Strother Martin
Acting
- Born:
- 1919-03-26
- Died:
- 1980-08-01
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Hotwire
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Better Late Than Never
The Villain
The Champ
Nightwing
Love and Bullets
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Steel Cowboy
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Vega$
Up in Smoke
The End
Slap Shot
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Rooster Cogburn
Saturday Night Live
Hard Times
One of Our Own
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Baretta
The Rockford Files
Movin' On
Paper Moon
Petrocelli
Sssssss
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Hawkins
The Rookies
Pocket Money
The Flim Flam Man
Hannie Caulder
Nichols
Fools' Parade
The Brotherhood of Satan
Red Sky at Morning
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Love, American Style
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Marcus Welby, M.D.
The Wild Bunch
True Grit
The Doris Day Show
The Name of the Game
It Takes a Thief
The Mountains of the Moon
Cool Hand Luke
The Danny Thomas Hour
The Guns of Will Sonnett
He & She
The Flim-Flam Man
The Invaders
Tarzan
Nevada Smith
An Eye for an Eye
Harper
Lost in Space
The Big Valley
Run for Your Life
The Legend of Jesse James
The Sons of Katie Elder
Shenandoah
Brainstorm
Profiles in Courage
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Gilligan's Island
Daniel Boone
McLintock!
The Fugitive
The Lieutenant
Showdown
The Dakotas
Stoney Burke
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Virginian
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The New Breed
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Ben Casey
The Deadly Companions
Sanctuary
Pete and Gladys
The Rebel
Hotel de Paree
The Twilight Zone
Bonanza
The Horse Soldiers
The Wild and the Innocent
The Shaggy Dog
Black Saddle
Rawhide
77 Sunset Strip
Lawman
The Texan
Bitter Heritage
Jefferson Drum
Cowboy
Trackdown
Perry Mason
Black Patch
Have Gun, Will Travel
Copper Sky
Panic!
The Black Whip
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Broken Arrow
Attack
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Johnny Concho
Telephone Time
World Without End
Target Zero
Matinee Theater
The Big Knife
Crossroads
Navy Log
Gunsmoke
Kiss Me Deadly
Strategic Air Command
The Millionaire
The Silver Chalice
Drum Beat
The Wonderful World of Disney
A Star Is Born
Studio 57
Lassie
The Lone Wolf
World for Ransom
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
South Sea Woman
The Magnetic Monster
General Electric Theater
Androcles and the Lion
Cavalcade of America
Four Star Playhouse
Storm Over Tibet
Chevron Theatre
Dangerous Assignment
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dragnet
I Love Lucy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Red Badge of Courage
Rhubarb
The Damned Don't Cry
The Asphalt Jungle