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Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

26/03/1919

Day of Death

01/08/1980
(61) years old

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." Description above fr... Read More

Known For

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Hotwire

Hotwire

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

Better Late Than Never

Better Late Than Never

The Villain

The Villain

The Champ

The Champ

Nightwing

Nightwing

Love and Bullets

Love and Bullets

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

Steel Cowboy

Steel Cowboy

Filmography

Cast

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollyw...

as Self (archive footage)

1980

Hotwire

as The Weasel

1980

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

as George Westinghouse

1979

Better Late Than Never

as J.D. Ashcroft

1979

The Villain

as Parody Jones

1979

The Champ

as Riley

1979

Nightwing

as Selwyn

1979

Love and Bullets

as Louis Monk

1978

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

as Old Hollander

1978

Steel Cowboy

as Pinky Pincus

1978

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

as Turtle Ranch Boss

1978

Up in Smoke

as Mr. Stoner

1978

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

1975

Hard Times

as Poe

1975

One of Our Own

as LeRoy Atkins

1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self

1973

Sssssss

as Dr. Carl Stoner

1973

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

as Buckshot

1972

Pocket Money

as Bill Garrett

1971

Hannie Caulder

as Rufus Clemens

1971

Fools' Parade

as Lee Cottrill

1971

The Brotherhood of Satan

as Doc Duncan

1971

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

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Coffer

1969

True Grit

as Colonel G. Stonehill

1967

The Mountains of the Moon

as O'Keefe

1967

Cool Hand Luke

as Captain

1967

The Flim-Flam Man

as Lovick

1966

Nevada Smith

as Strother (uncredited)

1966

An Eye for an Eye

as Trumbull

1966

Harper

as Claude

1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

as Ned Ross

1965

Shenandoah

as Train Engineer

1965

Brainstorm

as Mr. Clyde

1964

Invitation to a Gunfighter

as Fiddler

1963

McLintock!

as Agard

1963

Showdown

as Charlie Reeder

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Floyd

1961

The Deadly Companions

as Parson

1961

Sanctuary

as Dog Boy

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Virgil

1959

The Wild and the Innocent

as Ben Stocker

1959

The Shaggy Dog

as Thurm

1958

Bitter Heritage

as Earle Eheeler

1958

Cowboy

as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

1957

Black Patch

as Petey

1957

Copper Sky

as Pokey

1956

The Black Whip

as Thorny

1956

Attack

as Ingersol

1956

Johnny Concho

as Townsman (uncredited)

1956

World Without End

as Nihka (uncredited)

1955

Target Zero

as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

1955

The Big Knife

as Stillman

1955

Strategic Air Command

as Airman

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

as Harvey Wallace

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Father (uncredited)

1954

Drum Beat

as Scotty

1954

A Star Is Born

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1954

World for Ransom

1953

South Sea Woman

as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (unc...

1953

The Magnetic Monster

as Co-Pilot

1952

Androcles and the Lion

as Soldier (uncredited)

1952

Storm Over Tibet

as Co-pilot

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

1951

Rhubarb

as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

1950

The Damned Don't Cry

as Springboard Diver (uncredited)

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as William Doldy (uncredited)