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Known for Acting
Born 1919-03-26 · Died 1980-08-01 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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."
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) — Self (archive footage)
The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980) — George Westinghouse
Hotwire (1980) — The Weasel
Love and Bullets (1979) — Louis Monk
Nightwing (1979) — Selwyn
The Villain (1979) — Parody Jones
The Champ (1979) — Riley
Better Late Than Never (1979) — J.D. Ashcroft
Up in Smoke (1978) — Mr. Stoner
The End (1978) — Dr. Waldo Kling
Steel Cowboy (1978) — Pinky Pincus
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) — Turtle Ranch Boss
Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978) — Old Hollander
Vega$ (1978) · 1 episode
Slap Shot (1977) — Joe McGrath
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) — Billy
Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975) — Self
Hard Times (1975) — Poe
Rooster Cogburn (1975) — Shanghai McCoy
One of Our Own (1975) — LeRoy Atkins
Baretta (1975) · 3 episodes
Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host · 1 episode
Movin' On (1974) · 1 episode
Paper Moon (1974) · 1 episode
The Rockford Files (1974) — Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers · 2 episodes
Petrocelli (1974) — Clate Dobie · 1 episode
The Boy and the Bronc Buster (1973) — Buckshot
Sssssss (1973) — Dr. Carl Stoner
Hawkins (1973) — R.J. Hawkins · 5 episodes
Pocket Money (1972) — Bill Garrett
The Flim Flam Man (1972) — Lovick
The Rookies (1972) · 1 episode
Hannie Caulder (1971) — Rufus Clemens
The Brotherhood of Satan (1971) — Doc Duncan
Fools' Parade (1971) — Lee Cottrill
Red Sky at Morning (1971) — John Cloyd
Nichols (1971) — Zachariah · 1 episode
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) — Bowen
The Wild Bunch (1969) — Coffer
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — Percy Garris
True Grit (1969) — Colonel G. Stonehill
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) — Terry Riggs · 1 episode
Love, American Style (1969) · 1 episode
The Name of the Game (1968) — Nanyface · 1 episode
It Takes a Thief (1968) — Willard Knox · 1 episode
The Doris Day Show (1968) — Tyrone Lovey · 2 episodes
Cool Hand Luke (1967) — Captain
The Mountains of the Moon (1967) — O'Keefe
The Flim-Flam Man (1967) — Lovick
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967) · 2 episodes
He & She (1967) — The Rev. Mr. Anderson · 1 episode
The Invaders (1967) — Charlie Coogan · 1 episode
The Danny Thomas Hour (1967) — Paul Rooney · 1 episode
Nevada Smith (1966) — Strother (uncredited)
An Eye for an Eye (1966) — Trumbull
Harper (1966) — Claude
Tarzan (1966) · 2 episodes
Brainstorm (1965) — Mr. Clyde
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) — Ned Ross
Shenandoah (1965) — Train Engineer
Lost in Space (1965) — Nerim · 1 episode
Run for Your Life (1965) — Holly Amberton · 1 episode
The Big Valley (1965) — Dan'l Hawks · 1 episode
The Legend of Jesse James (1965) — Meeker · 1 episode
The Big Valley (1965) — Fludd · 1 episode
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) — Fiddler
Gilligan's Island (1964) · 1 episode
Daniel Boone (1964) — Solomon Tarbot · 1 episode
Profiles in Courage (1964) — Senator James Wadsworth · 1 episode
McLintock! (1963) — Agard
Showdown (1963) — Charlie Reeder
The Fugitive (1963) — Deputy Shirky Saulter · 1 episode
The Dakotas (1963) · 1 episode
The Lieutenant (1963) — Taxi Driver · 1 episode
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — Floyd
The Virginian (1962) — Finley · 1 episode
Stoney Burke (1962) · 1 episode
The Virginian (1962) — Luther Watson · 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self · 1 episode
The Deadly Companions (1961) — Parson
Sanctuary (1961) — Dog Boy
Ben Casey (1961) · 2 episodes
The New Breed (1961) — Benny Kohler · 2 episodes
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) — Harper Worthington Yates · 1 episode
Ben Casey (1961) — Frank Geray · 1 episode
Pete and Gladys (1960) · 1 episode
The Wild and the Innocent (1959) — Ben Stocker
The Horse Soldiers (1959) — Virgil
The Shaggy Dog (1959) — Thurm
Rawhide (1959) — Bates · 1 episode
Black Saddle (1959) — Pit Thatcher · 1 episode
The Rebel (1959) — Jess · 1 episode
Hotel de Paree (1959) · 31 episodes
Bonanza (1959) — Lonnie Stern · 1 episode
Bonanza (1959) — Joad Bruder · 1 episode
Bonanza (1959) — Cole Younger · 1 episode
Bonanza (1959) — Little Meredith Smith · 1 episode
The Twilight Zone (1959) — Mothershed · 1 episode
Bonanza (1959) — Yuri · 1 episode
Cowboy (1958) — Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
Bitter Heritage (1958) — Earle Eheeler
Lawman (1958) · 1 episode
Jefferson Drum (1958) — Pete Henke · 1 episode
77 Sunset Strip (1958) — Charles Sloane · 1 episode
The Texan (1958) — Polk Blackston · 1 episode
Copper Sky (1957) — Pokey
Black Patch (1957) — Petey
Perry Mason (1957) — Pete Gibson · 1 episode
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) · 2 episodes
Panic! (1957) · 1 episode
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) — Carew · 1 episode
Perry Mason (1957) — Joe Mead · 1 episode
Perry Mason (1957) — Gerald Sommers · 1 episode
Perry Mason (1957) — Roy Hutchinson · 1 episode
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) — Fred Coombs · 1 episode
Trackdown (1957) — Benny French · 1 episode
Attack (1956) — Ingersol
World Without End (1956) — Nihka (uncredited)
The Black Whip (1956) — Thorny
Johnny Concho (1956) — Townsman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956) · 1 episode
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) — Joby · 1 episode
Telephone Time (1956) · 1 episode
Broken Arrow (1956) — Renton · 1 episode
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) — Harvey Wallace
Target Zero (1955) — Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
The Big Knife (1955) — Stillman
Strategic Air Command (1955) — Airman
Gunsmoke (1955) — Mr. Stooler · 1 episode
The Millionaire (1955) — Pete Hill · 1 episode
Matinee Theater (1955) · 1 episode
Navy Log (1955) · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Cooter · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Ed Davey · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Dooley · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Dillard · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Rowley · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Gene Bunch · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Billy · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Timble · 1 episode
Gunsmoke (1955) — Ben Snow · 2 episodes
Crossroads (1955) — Landry Kersh · 1 episode
The Silver Chalice (1954) — Father (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954) — Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Drum Beat (1954) — Scotty
World for Ransom (1954)
Lassie (1954) · 3 episodes
The Lone Wolf (1954) — Nick Davis · 1 episode
Studio 57 (1954) — Pete Dutton · 1 episode
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Buckshot · 2 episodes
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) — Thurm · 1 episode
South Sea Woman (1953) — Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
The Magnetic Monster (1953) — Co-Pilot
General Electric Theater (1953) — Gunnery Officer Daly · 1 episode
General Electric Theater (1953) — Obie · 1 episode
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953) — Waiter · 1 episode
Androcles and the Lion (1952) — Soldier (uncredited)
Storm Over Tibet (1952) — Co-pilot
Cavalcade of America (1952) — Wilkins · 1 episode
Dangerous Assignment (1952) · 1 episode
Four Star Playhouse (1952) — Tom Blair · 1 episode
Chevron Theatre (1952) · 1 episode
The Red Badge of Courage (1951) — Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Rhubarb (1951) — Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
I Love Lucy (1951) — Man in Coffee Shop · 1 episode
Dragnet (1951) · 1 episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Old Hollander · 1 episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) — Bellhop · 1 episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) — Teeples · 1 episode
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — William Doldy (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950) — Springboard Diver (uncredited)