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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Acting History
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
1980Hotwire as The Weasel
1980The Secret of Nikola Tesla as George Westinghouse
1979Better Late Than Never as J.D. Ashcroft
1979The Villain as Parody Jones
1979The Champ as Riley
1979Nightwing as Selwyn
1979Love and Bullets as Louis Monk
1978Stubby Pringle's Christmas as Old Hollander
1978Steel Cowboy as Pinky Pincus
1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy as Turtle Ranch Boss
1978Vega$
1978Up in Smoke as Mr. Stoner
1978The End as Dr. Waldo Kling
1977Slap Shot as Joe McGrath
1976The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday as Billy
1975Rooster Cogburn as Shanghai McCoy
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Hard Times as Poe
1975One of Our Own as LeRoy Atkins
1975Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
1975Baretta
1974The Rockford Files as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
1974Movin' On
1974Paper Moon
1974Petrocelli as Clate Dobie
1973Sssssss as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973The Boy and the Bronc Buster as Buckshot
1973Hawkins as R.J. Hawkins
1972The Rookies
1972Pocket Money as Bill Garrett
1971Hannie Caulder as Rufus Clemens
1971Nichols as Zachariah
1971Fools' Parade as Lee Cottrill
1971The Brotherhood of Satan as Doc Duncan
1971Red Sky at Morning as John Cloyd
1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Bowen
1969Love, American Style
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Percy Garris
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. as Terry Riggs
1969The Wild Bunch as Coffer
1969True Grit as Colonel G. Stonehill
1968The Doris Day Show as Tyrone Lovey
1968The Name of the Game as Nanyface
1968It Takes a Thief as Willard Knox
1967The Mountains of the Moon as O'Keefe
1967Cool Hand Luke as Captain
1967The Danny Thomas Hour as Paul Rooney
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967He & She as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
1967The Flim-Flam Man as Lovick
1967The Invaders as Charlie Coogan
1966Tarzan
1966Nevada Smith as Strother (uncredited)
1966An Eye for an Eye as Trumbull
1966Harper as Claude
1965The Big Valley as Dan'l Hawks
1965The Big Valley as Fludd
1965Lost in Space as Nerim
1965Run for Your Life as Holly Amberton
1965The Legend of Jesse James as Meeker
1965The Sons of Katie Elder as Ned Ross
1965Shenandoah as Train Engineer
1965Brainstorm as Mr. Clyde
1964Profiles in Courage as Senator James Wadsworth
1964Invitation to a Gunfighter as Fiddler
1964Gilligan's Island
1964Daniel Boone as Solomon Tarbot
1963McLintock! as Agard
1963The Fugitive as Deputy Shirky Saulter
1963The Lieutenant as Taxi Driver
1963Showdown as Charlie Reeder
1963The Dakotas
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962Stoney Burke
1962The Virginian as Finley
1962The Virginian as Luther Watson
1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Floyd
1961The Dick Van Dyke Show as Harper Worthington Yates
1961The New Breed as Benny Kohler
1961Ben Casey
1961Ben Casey as Frank Geray
1961The Deadly Companions as Parson
1961Sanctuary as Dog Boy
1960Pete and Gladys
1959The Rebel as Jess
1959The Twilight Zone as Mothershed
1959Hotel de Paree
1959Bonanza as Lonnie Stern
1959Bonanza as Joad Bruder
1959Bonanza as Cole Younger
1959Bonanza as Little Meredith Smith
1959Bonanza as Yuri
1959The Horse Soldiers as Virgil
1959The Wild and the Innocent as Ben Stocker
1959The Shaggy Dog as Thurm
1959Black Saddle as Pit Thatcher
1959Rawhide as Bates
195877 Sunset Strip as Charles Sloane
1958Lawman
1958The Texan as Polk Blackston
1958Bitter Heritage as Earle Eheeler
1958Jefferson Drum as Pete Henke
1958Cowboy as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1957Trackdown as Benny French
1957Perry Mason as Pete Gibson
1957Perry Mason as Joe Mead
1957Perry Mason as Gerald Sommers
1957Perry Mason as Roy Hutchinson
1957Black Patch as Petey
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
1957Have Gun, Will Travel as Carew
1957Have Gun, Will Travel as Fred Coombs
1957Copper Sky as Pokey
1957Panic!
1956The Black Whip as Thorny
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Joby
1956Broken Arrow as Renton
1956Attack as Ingersol
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956Johnny Concho as Townsman (uncredited)
1956Telephone Time
1956World Without End as Nihka (uncredited)
1955Target Zero as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955Matinee Theater
1955The Big Knife as Stillman
1955Crossroads as Landry Kersh
1955Navy Log
1955Gunsmoke as Mr. Stooler
1955Gunsmoke as Cooter
1955Gunsmoke as Ed Davey
1955Gunsmoke as Dooley
1955Gunsmoke as Dillard
1955Gunsmoke as Rowley
1955Gunsmoke as Gene Bunch
1955Gunsmoke as Billy
1955Gunsmoke as Timble
1955Gunsmoke as Ben Snow
1955Kiss Me Deadly as Harvey Wallace
1955Strategic Air Command as Airman
1955The Millionaire as Pete Hill
1954The Silver Chalice as Father (uncredited)
1954Drum Beat as Scotty
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Buckshot
1954A Star Is Born as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954Studio 57 as Pete Dutton
1954Lassie
1954The Lone Wolf as Nick Davis
1954World for Ransom
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Waiter
1953South Sea Woman as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953The Magnetic Monster as Co-Pilot
1953General Electric Theater as Gunnery Officer Daly
1953General Electric Theater as Obie
1952Androcles and the Lion as Soldier (uncredited)
1952Cavalcade of America as Wilkins
1952Four Star Playhouse as Tom Blair
1952Storm Over Tibet as Co-pilot
1952Chevron Theatre
1952Dangerous Assignment
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Old Hollander
1951Dragnet
1951I Love Lucy as Man in Coffee Shop
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bellhop
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Teeples
1951The Red Badge of Courage as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1951Rhubarb as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950The Damned Don't Cry as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
1950The Asphalt Jungle as William Doldy (uncredited)