Strother Martin

Known for acting · Born 26 March 1919 · Died 1 August 1980 · aged 61 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA

147 credits

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

Up in Smoke

1978

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

Slap Shot

1977

Sssssss

1973

Hard Times

1975

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970

The Champ

1979

Hotel de Paree

1959

Cool Hand Luke

1967

Hannie Caulder

1971

The Wild Bunch

1969

The Brotherhood of Satan

1971

Acting (147)

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)Film

1980The Secret of Nikola TeslaGeorge WestinghouseFilm

1980HotwireThe WeaselFilm

1979The ChampRileyFilm

1979The VillainParody JonesFilm

1979Love and BulletsLouis MonkFilm

1979NightwingSelwynFilm

1979Better Late Than NeverJ.D. AshcroftFilm

1978Up in SmokeMr. StonerFilm

1978The EndDr. Waldo KlingFilm

1978Vega$Series

1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy GuyTurtle Ranch BossFilm

1978Steel CowboyPinky PincusFilm

1978Stubby Pringle's ChristmasOld HollanderFilm

1977Slap ShotJoe McGrathFilm

1976The Great Scout & Cathouse ThursdayBillyFilm

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries

1975Hard TimesPoeFilm

1975Rooster CogburnShanghai McCoyFilm

1975Baretta · 3 episodesSeries

1975Mitzi & 100 GuysSelfFilm

1975One of Our OwnLeRoy AtkinsFilm

1974The Rockford FilesThomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers · 2 episodesSeries

1974PetrocelliClate DobieSeries

1974Paper MoonSeries

1974Movin' OnSeries

1973SssssssDr. Carl StonerFilm

1973HawkinsR.J. Hawkins · 5 episodesSeries

1973The Boy and the Bronc BusterBuckshotFilm

1972Pocket MoneyBill GarrettFilm

1972The RookiesSeries

1972The Flim Flam ManLovickFilm

1971Hannie CaulderRufus ClemensFilm

1971The Brotherhood of SatanDoc DuncanFilm

1971Fools' ParadeLee CottrillFilm

1971Red Sky at MorningJohn CloydFilm

1971NicholsZachariahSeries

1970The Ballad of Cable HogueBowenFilm

1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidPercy GarrisFilm

1969The Wild BunchCofferFilm

1969True GritColonel G. StonehillFilm

1969Love, American StyleSeries

1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Terry RiggsSeries

1968It Takes a ThiefWillard KnoxSeries

1968The Name of the GameNanyfaceSeries

1968The Doris Day ShowTyrone Lovey · 2 episodesSeries

1967Cool Hand LukeCaptainFilm

1967The InvadersCharlie CooganSeries

1967The Flim-Flam ManLovickFilm

1967The Guns of Will Sonnett · 2 episodesSeries

1967He & SheThe Rev. Mr. AndersonSeries

1967The Danny Thomas HourPaul RooneySeries

1967The Mountains of the MoonO'KeefeFilm

1966HarperClaudeFilm

1966Nevada SmithStrother (uncredited)Film

1966Tarzan · 2 episodesSeries

1966An Eye for an EyeTrumbullFilm

1965The Sons of Katie ElderNed RossFilm

1965ShenandoahTrain EngineerFilm

1965Lost in SpaceNerimSeries

1965The Big ValleyDan'l Hawks, FluddSeries

1965BrainstormMr. ClydeFilm

1965Run for Your LifeHolly AmbertonSeries

1965The Legend of Jesse JamesMeekerSeries

1964Gilligan's IslandSeries

1964Invitation to a GunfighterFiddlerFilm

1964Daniel BooneSolomon TarbotSeries

1964Profiles in CourageSenator James WadsworthSeries

1963McLintock!AgardFilm

1963The FugitiveDeputy Shirky SaulterSeries

1963ShowdownCharlie ReederFilm

1963The DakotasSeries

1963The LieutenantTaxi DriverSeries

1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceFloydFilm

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries

1962The VirginianFinley, Luther WatsonSeries

1962Stoney BurkeSeries

1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowHarper Worthington YatesSeries

1961The Deadly CompanionsParsonFilm

1961Ben Casey · 2 episodes, Frank GeraySeries

1961SanctuaryDog BoyFilm

1961The New BreedBenny Kohler · 2 episodesSeries

1960Pete and GladysSeries

1959The Twilight ZoneMothershedSeries

1959BonanzaLonnie Stern, Joad Bruder, Cole Younger, Little Meredith Smith, YuriSeries

1959The Horse SoldiersVirgilFilm

1959The Shaggy DogThurmFilm

1959RawhideBatesSeries

1959The Wild and the InnocentBen StockerFilm

1959The RebelJessSeries

1959Black SaddlePit ThatcherSeries

1959Hotel de Paree · 31 episodesSeries

1958CowboyTrailhand Bitten by RattlesnakeFilm

195877 Sunset StripCharles SloaneSeries

1958LawmanSeries

1958The TexanPolk BlackstonSeries

1958Jefferson DrumPete HenkeSeries

1958Bitter HeritageEarle EheelerFilm

1957Perry MasonPete Gibson, Joe Mead, Gerald Sommers, Roy HutchinsonSeries

1957Have Gun, Will Travel · 2 episodes, Carew, Fred CoombsSeries

1957Black PatchPeteyFilm

1957TrackdownBenny FrenchSeries

1957Copper SkyPokeyFilm

1957Panic!Series

1956AttackIngersolFilm

1956World Without EndNihka (uncredited)Film

1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJobySeries

1956The Adventures of Jim BowieSeries

1956Broken ArrowRentonSeries

1956Johnny ConchoTownsman (uncredited)Film

1956Telephone TimeSeries

1956The Black WhipThornyFilm

1955Kiss Me DeadlyHarvey WallaceFilm

1955GunsmokeMr. Stooler, Cooter, Ed Davey, Dooley, Dillard, Rowley, Gene Bunch, Billy, Timble, Ben Snow · 2 episodesSeries

1955The Big KnifeStillmanFilm

1955Strategic Air CommandAirmanFilm

1955Target ZeroPvt. Dan O'HironsFilm

1955Matinee TheaterSeries

1955Navy LogSeries

1955The MillionairePete HillSeries

1955CrossroadsLandry KershSeries

1954A Star Is BornDelivery Boy (uncredited)Film

1954Lassie · 3 episodesSeries

1954The Silver ChaliceFather (uncredited)Film

1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBuckshot · 2 episodes, ThurmSeries

1954Drum BeatScottyFilm

1954World for RansomFilm

1954The Lone WolfNick DavisSeries

1954Studio 57Pete DuttonSeries

1953The Magnetic MonsterCo-PilotFilm

1953South Sea WomanMarine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)Film

1953General Electric TheaterGunnery Officer Daly, ObieSeries

1953The Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseWaiterSeries

1952Androcles and the LionSoldier (uncredited)Film

1952Four Star PlayhouseTom BlairSeries

1952Cavalcade of AmericaWilkinsSeries

1952Storm Over TibetCo-pilotFilm

1952Dangerous AssignmentSeries

1952Chevron TheatreSeries

1951I Love LucyMan in Coffee ShopSeries

1951The Red Badge of CourageCorporal (voice) (uncredited)Film

1951DragnetSeries

1951RhubarbMichael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)Film

1951Hallmark Hall of FameOld HollanderSeries

1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsBellhop, TeeplesSeries

1950The Asphalt JungleWilliam Doldy (uncredited)Film

1950The Damned Don't CrySpringboard Diver (uncredited)Film