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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
| Birth Location | Kokomo, Indiana, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1919-03-26 |
| Died | 1980-08-01 |
Movies
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Hotwire
as The Weasel
1980
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
1980
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
1979
The Villain
as Parody Jones
1979
The Champ
as Riley
1979
Nightwing
as Selwyn
1979
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
1979
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
1978
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
1978
Up in Smoke
as Arnold Stoner
1978
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
1978
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
1977
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Billy
1976
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
1975
Hard Times
as Poe
1975
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
1973
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
1972
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
1971
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
1971
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
1971
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
1971
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
1970
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
1969
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
1969
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
1967
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
1967
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
1966
An Eye for an Eye
as Trumbull
1966
Harper
as Claude
1966
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
1965
Shenandoah
as Train Engineer
1965
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
1965
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Fiddler
1964
McLintock!
as Agard
1963
Showdown
as Charlie Reeder
1963
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
1962
Pericles on 31st Street
as Bernard Klioris
1962
The Deadly Companions
as Parson
1961
Sanctuary
as Dog Boy
1961
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
as Ben Stocker
1959
The Shaggy Dog
as Thurm
1959
Bitter Heritage
as Earle Eheeler
1958
Cowboy
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1958
Black Patch
as Petey
1957
Copper Sky
as Pokey
1957
The Black Whip
as Thorny
1956
Attack
as Ingersol
1956
Johnny Concho
as Townsman (uncredited)
1956
World Without End
as Nihka (uncredited)
1956
Target Zero
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955
The Big Knife
as Stillman
1955
Strategic Air Command
as Airman
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
1955
The Silver Chalice
as Father (uncredited)
1954
Drum Beat
as Scotty
1954
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954
1954
South Sea Woman
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953
The Magnetic Monster
as Co-Pilot
1953
Androcles and the Lion
as Soldier (uncredited)
1952
Storm Over Tibet
as Co-pilot
1952
Rhubarb
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1951
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited)
1950
Strother Martin hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
