shenandoah
as Train Engineer
(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 Wild and the Innocent
as Ben Stocker
(1959)
The Shaggy Dog
as Thurm
(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)
The Black Whip
as Thorny
(1956)
Johnny Concho
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1956)
World Without End
as Nihka (uncredited)
(1955)
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
(1955)
The Big Knife
as Stillman
(1955)
Target Zero
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
(1955)
Strategic Air Command
as Airman
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Father (uncredited)
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1954)
(1954)
Drum Beat
as Scotty
(1953)
South Sea Woman
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
(1953)
The Magnetic Monster
as Co-Pilot
(1952)
Storm Over Tibet
as Co-pilot
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Soldier (uncredited)
(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)