Strother Martin

Personal Info

Birthday

March 26, 1919

Day of Death

1980-08-01

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Strother Martin

Biography

Strother Martin 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

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Twilight Zone

Four Star Playhouse

The Rockford Files

The Fugitive

The Big Valley

Filmography

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
1980
Hotwire
as The Weasel
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
1979
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
The Villain
as Parody Jones
The Champ
as Riley
Nightwing
as Selwyn
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
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
Hard Times
as Poe
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1973
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
1972
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
1971
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
1967
The Mountains of the Moon
as O'Keefe
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
1966
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
An Eye for an Eye
as Trumbull
Harper
as Claude
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
Shenandoah
as Train Engineer
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Fiddler
1963
McLintock!
as Agard
Showdown
as Charlie Reeder
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
1961
The Deadly Companions
as Parson
Sanctuary
as Dog Boy
1959
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
The Wild and the Innocent
as Ben Stocker
The Shaggy Dog
as Thurm
1958
Bitter Heritage
as Earle Eheeler
Cowboy
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1957
Black Patch
as Petey
Copper Sky
as Pokey
1956
The Black Whip
as Thorny
Attack
as Ingersol
Johnny Concho
as Townsman (uncredited)
World Without End
as Nihka (uncredited)
1955
Target Zero
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
The Big Knife
as Stillman
Strategic Air Command
as Airman
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
1954
The Silver Chalice
as Father (uncredited)
Drum Beat
as Scotty
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1953
South Sea Woman
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
The Magnetic Monster
as Co-Pilot
1952
Androcles and the Lion
as Soldier (uncredited)
Storm Over Tibet
as Co-pilot
1951
The Red Badge of Courage
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Rhubarb
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950
The Damned Don't Cry
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited)