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