Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1919-03-26
- Day of Death1980-08-01 (61 years)
- Place of BirthKokomo, Indiana, USA
- Also Known As-
Strother Martin
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on...Read More
Acting Career
- 1980
Hotwire
As: The Weasel
- 1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
As: George Westinghouse
- 1979
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
- 1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
As: Old Hollander
1978Steel Cowboy
As: Pinky Pincus
1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
As: Turtle Ranch Boss
1978Up in Smoke
As: Mr. Stoner
1978The End
As: Dr. Waldo Kling
1977Slap Shot
As: Joe McGrath
1976The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
As: Billy
1975Rooster Cogburn
As: Shanghai McCoy
1975Hard Times
As: Poe
1975One of Our Own
As: LeRoy Atkins
1974The Rockford Files
As: Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
1974Petrocelli
As: Clate Dobie
1973Sssssss
As: Dr. Carl Stoner
1973The Boy and the Bronc Buster
As: Buckshot
1973Hawkins
As: R.J. Hawkins
1972Pocket Money
As: Bill Garrett
1971Hannie Caulder
As: Rufus Clemens
1971Nichols
As: Zachariah
1971Fools' Parade
As: Lee Cottrill
1971The Brotherhood of Satan
As: Doc Duncan
1971Red Sky at Morning
As: John Cloyd
1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue
As: Bowen
- 1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
As: Percy Garris
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
As: Terry Riggs
- 1969
The Wild Bunch
As: Coffer
- 1969
True Grit
As: Colonel G. Stonehill
1968The Doris Day Show
As: Tyrone Lovey
1968The Name of the Game
As: Nanyface
1968It Takes a Thief
As: Willard Knox
1967The Mountains of the Moon
As: O'Keefe
- 1967
Cool Hand Luke
As: Captain
1967The Danny Thomas Hour
As: Paul Rooney
1967He & She
As: The Rev. Mr. Anderson
1967The Flim-Flam Man
As: Lovick
1967The Invaders
As: Charlie Coogan
1966Nevada Smith
As: Strother (uncredited)
1966An Eye for an Eye
As: Trumbull
1966Harper
As: Claude
1965Lost in Space
As: Nerim
1965The Big Valley
As: Dan'l Hawks
- 1965
The Big Valley
As: Fludd
1965Run for Your Life
As: Holly Amberton
1965The Legend of Jesse James
As: Meeker
1965The Sons of Katie Elder
As: Ned Ross
1965Shenandoah
As: Train Engineer
1965Brainstorm
As: Mr. Clyde
1964Invitation to a Gunfighter
As: Fiddler
1964Daniel Boone
As: Solomon Tarbot
1963McLintock!
As: Agard
1963The Fugitive
As: Deputy Shirky Saulter
1963The Lieutenant
As: Taxi Driver
1963Showdown
As: Charlie Reeder
1962The Virginian
As: Finley
- 1962
The Virginian
As: Luther Watson
- 1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
As: Floyd
1961The New Breed
As: Benny Kohler
1961The Dick Van Dyke Show
As: Harper Worthington Yates
1961The Deadly Companions
As: Parson
1961Sanctuary
As: Dog Boy
1959The Rebel
As: Jess
1959The Twilight Zone
As: Mothershed
1959Bonanza
As: Lonnie Stern
- 1959
Bonanza
As: Joad Bruder
- 1959
Bonanza
As: Cole Younger
- 1959
Bonanza
As: Little Meredith Smith
- 1959
Bonanza
As: Yuri
1959The Horse Soldiers
As: Virgil
1959The Wild and the Innocent
As: Ben Stocker
1959The Shaggy Dog
As: Thurm
1959Black Saddle
As: Pit Thatcher
1959Rawhide
As: Bates
195877 Sunset Strip
As: Charles Sloane
1958The Texan
As: Polk Blackston
1958Bitter Heritage
As: Earle Eheeler
1958Cowboy
As: Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1957Trackdown
As: Benny French
1957Perry Mason
As: Pete Gibson
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Joe Mead
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Gerald Sommers
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Roy Hutchinson
1957Black Patch
As: Petey
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
As: Carew
- 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
As: Fred Coombs
1957Copper Sky
As: Pokey
1956The Black Whip
As: Thorny
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As: Joby
1956Attack
As: Ingersol
1956Johnny Concho
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1956World Without End
As: Nihka (uncredited)
1955Target Zero
As: Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955The Big Knife
As: Stillman
1955Crossroads
As: Landry Kersh
1955Gunsmoke
As: Mr. Stooler
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Cooter
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Ed Davey
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Dooley
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Dillard
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Rowley
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Gene Bunch
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Billy
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Timble
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Ben Snow
1955Strategic Air Command
As: Airman
1955Kiss Me Deadly
As: Harvey Wallace
1955The Millionaire
As: Pete Hill
1954The Silver Chalice
As: Father (uncredited)
1954Drum Beat
As: Scotty
1954The Wonderful World of Disney
As: Buckshot
1954A Star Is Born
As: Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954Studio 57
As: Pete Dutton
1954The Lone Wolf
As: Nick Davis
1953South Sea Woman
As: Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953The Magnetic Monster
As: Co-Pilot
1953General Electric Theater
As: Gunnery Officer Daly
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Obie
1952Androcles and the Lion
As: Soldier (uncredited)
1952Cavalcade of America
As: Wilkins
1952Storm Over Tibet
As: Co-pilot
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
As: Old Hollander
1951I Love Lucy
As: Man in Coffee Shop
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As: Bellhop
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As: Teeples
1951The Red Badge of Courage
As: Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1951Rhubarb
As: Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950The Damned Don't Cry
As: Springboard Diver (uncredited)
1950The Asphalt Jungle
As: William Doldy (uncredited)