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Strother Martin
Acting · 1919–1980 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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
Self
Perry Mason
Pete Gibson
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Bonanza
Lonnie Stern
Dragnet
1951
Lassie
1954
The Fugitive
Deputy Shirky Saulter
The Twilight Zone
Mothershed
Love, American Style
1969
Daniel Boone
Solomon Tarbot
Filmography
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf (archive footage)
- 1980HotwireThe Weasel
- 1980The Secret of Nikola TeslaGeorge Westinghouse
- 1979Better Late Than NeverJ.D. Ashcroft
- 1979The VillainParody Jones
- 1979The ChampRiley
- 1979NightwingSelwyn
- 1979Love and BulletsLouis Monk
- 1978Stubby Pringle's ChristmasOld Hollander
- 1978Steel CowboyPinky Pincus
- 1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy GuyTurtle Ranch Boss
- 1978Vega$
- 1978Up in SmokeMr. Stoner
- 1978The EndDr. Waldo Kling
- 1977Slap ShotJoe McGrath
- 1976The Great Scout & Cathouse ThursdayBilly
- 1975Rooster CogburnShanghai McCoy
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
- 1975Hard TimesPoe
- 1975One of Our OwnLeRoy Atkins
- 1975Mitzi & 100 GuysSelf
- 1975Baretta
- 1974The Rockford FilesThomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
- 1974Movin' On
- 1974Paper Moon
- 1974PetrocelliClate Dobie
- 1973SssssssDr. Carl Stoner
- 1973The Boy and the Bronc BusterBuckshot
- 1973HawkinsR.J. Hawkins
- 1972The Rookies
- 1972Pocket MoneyBill Garrett
- 1972The Flim Flam ManLovick
- 1971Hannie CaulderRufus Clemens
- 1971NicholsZachariah
- 1971Fools' ParadeLee Cottrill
- 1971The Brotherhood of SatanDoc Duncan
- 1971Red Sky at MorningJohn Cloyd
- 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueBowen
- 1969Love, American Style
- 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidPercy Garris
- 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Terry Riggs
- 1969The Wild BunchCoffer
- 1969True GritColonel G. Stonehill
- 1968The Doris Day ShowTyrone Lovey
- 1968The Name of the GameNanyface
- 1968It Takes a ThiefWillard Knox
- 1967The Mountains of the MoonO'Keefe
- 1967Cool Hand LukeCaptain
- 1967The Danny Thomas HourPaul Rooney
- 1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
- 1967He & SheThe Rev. Mr. Anderson
- 1967The Flim-Flam ManLovick
- 1967The InvadersCharlie Coogan
- 1966Tarzan
- 1966Nevada SmithStrother (uncredited)
- 1966An Eye for an EyeTrumbull
- 1966HarperClaude
- 1965Lost in SpaceNerim
- 1965The Big ValleyDan'l Hawks
- 1965Run for Your LifeHolly Amberton
- 1965The Legend of Jesse JamesMeeker
- 1965The Sons of Katie ElderNed Ross
- 1965ShenandoahTrain Engineer
- 1965BrainstormMr. Clyde
- 1964Profiles in CourageSenator James Wadsworth
- 1964Invitation to a GunfighterFiddler
- 1964Gilligan's Island
- 1964Daniel BooneSolomon Tarbot
- 1963McLintock!Agard
- 1963The FugitiveDeputy Shirky Saulter
- 1963The LieutenantTaxi Driver
- 1963ShowdownCharlie Reeder
- 1963The Dakotas
- 1962Stoney Burke
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1962The VirginianFinley
- 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceFloyd
- 1961The New BreedBenny Kohler
- 1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowHarper Worthington Yates
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1961The Deadly CompanionsParson
- 1961SanctuaryDog Boy
- 1960Pete and Gladys
- 1959The RebelJess
- 1959Hotel de Paree
- 1959The Twilight ZoneMothershed
- 1959BonanzaLonnie Stern
- 1959The Horse SoldiersVirgil
- 1959The Wild and the InnocentBen Stocker
- 1959The Shaggy DogThurm
- 1959Black SaddlePit Thatcher
- 1959RawhideBates
- 195877 Sunset StripCharles Sloane
- 1958Lawman
- 1958The TexanPolk Blackston
- 1958Bitter HeritageEarle Eheeler
- 1958Jefferson DrumPete Henke
- 1958CowboyTrailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
- 1957TrackdownBenny French
- 1957Perry MasonPete Gibson
- 1957Black PatchPetey
- 1957Have Gun, Will Travel
- 1957Copper SkyPokey
- 1957Panic!
- 1956The Black WhipThorny
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJoby
- 1956Broken ArrowRenton
- 1956AttackIngersol
- 1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- 1956Johnny ConchoTownsman (uncredited)
- 1956Telephone Time
- 1956World Without EndNihka (uncredited)
- 1955Target ZeroPvt. Dan O'Hirons
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955The Big KnifeStillman
- 1955CrossroadsLandry Kersh
- 1955Navy Log
- 1955GunsmokeMr. Stooler
- 1955Kiss Me DeadlyHarvey Wallace
- 1955Strategic Air CommandAirman
- 1955The MillionairePete Hill
- 1954The Silver ChaliceFather (uncredited)
- 1954Drum BeatScotty
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBuckshot
- 1954A Star Is BornDelivery Boy (uncredited)
- 1954Studio 57Pete Dutton
- 1954Lassie
- 1954The Lone WolfNick Davis
- 1954World for Ransom
- 1953The Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseWaiter
- 1953South Sea WomanMarine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
- 1953The Magnetic MonsterCo-Pilot
- 1953General Electric TheaterGunnery Officer Daly
- 1952Androcles and the LionSoldier (uncredited)
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaWilkins
- 1952Four Star PlayhouseTom Blair
- 1952Storm Over TibetCo-pilot
- 1952Chevron Theatre
- 1952Dangerous Assignment
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameOld Hollander
- 1951Dragnet
- 1951I Love LucyMan in Coffee Shop
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsBellhop
- 1951The Red Badge of CourageCorporal (voice) (uncredited)
- 1951RhubarbMichael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
- 1950The Damned Don't CrySpringboard Diver (uncredited)
- 1950The Asphalt JungleWilliam Doldy (uncredited)
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