Acting · Kokomo, Indiana, USA · Born March 26, 1919
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."
MovieSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHotwire
1980
as The Weasel
MovieThe Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
as George Westinghouse
MovieBetter Late Than Never
1979
as J.D. Ashcroft
MovieThe Villain
1979
as Parody Jones
MovieThe Champ
1979
as Riley
MovieNightwing
1979
as Selwyn
MovieLove and Bullets
1979
as Louis Monk
MovieStubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
as Old Hollander
MovieSteel Cowboy
1978
as Pinky Pincus
MovieSteve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
as Turtle Ranch Boss
TVVega$
1978
MovieUp in Smoke
1978
as Mr. Stoner
MovieThe End
1978
as Dr. Waldo Kling
MovieSlap Shot
1977
as Joe McGrath
MovieThe Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
as Billy
MovieRooster Cogburn
1975
as Shanghai McCoy
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
MovieHard Times
1975
as Poe
MovieOne of Our Own
1975
as LeRoy Atkins
MovieMitzi & 100 Guys
1975
as Self
TVBaretta
1975
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
TVMovin' On
1974
TVPaper Moon
1974
TVPetrocelli
1974
as Clate Dobie
MovieSssssss
1973
as Dr. Carl Stoner
MovieThe Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973
as Buckshot
TVHawkins
1973
as R.J. Hawkins
TVThe Rookies
1972
MoviePocket Money
1972
as Bill Garrett
MovieThe Flim Flam Man
1972
as Lovick
MovieHannie Caulder
1971
as Rufus Clemens
TVNichols
1971
as Zachariah
MovieFools' Parade
1971
as Lee Cottrill
MovieThe Brotherhood of Satan
1971
as Doc Duncan
MovieRed Sky at Morning
1971
as John Cloyd
MovieThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Bowen
TVLove, American Style
1969
MovieButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
as Percy Garris
TVMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Terry Riggs
MovieThe Wild Bunch
1969
as Coffer
MovieTrue Grit
1969
as Colonel G. Stonehill
TVThe Doris Day Show
1968
as Tyrone Lovey
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Nanyface
TVIt Takes a Thief
1968
as Willard Knox
MovieThe Mountains of the Moon
1967
as O'Keefe
MovieCool Hand Luke
1967
as Captain
TVThe Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Paul Rooney
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
TVHe & She
1967
as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
MovieThe Flim-Flam Man
1967
as Lovick
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Charlie Coogan
TVTarzan
1966
MovieNevada Smith
1966
as Strother (uncredited)
MovieAn Eye for an Eye
1966
as Trumbull
MovieHarper
1966
as Claude
TVLost in Space
1965
as Nerim
TVThe Big Valley
1965
as Dan'l Hawks
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Holly Amberton
TVThe Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Meeker
MovieThe Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Ned Ross
MovieShenandoah
1965
as Train Engineer
MovieBrainstorm
1965
as Mr. Clyde
Profiles in Courage
1964
as Senator James Wadsworth
MovieInvitation to a Gunfighter
1964
as Fiddler
TVGilligan's Island
1964
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Solomon Tarbot
MovieMcLintock!
1963
as Agard
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Deputy Shirky Saulter
TVThe Lieutenant
1963
as Taxi Driver
MovieShowdown
1963
as Charlie Reeder
TVThe Dakotas
1963
TVStoney Burke
1962
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Finley
MovieThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Floyd
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Benny Kohler
TVThe Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
as Harper Worthington Yates
TVBen Casey
1961
MovieThe Deadly Companions
1961
as Parson
MovieSanctuary
1961
as Dog Boy
TVPete and Gladys
1960
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Jess
Hotel de Paree
1959
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Mothershed
TVBonanza
1959
as Lonnie Stern
MovieThe Horse Soldiers
1959
as Virgil
MovieThe Wild and the Innocent
1959
as Ben Stocker
MovieThe Shaggy Dog
1959
as Thurm
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Pit Thatcher
TVRawhide
1959
as Bates
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Charles Sloane
TVLawman
1958
TVThe Texan
1958
as Polk Blackston
MovieBitter Heritage
1958
as Earle Eheeler
Jefferson Drum
1958
as Pete Henke
MovieCowboy
1958
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
TVTrackdown
1957
as Benny French
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Pete Gibson
MovieBlack Patch
1957
as Petey
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieCopper Sky
1957
as Pokey
TVPanic!
1957
MovieThe Black Whip
1956
as Thorny
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Joby
Broken Arrow
1956
as Renton
MovieAttack
1956
as Ingersol
TVThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
MovieJohnny Concho
1956
as Townsman (uncredited)
TVTelephone Time
1956
MovieWorld Without End
1956
as Nihka (uncredited)
MovieTarget Zero
1955
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieThe Big Knife
1955
as Stillman
TVCrossroads
1955
as Landry Kersh
TVNavy Log
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Mr. Stooler
MovieKiss Me Deadly
1955
as Harvey Wallace
MovieStrategic Air Command
1955
as Airman
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Pete Hill
MovieThe Silver Chalice
1954
as Father (uncredited)
MovieDrum Beat
1954
as Scotty
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Buckshot
MovieA Star Is Born
1954
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
TVStudio 57
1954
as Pete Dutton
TVLassie
1954
TVThe Lone Wolf
1954
as Nick Davis
MovieWorld for Ransom
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Waiter
MovieSouth Sea Woman
1953
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
MovieThe Magnetic Monster
1953
as Co-Pilot
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Gunnery Officer Daly
MovieAndrocles and the Lion
1952
as Soldier (uncredited)
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Wilkins
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Tom Blair
MovieStorm Over Tibet
1952
as Co-pilot
Chevron Theatre
1952
TVDangerous Assignment
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Old Hollander
TVDragnet
1951
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Man in Coffee Shop
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Bellhop
MovieThe Red Badge of Courage
1951
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
MovieRhubarb
1951
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
MovieThe Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
MovieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950
as William Doldy (uncredited)
