Acting
Strother Martin
Born March 26, 1919 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA · Died August 1, 1980
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."
Known for
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Percy Garris
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Cool Hand Luke
Captain
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The Wild Bunch
Coffer
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Floyd
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The Twilight Zone
Mothershed
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True Grit
Colonel G. Stonehill
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Up in Smoke
Mr. Stoner
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The Asphalt Jungle
William Doldy (uncredited)
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Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
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Bonanza
Lonnie Stern, Joad Bruder, Cole Younger, Little Meredith Smith, Yuri
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Slap Shot
Joe McGrath
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Kiss Me Deadly
Harvey Wallace
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A Star Is Born
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
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The Sons of Katie Elder
Ned Ross
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The Horse Soldiers
Virgil
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McLintock!
Agard
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Gilligan's Island
1964 · Series
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I Love Lucy
Man in Coffee Shop
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Hard Times
Poe
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Rooster Cogburn
Shanghai McCoy
Filmography
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 1980The Secret of Nikola TeslaGeorge WestinghouseMovie
- 1979The VillainParody JonesMovie
- 1979The ChampRileyMovie
- 1979NightwingSelwynMovie
- 1979Love and BulletsLouis MonkMovie
- 1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy GuyTurtle Ranch BossMovie
- 1978Vega$Series
- 1978Up in SmokeMr. StonerMovie
- 1978The EndDr. Waldo KlingMovie
- 1977Slap ShotJoe McGrathMovie
- 1976The Great Scout & Cathouse ThursdayBillyMovie
- 1975Rooster CogburnShanghai McCoyMovie
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries
- 1975Hard TimesPoeMovie
- 1975BarettaSeries
- 1974The Rockford FilesThomas Tyler 'T.T.' FlowersSeries
- 1974Paper MoonSeries
- 1974Movin' OnSeries
- 1974PetrocelliClate DobieSeries
- 1973SssssssDr. Carl StonerMovie
- 1973HawkinsR.J. HawkinsSeries
- 1972The RookiesSeries
- 1972Pocket MoneyBill GarrettMovie
- 1971Hannie CaulderRufus ClemensMovie
- 1971Fools' ParadeLee CottrillMovie
- 1971The Brotherhood of SatanDoc DuncanMovie
- 1971Red Sky at MorningJohn CloydMovie
- 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueBowenMovie
- 1969Love, American StyleSeries
- 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidPercy GarrisMovie
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Terry RiggsSeries
- 1969The Wild BunchCofferMovie
- 1969True GritColonel G. StonehillMovie
- 1968The Doris Day ShowTyrone LoveySeries
- 1968The Name of the GameNanyfaceSeries
- 1968It Takes a ThiefWillard KnoxSeries
- 1967Cool Hand LukeCaptainMovie
- 1967The Guns of Will SonnettSeries
- 1967He & SheThe Rev. Mr. AndersonSeries
- 1967The Flim-Flam ManLovickMovie
- 1967The InvadersCharlie CooganSeries
- 1966TarzanSeries
- 1966Nevada SmithStrother (uncredited)Movie
- 1966An Eye for an EyeTrumbullMovie
- 1966HarperClaudeMovie
- 1965Lost in SpaceNerimSeries
- 1965The Big ValleyDan'l Hawks, FluddSeries
- 1965Run for Your LifeHolly AmbertonSeries
- 1965The Legend of Jesse JamesMeekerSeries
- 1965The Sons of Katie ElderNed RossMovie
- 1965ShenandoahTrain EngineerMovie
- 1965BrainstormMr. ClydeMovie
- 1964Invitation to a GunfighterFiddlerMovie
- 1964Gilligan's IslandSeries
- 1964Daniel BooneSolomon TarbotSeries
- 1963McLintock!AgardMovie
- 1963The FugitiveDeputy Shirky SaulterSeries
- 1963ShowdownCharlie ReederMovie
- 1963The DakotasSeries
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
- 1962Stoney BurkeSeries
- 1962The VirginianFinley, Luther WatsonSeries
- 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceFloydMovie
- 1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowHarper Worthington YatesSeries
- 1961Ben CaseySeries
- 1961The Deadly CompanionsParsonMovie
- 1961SanctuaryDog BoyMovie
- 1960Pete and GladysSeries
- 1959The RebelJessSeries
- 1959The Twilight ZoneMothershedSeries
- 1959BonanzaLonnie Stern, Joad Bruder, Cole Younger, Little Meredith Smith, YuriSeries
- 1959The Horse SoldiersVirgilMovie
- 1959The Wild and the InnocentBen StockerMovie
- 1959The Shaggy DogThurmMovie
- 1959Black SaddlePit ThatcherSeries
- 1959RawhideBatesSeries
- 195877 Sunset StripCharles SloaneSeries
- 1958LawmanSeries
- 1958The TexanPolk BlackstonSeries
- 1958CowboyTrailhand Bitten by RattlesnakeMovie
- 1957TrackdownBenny FrenchSeries
- 1957Perry MasonPete Gibson, Joe Mead, Gerald Sommers, Roy HutchinsonSeries
- 1957Black PatchPeteyMovie
- 1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeries
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJobySeries
- 1956Broken ArrowRentonSeries
- 1956AttackIngersolMovie
- 1956The Adventures of Jim BowieSeries
- 1956Johnny ConchoTownsman (uncredited)Movie
- 1956Telephone TimeSeries
- 1956World Without EndNihka (uncredited)Movie
- 1955Target ZeroPvt. Dan O'HironsMovie
- 1955Matinee TheaterSeries
- 1955The Big KnifeStillmanMovie
- 1955Navy LogSeries
- 1955GunsmokeMr. Stooler, Cooter, Ed Davey, Dooley, Dillard, Rowley, Gene Bunch, Billy, Timble, Ben SnowSeries
- 1955Kiss Me DeadlyHarvey WallaceMovie
- 1955Strategic Air CommandAirmanMovie
- 1955The MillionairePete HillSeries
- 1954The Silver ChaliceFather (uncredited)Movie
- 1954Drum BeatScottyMovie
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBuckshot, ThurmSeries
- 1954A Star Is BornDelivery Boy (uncredited)Movie
- 1954LassieSeries
- 1954World for RansomMovie
- 1953South Sea WomanMarine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)Movie
- 1953The Magnetic MonsterCo-PilotMovie
- 1953General Electric TheaterGunnery Officer Daly, ObieSeries
- 1952Androcles and the LionSoldier (uncredited)Movie
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaWilkinsSeries
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseTom BlairSeries
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameOld HollanderSeries
- 1951DragnetSeries
- 1951I Love LucyMan in Coffee ShopSeries
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsBellhop, TeeplesSeries
- 1951The Red Badge of CourageCorporal (voice) (uncredited)Movie
- 1951RhubarbMichael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)Movie
- 1950The Damned Don't CrySpringboard Diver (uncredited)Movie
- 1950The Asphalt JungleWilliam Doldy (uncredited)Movie