
Strother Martin
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1919-03-26
- Died
- 1980-08-01
- Place of birth
- Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Perry Mason
1957
as Pete Gibson / Joe Mead / Gerald Sommers / Roy Hutchinson

The Fugitive
1963
as Deputy Shirky Saulter

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Bonanza
1959
as Lonnie Stern / Joad Bruder / Cole Younger / Little Meredith Smith / Yuri

Lassie
1954
TV Shows (74)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Perry Mason
1957
as Pete Gibson / Joe Mead / Gerald Sommers / Roy Hutchinson

The Fugitive
1963
as Deputy Shirky Saulter

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Bonanza
1959
as Lonnie Stern / Joad Bruder / Cole Younger / Little Meredith Smith / Yuri

Lassie
1954

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Carew / Fred Coombs

The Virginian
1962
as Finley / Luther Watson

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Harper Worthington Yates

Dragnet
1951

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Mothershed

Love, American Style
1969

The Rockford Files
1974
as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers

Rawhide
1959
as Bates

I Love Lucy
1951
as Man in Coffee Shop

Matinee Theater
1955

Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Tom Blair

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Joby

Run for Your Life
1965
as Holly Amberton

Lawman
1958

Daniel Boone
1964
as Solomon Tarbot

The Big Valley
1965
as Dan'l Hawks / Fludd

Gunsmoke
1955
as Mr. Stooler / Cooter / Ed Davey / Dooley / Dillard / Rowley / Gene Bunch / Billy / Timble / Ben Snow

Lost in Space
1965
as Nerim

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Terry Riggs

Baretta
1975

Ben Casey
1961
as Frank Geray

The Invaders
1967
as Charlie Coogan

The Name of the Game
1968
as Nanyface

The Rookies
1972

77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Charles Sloane

The Rebel
1959
as Jess

The Millionaire
1955
as Pete Hill

The Texan
1958
as Polk Blackston

Vega$
1978

Gilligan's Island
1964

The Doris Day Show
1968
as Tyrone Lovey

It Takes a Thief
1968
as Willard Knox

Petrocelli
1974
as Clate Dobie

Telephone Time
1956

Stoney Burke
1962

Navy Log
1955

Studio 57
1954
as Pete Dutton

Tarzan
1966

Trackdown
1957
as Benny French

Black Saddle
1959
as Pit Thatcher

Nichols
1971
as Zachariah

The Lieutenant
1963
as Taxi Driver

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

The New Breed
1961
as Benny Kohler

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Wilkins
Broken Arrow
1956
as Renton

Dangerous Assignment
1952

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Buckshot / Thurm
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Waiter

Movin' On
1974
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Senator James Wadsworth

The Lone Wolf
1954
as Nick Davis

Pete and Gladys
1960
Movies (73)

Sssssss
1973
as Dr. Carl Stoner

Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Captain

True Grit
1969
as Colonel G. Stonehill

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Percy Garris

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Floyd

McLintock!
1963
as Agard

Harper
1966
as Claude

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Ned Ross

The Wild Bunch
1969
as Coffer

Hard Times
1975
as Poe

The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Virgil

Up in Smoke
1978
as Mr. Stoner

Fools' Parade
1971
as Lee Cottrill

Hannie Caulder
1971
as Rufus Clemens

Slap Shot
1977
as Joe McGrath

The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as William Doldy (uncredited)

Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Bowen

Nevada Smith
1966
as Strother (uncredited)

Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Shanghai McCoy

Copper Sky
1957
as Pokey

A Star Is Born
1954
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

The Silver Chalice
1954
as Father (uncredited)

Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Harvey Wallace

The Champ
1979
as Riley

The Villain
1979
as Parody Jones

Strategic Air Command
1955
as Airman

The Big Knife
1955
as Stillman

The Deadly Companions
1961
as Parson

Hotwire
1980
as The Weasel

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Billy

The Red Badge of Courage
1951
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
as Fiddler

South Sea Woman
1953
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Soldier (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)

Attack
1956
as Ingersol

Cowboy
1958
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

The Shaggy Dog
1959
as Thurm

Shenandoah
1965
as Train Engineer

Drum Beat
1954
as Scotty

Nightwing
1979
as Selwyn

Love and Bullets
1979
as Louis Monk

The Magnetic Monster
1953
as Co-Pilot

World Without End
1956
as Nihka (uncredited)

The End
1978
as Dr. Waldo Kling

The Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Ben Stocker

Better Late Than Never
1979
as J.D. Ashcroft

The Flim-Flam Man
1967
as Lovick

An Eye for an Eye
1966
as Trumbull

Pocket Money
1972
as Bill Garrett

Red Sky at Morning
1971
as John Cloyd

Sanctuary
1961
as Dog Boy

Target Zero
1955
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

Black Patch
1957
as Petey

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Storm Over Tibet
1952
as Co-pilot

The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
as George Westinghouse

One of Our Own
1975
as LeRoy Atkins

Johnny Concho
1956
as Townsman (uncredited)

Showdown
1963
as Charlie Reeder

The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
as Doc Duncan

The Flim Flam Man
1972
as Lovick

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Old Hollander

Bitter Heritage
1958
as Earle Eheeler

Steel Cowboy
1978
as Pinky Pincus

Rhubarb
1951
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

The Black Whip
1956
as Thorny

World for Ransom
1954

The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973
as Buckshot

The Mountains of the Moon
1967
as O'Keefe

Brainstorm
1965
as Mr. Clyde

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
as Turtle Ranch Boss
About Strother Martin
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." With 147 credits spanning from 1950 to 2004, Strother Martin has appeared in 73 films and 74 TV shows.
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Most Popular Strother Martin Movies
- Sssssss (1973) — as Dr. Carl Stoner
- Cool Hand Luke (1967) — as Captain
- True Grit (1969) — as Colonel G. Stonehill
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — as Percy Garris
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Floyd
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