Strother Martin
Born in Kokomo, Indiana, USA — Mar 26 1919• Died Aug 01 1980
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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."
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The Fugitive
Deputy Shirky Saulter
Perry Mason
Pete Gibson
Bonanza
Lonnie Stern
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Twilight Zone
Mothershed
The Rockford Files
Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
Love, American Style
Lassie
The Virginian
Finley
Dragnet
I Love Lucy
Man in Coffee Shop
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Terry Riggs
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Joby
Matinee Theater
Ben Casey
Lawman
Lost in Space
Nerim
Rawhide
Bates
Four Star Playhouse
Tom Blair
Daniel Boone
Solomon Tarbot
The Name of the Game
Nanyface
The Big Valley
Dan'l Hawks
The Rookies
The Invaders
Charlie Coogan
Baretta
77 Sunset Strip
Charles Sloane
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Harper Worthington Yates
Vega$
Trackdown
Benny French
Run for Your Life
Holly Amberton
Black Saddle
Pit Thatcher
Gilligan's Island
Gunsmoke
Mr. Stooler
The Texan
Polk Blackston
Tarzan
Studio 57
Pete Dutton
Cavalcade of America
Wilkins
The Millionaire
Pete Hill
The Rebel
Jess
Petrocelli
Clate Dobie
Nichols
Zachariah
The New Breed
Benny Kohler
The Doris Day Show
Tyrone Lovey
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Telephone Time
Sssssss
Dr. Carl Stoner
It Takes a Thief
Willard Knox
Stoney Burke
Navy Log
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Waiter
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Pete and Gladys
Broken Arrow
Renton
Dangerous Assignment
The Dakotas
The Lieutenant
Taxi Driver
Movin' On
The Wonderful World of Disney
Buckshot
The Danny Thomas Hour
Paul Rooney
Panic!
The Lone Wolf
Nick Davis
The Legend of Jesse James
Meeker
Hawkins
R.J. Hawkins
Profiles in Courage
Senator James Wadsworth
Crossroads
Landry Kersh
Chevron Theatre
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Old Hollander
He & She
The Rev. Mr. Anderson
True Grit
Colonel G. Stonehill
The Wild Bunch
Coffer
Jefferson Drum
Pete Henke
Slap Shot
Joe McGrath
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Percy Garris
A Star Is Born
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Paper Moon
Cool Hand Luke
Captain
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Floyd
Up in Smoke
Mr. Stoner
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Bellhop
Harper
Claude
General Electric Theater
Gunnery Officer Daly
Hard Times
Poe
The Silver Chalice
Father (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers
Virgil
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bowen
McLintock!
Agard
Kiss Me Deadly
Harvey Wallace
The Asphalt Jungle
William Doldy (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Cowboy
Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
The Champ
Riley
The Villain
Parody Jones
Drum Beat
Scotty
Hotel de Paree
Shenandoah
Train Engineer
Nevada Smith
Strother (uncredited)
The End
Dr. Waldo Kling
Pocket Money
Bill Garrett
The Sons of Katie Elder
Ned Ross
Fools' Parade
Lee Cottrill
Hannie Caulder
Rufus Clemens
Attack
Ingersol
Rooster Cogburn
Shanghai McCoy
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
The Damned Don't Cry
Springboard Diver (uncredited)
South Sea Woman
Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
Love and Bullets
Louis Monk
The Flim-Flam Man
Lovick
An Eye for an Eye
Trumbull
The Big Knife
Stillman
Androcles and the Lion
Soldier (uncredited)
Rhubarb
Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
The Deadly Companions
Parson
Black Patch
Petey
The Shaggy Dog
Thurm
The Magnetic Monster
Co-Pilot
Steel Cowboy
Pinky Pincus
World Without End
Nihka (uncredited)
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Billy
Better Late Than Never
J.D. Ashcroft
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
Nightwing
Selwyn
Brainstorm
Mr. Clyde
Strategic Air Command
Airman
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Fiddler
Showdown
Charlie Reeder
Sanctuary
Dog Boy
The Wild and the Innocent
Ben Stocker
World for Ransom
Johnny Concho
Townsman (uncredited)
One of Our Own
LeRoy Atkins
Target Zero
Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
Copper Sky
Pokey
The Brotherhood of Satan
Doc Duncan
Hotwire
The Weasel
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
George Westinghouse
Red Sky at Morning
John Cloyd
The Black Whip
Thorny
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Old Hollander
The Mountains of the Moon
O'Keefe
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Buckshot
Bitter Heritage
Earle Eheeler
Storm Over Tibet
Co-pilot
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Turtle Ranch Boss
The Flim Flam Man
Lovick