
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

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

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

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

The Fugitive
1963
as Deputy Shirky Saulter

Dragnet
1951
TV Shows (74)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

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

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

The Fugitive
1963
as Deputy Shirky Saulter

Dragnet
1951

Love, American Style
1969

Lassie
1954

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Mothershed

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Carew / Fred Coombs

The Virginian
1962
as Finley / Luther Watson

Lawman
1958
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Tom Blair

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

Ben Casey
1961
as Frank Geray

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Joby

I Love Lucy
1951
as Man in Coffee Shop

Daniel Boone
1964
as Solomon Tarbot

Rawhide
1959
as Bates

Matinee Theater
1955

The Big Valley
1965
as Dan'l Hawks / Fludd

Lost in Space
1965
as Nerim

Run for Your Life
1965
as Holly Amberton

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Harper Worthington Yates

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Terry Riggs

The Rookies
1972

The Name of the Game
1968
as Nanyface

The Invaders
1967
as Charlie Coogan

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

Baretta
1975

77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Charles Sloane

Vega$
1978

The Texan
1958
as Polk Blackston

Gilligan's Island
1964

The Rebel
1959
as Jess

Trackdown
1957
as Benny French

Tarzan
1966

The Millionaire
1955
as Pete Hill

It Takes a Thief
1968
as Willard Knox

Studio 57
1954
as Pete Dutton

Black Saddle
1959
as Pit Thatcher

Telephone Time
1956
Navy Log
1955

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956

Petrocelli
1974
as Clate Dobie

The Doris Day Show
1968
as Tyrone Lovey

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Wilkins

Stoney Burke
1962

Pete and Gladys
1960

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Nichols
1971
as Zachariah
Broken Arrow
1956
as Renton

The New Breed
1961
as Benny Kohler

The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Meeker

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Buckshot / Thurm

The Lieutenant
1963
as Taxi Driver

The Dakotas
1963
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Waiter

Hawkins
1973
as R.J. Hawkins
Chevron Theatre
1952
Movies (73)

Sssssss
1973
as Dr. Carl Stoner

Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Captain

True Grit
1969
as Colonel G. Stonehill

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Floyd

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Percy Garris

Slap Shot
1977
as Joe McGrath

McLintock!
1963
as Agard

Nevada Smith
1966
as Strother (uncredited)

Shenandoah
1965
as Train Engineer

The Wild Bunch
1969
as Coffer

Rooster Cogburn
1975
as Shanghai McCoy

The Champ
1979
as Riley

Up in Smoke
1978
as Mr. Stoner

Hard Times
1975
as Poe

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

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Ned Ross

The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Virgil

Harper
1966
as Claude

The Villain
1979
as Parody Jones

Cowboy
1958
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

A Star Is Born
1954
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Kiss Me Deadly
1955
as Harvey Wallace

The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as William Doldy (uncredited)

The End
1978
as Dr. Waldo Kling

Hannie Caulder
1971
as Rufus Clemens

Sanctuary
1961
as Dog Boy

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Bowen

Strategic Air Command
1955
as Airman

Attack
1956
as Ingersol

The Shaggy Dog
1959
as Thurm

The Silver Chalice
1954
as Father (uncredited)

World Without End
1956
as Nihka (uncredited)

Love and Bullets
1979
as Louis Monk

Steel Cowboy
1978
as Pinky Pincus

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
as Turtle Ranch Boss

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

Fools' Parade
1971
as Lee Cottrill

Brainstorm
1965
as Mr. Clyde

Drum Beat
1954
as Scotty

An Eye for an Eye
1966
as Trumbull

Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
as Fiddler

Androcles and the Lion
1952
as Soldier (uncredited)

Rhubarb
1951
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

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

The Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Ben Stocker

Pocket Money
1972
as Bill Garrett

Better Late Than Never
1979
as J.D. Ashcroft

Hotwire
1980
as The Weasel

Nightwing
1979
as Selwyn

The Big Knife
1955
as Stillman

The Deadly Companions
1961
as Parson

Showdown
1963
as Charlie Reeder

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Billy

Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self

The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
as George Westinghouse

The Flim-Flam Man
1967
as Lovick

The Magnetic Monster
1953
as Co-Pilot

Black Patch
1957
as Petey

The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973
as Buckshot

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

Red Sky at Morning
1971
as John Cloyd

World for Ransom
1954

Johnny Concho
1956
as Townsman (uncredited)

The Black Whip
1956
as Thorny

The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
as Doc Duncan

Target Zero
1955
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

Copper Sky
1957
as Pokey

One of Our Own
1975
as LeRoy Atkins

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Old Hollander

Bitter Heritage
1958
as Earle Eheeler

The Mountains of the Moon
1967
as O'Keefe

Storm Over Tibet
1952
as Co-pilot

The Flim Flam Man
1972
as Lovick
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
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Floyd
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — as Percy Garris
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