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:
- 95
- 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 Champ | Riley | 1979-07-07 |
| Movie | The Villain | Parody Jones | 1979-07-26 |
| Movie | The End | Dr. Waldo Kling | 1978-05-10 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | Up in Smoke | Mr. Stoner | 1978-05-16 |
| Movie | Steel Cowboy | Pinky Pincus | 1978-12-06 |
| Movie | Stubby Pringle's Christmas | Old Hollander | 1978-12-17 |
| 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 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Rooster Cogburn | Shanghai McCoy | 1975-11-01 |
| Series | Movin' On | Unknown | 1974-05-08 |
| Movie | Sssssss | Dr. Carl Stoner | 1973-07-06 |
| Movie | Pocket Money | Bill Garrett | 1972-02-01 |
| Movie | The Brotherhood of Satan | Doc Duncan | 1971-08-06 |
| Movie | Red Sky at Morning | John Cloyd | 1971-05-12 |
| 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 | The Wild Bunch | Coffer | 1969-06-19 |
| Movie | True Grit | Colonel G. Stonehill | 1969-06-11 |
| 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 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | Trumbull | 1966-06-01 |
| Movie | Harper | Claude | 1966-02-22 |
| 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 | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| 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 |
| Movie | McLintock! | Agard | 1963-11-12 |
| Movie | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Floyd | 1962-04-13 |
| Movie | Sanctuary | Dog Boy | 1961-04-18 |
| Movie | The Deadly Companions | Parson | 1961-06-06 |
| Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
| Movie | The Shaggy Dog | Thurm | 1959-03-19 |
| Movie | The Horse Soldiers | Virgil | 1959-06-11 |
| Movie | The Wild and the Innocent | Ben Stocker | 1959-05-27 |
| Series | Hotel de Paree | 1959-10-02 | |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
| Movie | Bitter Heritage | Earle Eheeler | 1958-08-07 |
| Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
| Movie | Copper Sky | Pokey | 1957-09-01 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Movie | Black Patch | Petey | 1957-09-15 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Black Whip | Thorny | 1956-12-01 |
| Movie | Attack | Ingersol | 1956-09-19 |
| Movie | Strategic Air Command | Airman | 1955-07-12 |
| Movie | Kiss Me Deadly | Harvey Wallace | 1955-04-28 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | The Big Knife | Stillman | 1955-10-25 |
| Movie | Target Zero | Pvt. Dan O'Hirons | 1955-11-15 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Delivery Boy (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | World for Ransom | 1954-01-31 | |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | Drum Beat | Scotty | 1954-11-10 |
| Movie | The Silver Chalice | Father (uncredited) | 1954-12-20 |
| 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 | 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 |