Strother Martin

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Fugitive

Saturday Night Live

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

Bonanza

All Movies (73)

• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hotwire1980 · as The Weasel
• The Secret of Nikola Tesla1980 · as George Westinghouse
• Better Late Than Never1979 · as J.D. Ashcroft
• The Villain1979 · as Parody Jones
• The Champ1979 · as Riley
• Nightwing1979 · as Selwyn
• Love and Bullets1979 · as Louis Monk
• Stubby Pringle's Christmas1978 · as Old Hollander
• Steel Cowboy1978 · as Pinky Pincus
• Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy1978 · as Turtle Ranch Boss
• Up in Smoke1978 · as Mr. Stoner
• The End1978 · as Dr. Waldo Kling
• Slap Shot1977 · as Joe McGrath
• The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday1976 · as Billy
• Rooster Cogburn1975 · as Shanghai McCoy
• Hard Times1975 · as Poe
• One of Our Own1975 · as LeRoy Atkins
• Mitzi & 100 Guys1975 · as Self
• Sssssss1973 · as Dr. Carl Stoner
• The Boy and the Bronc Buster1973 · as Buckshot
• Pocket Money1972 · as Bill Garrett
• The Flim Flam Man1972 · as Lovick
• Hannie Caulder1971 · as Rufus Clemens
• Fools' Parade1971 · as Lee Cottrill
• The Brotherhood of Satan1971 · as Doc Duncan
• Red Sky at Morning1971 · as John Cloyd
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970 · as Bowen
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969 · as Percy Garris
• The Wild Bunch1969 · as Coffer
• True Grit1969 · as Colonel G. Stonehill
• The Mountains of the Moon1967 · as O'Keefe
• Cool Hand Luke1967 · as Captain
• The Flim-Flam Man1967 · as Lovick
• Nevada Smith1966 · as Strother (uncredited)
• An Eye for an Eye1966 · as Trumbull
• Harper1966 · as Claude
• The Sons of Katie Elder1965 · as Ned Ross
• Shenandoah1965 · as Train Engineer
• Brainstorm1965 · as Mr. Clyde
• Invitation to a Gunfighter1964 · as Fiddler
• McLintock!1963 · as Agard
• Showdown1963 · as Charlie Reeder
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962 · as Floyd
• The Deadly Companions1961 · as Parson
• Sanctuary1961 · as Dog Boy
• The Horse Soldiers1959 · as Virgil
• The Wild and the Innocent1959 · as Ben Stocker
• The Shaggy Dog1959 · as Thurm
• Bitter Heritage1958 · as Earle Eheeler
• Cowboy1958 · as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
• Black Patch1957 · as Petey
• Copper Sky1957 · as Pokey
• The Black Whip1956 · as Thorny
• Attack1956 · as Ingersol
• Johnny Concho1956 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• World Without End1956 · as Nihka (uncredited)
• Target Zero1955 · as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
• The Big Knife1955 · as Stillman
• Kiss Me Deadly1955 · as Harvey Wallace
• Strategic Air Command1955 · as Airman
• The Silver Chalice1954 · as Father (uncredited)
• Drum Beat1954 · as Scotty
• A Star Is Born1954 · as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
• World for Ransom1954
• South Sea Woman1953 · as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
• The Magnetic Monster1953 · as Co-Pilot
• Androcles and the Lion1952 · as Soldier (uncredited)
• Storm Over Tibet1952 · as Co-pilot
• The Red Badge of Courage1951 · as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
• Rhubarb1951 · as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
• The Damned Don't Cry1950 · as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
• The Asphalt Jungle1950 · as William Doldy (uncredited)

All TV Shows (98)

• Vega$1978
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Baretta1975
• The Rockford Files1974 · as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
• Movin' On1974
• Paper Moon1974
• Petrocelli1974 · as Clate Dobie
• Hawkins1973 · as R.J. Hawkins
• The Rookies1972
• Nichols1971 · as Zachariah
• Love, American Style1969
• Marcus Welby, M.D.1969 · as Terry Riggs
• The Doris Day Show1968 · as Tyrone Lovey
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Nanyface
• It Takes a Thief1968 · as Willard Knox
• The Danny Thomas Hour1967 · as Paul Rooney
• The Guns of Will Sonnett1967
• He & She1967 · as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
• The Invaders1967 · as Charlie Coogan
• Tarzan1966
• Lost in Space1965 · as Nerim
• The Big Valley1965 · as Dan'l Hawks
• The Big Valley1965 · as Fludd
• Run for Your Life1965 · as Holly Amberton
• The Legend of Jesse James1965 · as Meeker
• Profiles in Courage1964 · as Senator James Wadsworth
• Gilligan's Island1964
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Solomon Tarbot
• The Fugitive1963 · as Deputy Shirky Saulter
• The Lieutenant1963 · as Taxi Driver
• The Dakotas1963
• Stoney Burke1962
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Virginian1962 · as Finley
• The Virginian1962 · as Luther Watson
• The New Breed1961 · as Benny Kohler
• The Dick Van Dyke Show1961 · as Harper Worthington Yates
• Ben Casey1961
• Ben Casey1961 · as Frank Geray
• Pete and Gladys1960
• The Rebel1959 · as Jess
• Hotel de Paree1959
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Mothershed
• Bonanza1959 · as Lonnie Stern
• Bonanza1959 · as Joad Bruder
• Bonanza1959 · as Cole Younger
• Bonanza1959 · as Little Meredith Smith
• Bonanza1959 · as Yuri
• Black Saddle1959 · as Pit Thatcher
• Rawhide1959 · as Bates
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Charles Sloane
• Lawman1958
• The Texan1958 · as Polk Blackston
• Jefferson Drum1958 · as Pete Henke
• Trackdown1957 · as Benny French
• Perry Mason1957 · as Pete Gibson
• Perry Mason1957 · as Joe Mead
• Perry Mason1957 · as Gerald Sommers
• Perry Mason1957 · as Roy Hutchinson
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Carew
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Fred Coombs
• Panic!1957
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Joby
• Broken Arrow1956 · as Renton
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• Telephone Time1956
• Matinee Theater1955
• Crossroads1955 · as Landry Kersh
• Navy Log1955
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Mr. Stooler
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Cooter
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Ed Davey
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Dooley
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Dillard
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Rowley
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Gene Bunch
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Billy
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Timble
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Ben Snow
• The Millionaire1955 · as Pete Hill
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Buckshot
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Thurm
• Studio 571954 · as Pete Dutton
• Lassie1954
• The Lone Wolf1954 · as Nick Davis
• The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse1953 · as Waiter
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Gunnery Officer Daly
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Obie
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Wilkins
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Tom Blair
• Chevron Theatre1952
• Dangerous Assignment1952
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Old Hollander
• Dragnet1951
• I Love Lucy1951 · as Man in Coffee Shop
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Bellhop
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Teeples