Strother Martin

Birthday: 1919-03-26
Deathday: 1980-08-01
Birthplace: Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
1980-09-01 Hotwire The Weasel
1980-02-19 The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla George Westinghouse
1979-10-17 Better Late Than Never J.D. Ashcroft
1979-07-26 The Villain Parody Jones
1979-07-07 The Champ Riley
1979-06-22 Nightwing Selwyn
1979-04-05 Love and Bullets Louis Monk
1978-12-17 Stubby Pringle's Christmas Old Hollander
1978-12-06 Steel Cowboy Pinky Pincus
1978-11-22 Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy Turtle Ranch Boss
1978-05-16 Up in Smoke Mr. Stoner
1978-05-10 The End Dr. Waldo Kling
1977-02-25 Slap Shot Joe McGrath
1976-06-23 The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday Billy
1975-11-01 Rooster Cogburn Shanghai McCoy
1975-08-13 Hard Times Poe
1975-05-05 One of Our Own LeRoy Atkins
1973-07-06 Sssssss Dr. Carl Stoner
1973-03-18 The Boy and the Bronc Buster: Part 1 Buckshot
1972-02-01 Pocket Money Bill Garrett
1971-11-08 Hannie Caulder Rufus Clemens
1971-08-18 Fools' Parade Lee Cottrill
1971-08-06 The Brotherhood of Satan Doc Duncan
1971-05-12 Red Sky at Morning John Cloyd
1970-03-18 The Ballad of Cable Hogue Bowen
1969-09-23 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Percy Garris
1969-06-19 The Wild Bunch Coffer
1969-06-11 True Grit Colonel G. Stonehill
1967-11-24 The Mountains of the Moon O'Keefe
1967-11-01 Cool Hand Luke Captain
1967-08-22 The Flim-Flam Man Lovick
1966-06-10 Nevada Smith Strother (uncredited)
1966-06-01 An Eye for an Eye Trumbull
1966-02-22 Harper Claude
1965-06-23 The Sons of Katie Elder Ned Ross
1965-06-03 Shenandoah Train Engineer
1965-05-05 Brainstorm Mr. Clyde
1964-10-14 Invitation to a Gunfighter Fiddler
1963-11-12 McLintock! Agard
1963-05-03 Showdown Charlie Reeder
1962-04-13 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Floyd
1962-04-12 Pericles on 31st Street Bernard Klioris
1961-06-06 The Deadly Companions Parson
1961-04-18 Sanctuary Dog Boy
1959-06-11 The Horse Soldiers Virgil
1959-05-27 The Wild and the Innocent Ben Stocker
1959-03-19 The Shaggy Dog Thurm
1958-08-07 Bitter Heritage Earle Eheeler
1958-01-23 Cowboy Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1957-09-15 Black Patch Petey
1957-09-01 Copper Sky Pokey
1956-12-01 The Black Whip Thorny
1956-09-19 Attack Ingersol
1956-07-01 Johnny Concho Townsman (uncredited)
1956-03-25 World Without End Nihka (uncredited)
1955-11-15 Target Zero Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955-10-25 The Big Knife Stillman
1955-07-12 Strategic Air Command Airman
1955-04-28 Kiss Me Deadly Harvey Wallace
1954-12-20 The Silver Chalice Father (uncredited)
1954-11-10 Drum Beat Scotty
1954-10-01 A Star Is Born Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954-01-31 World for Ransom
1953-06-27 South Sea Woman Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953-02-18 The Magnetic Monster Co-Pilot
1952-12-01 Androcles and the Lion Soldier (uncredited)
1952-07-01 Storm Over Tibet Co-pilot
1951-09-27 The Red Badge of Courage Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1951-08-29 Rhubarb Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950-05-13 The Damned Don't Cry Springboard Diver (uncredited)
1950-05-12 The Asphalt Jungle William Doldy (uncredited)