Strother Martin
March 26, 1919 (105 years old) in Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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
Credits
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Hotwire as The Weasel
- 1980 · The Secret Life 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
- 1978 · Steel Cowboy as Pinky Pincus
- 1978 · Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy as Turtle Ranch Boss
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Up in Smoke as Mr. Stoner
- 1978 · The End as Dr. Waldo Kling
- 1977 · Slap Shot as Joe McGrath
- 1976 · The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday as Billy
- 1975 · Rooster Cogburn as Shanghai McCoy
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Hard Times as Poe
- 1975 · One of Our Own as LeRoy Atkins
- 1975 · Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
- 1975 · Baretta as
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
- 1974 · Paper Moon as
- 1974 · Petrocelli as Clate Dobie
- 1974 · Movin' On as
- 1973 · Sssssss as Dr. Carl Stoner
- 1973 · The Boy and the Bronc Buster: Part 1 as Buckshot
- 1973 · Hawkins as R.J. Hawkins
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1972 · Pocket Money as Bill Garrett
- 1971 · Hannie Caulder as Rufus Clemens
- 1971 · Nichols as Zachariah
- 1971 · Fools' Parade as Lee Cottrill
- 1971 · The Brotherhood of Satan as Doc Duncan
- 1971 · Red Sky at Morning as John Cloyd
- 1970 · The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Bowen
- 1969 · Love, American Style as
- 1969 · Marcus Welby, M.D. as Terry Riggs
- 1969 · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Percy Garris
- 1969 · The Wild Bunch as Coffer
- 1969 · True Grit as Colonel G. Stonehill
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Nanyface
- 1968 · It Takes a Thief as Willard Knox
- 1967 · The Mountains of the Moon as O'Keefe
- 1967 · Cool Hand Luke as Captain
- 1967 · The Danny Thomas Hour as Paul Rooney
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as
- 1967 · He & She as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
- 1967 · The Flim-Flam Man as Lovick
- 1967 · The Invaders as Charlie Coogan
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1966 · Nevada Smith as Strother (uncredited)
- 1966 · An Eye for an Eye as Trumbull
- 1966 · Harper as Claude
- 1965 · Lost in Space as Nerim
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Dan'l Hawks
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Fludd
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Holly Amberton
- 1965 · The Legend of Jesse James as Meeker
- 1965 · The Sons of Katie Elder as Ned Ross
- 1965 · Shenandoah as Train Engineer
- 1965 · Brainstorm as Mr. Clyde
- 1964 · Profiles in Courage as Senator James Wadsworth
- 1964 · Invitation to a Gunfighter as Fiddler
- 1964 · Gilligan's Island as
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Solomon Tarbot
- 1963 · McLintock! as Agard
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Deputy Shirky Saulter
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as Taxi Driver
- 1963 · Showdown as Charlie Reeder
- 1963 · The Dakotas as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 1962 · The Virginian as Finley
- 1962 · The Virginian as Luther Watson
- 1962 · The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Floyd
- 1962 · Pericles on 31st Street as Bernard Klioris
- 1961 · The Dick Van Dyke Show as Harper Worthington Yates
- 1961 · The New Breed as Benny Kohler
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · The Deadly Companions as Parson
- 1961 · Sanctuary as Dog Boy
- 1960 · Pete and Gladys as
- 1959 · The Rebel as Jess
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as
- 1959 · Hotel de Paree as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Lonnie Stern
- 1959 · Bonanza as Joad Bruder
- 1959 · Bonanza as Cole Younger
- 1959 · Bonanza as Little Meredith Smith
- 1959 · The Horse Soldiers as Virgil
- 1959 · The Wild and the Innocent as Ben Stocker
- 1959 · The Shaggy Dog as Thurm
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Pit Thatcher
- 1959 · Rawhide as Bates
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Charles Sloane
- 1958 · Lawman as
- 1958 · The Texan as Polk Blackston
- 1958 · Bitter Heritage as Earle Eheeler
- 1958 · Jefferson Drum as Pete Henke
- 1958 · Cowboy as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
- 1957 · Trackdown as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Pete Gibson
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Joe Mead
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Gerald Sommers
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Roy Hutchinson
- 1957 · Black Patch as Petey
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Carew
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Fred Coombs
- 1957 · Copper Sky as Pokey
- 1957 · Panic! as
- 1956 · The Black Whip as Thorny
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Joby
- 1956 · Broken Arrow as Renton
- 1956 · Attack as Ingersol
- 1956 · The Adventures of Jim Bowie as
- 1956 · Johnny Concho as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1956 · Telephone Time as
- 1956 · World Without End as Nihka (uncredited)
- 1955 · Target Zero as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · The Big Knife as Stillman
- 1955 · Crossroads as Landry Kersh
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke 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
- 1955 · Strategic Air Command as Airman
- 1955 · Kiss Me Deadly as Harvey Wallace
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Pete Hill
- 1954 · The Silver Chalice as Father (uncredited)
- 1954 · Drum Beat as Scotty
- 1954 · A Star Is Born as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1954 · The Lone Wolf as Nick Davis
- 1954 · World for Ransom as
- 1953 · South Sea Woman as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Magnetic Monster as Co-Pilot
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Gunnery Officer Daly
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Obie
- 1952 · Androcles and the Lion as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as Wilkins
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Tom Blair
- 1952 · Storm Over Tibet as Co-pilot
- 1952 · Dangerous Assignment as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Old Hollander
- 1951 · Dragnet as
- 1951 · I Love Lucy as Man in Coffee Shop
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Bellhop
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Teeples
- 1951 · The Red Badge of Courage as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951 · Rhubarb as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Damned Don't Cry as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Asphalt Jungle as William Doldy (uncredited)