7.6
Movie
Acting
Strother Martin
- Born
- Died
- (aged 61)
- Birthplace
- Kokomo, Indiana, USA
- Credits
- 147 titles
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."
Signature work
Known For
7.6
Movie
7.7
Movie
Cool Hand Luke
7.6
Movie
The Wild Bunch
7.8
Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
8.5
TV
The Twilight Zone
7.3
Movie
True Grit
6.6
Movie
Up in Smoke
6.9
TV
Saturday Night Live
7.5
TV
Bonanza
6.8
Movie
Slap Shot
7.2
Movie
Kiss Me Deadly
7.0
Movie
The Sons of Katie Elder
6.9
Movie
The Horse Soldiers
6.6
Movie
McLintock!
7.4
TV
Gilligan's Island
7.9
TV
I Love Lucy
6.8
Movie
Hard Times
6.4
Movie
Rooster Cogburn
Acting credits 147
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1980 | Hotwire Film | The Weasel |
| 1980 | The Secret of Nikola Tesla Film | George Westinghouse |
| 1979 | Better Late Than Never Film | J.D. Ashcroft |
| 1979 | The Villain Film | Parody Jones |
| 1979 | The Champ Film | Riley |
| 1979 | Nightwing Film | Selwyn |
| 1979 | Love and Bullets Film | Louis Monk |
| 1978 | Stubby Pringle's Christmas Film | Old Hollander |
| 1978 | Steel Cowboy Film | Pinky Pincus |
| 1978 | Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy Film | Turtle Ranch Boss |
| 1978 | Vega$ TV | (1 ep) |
| 1978 | Up in Smoke Film | Mr. Stoner |
| 1978 | The End Film | Dr. Waldo Kling |
| 1977 | Slap Shot Film | Joe McGrath |
| 1976 | The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday Film | Billy |
| 1975 | Rooster Cogburn Film | Shanghai McCoy |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live TV | Self - Host (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Hard Times Film | Poe |
| 1975 | One of Our Own Film | LeRoy Atkins |
| 1975 | Mitzi & 100 Guys Film | Self |
| 1975 | Baretta TV | (3 ep) |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files TV | Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers (2 ep) |
| 1974 | Movin' On TV | (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Paper Moon TV | (1 ep) |
| 1974 | Petrocelli TV | Clate Dobie (1 ep) |
| 1973 | Sssssss Film | Dr. Carl Stoner |
| 1973 | The Boy and the Bronc Buster Film | Buckshot |
| 1973 | Hawkins TV | R.J. Hawkins (5 ep) |
| 1972 | The Rookies TV | (1 ep) |
| 1972 | Pocket Money Film | Bill Garrett |
| 1972 | The Flim Flam Man Film | Lovick |
| 1971 | Hannie Caulder Film | Rufus Clemens |
| 1971 | Nichols TV | Zachariah (1 ep) |
| 1971 | Fools' Parade Film | Lee Cottrill |
| 1971 | The Brotherhood of Satan Film | Doc Duncan |
| 1971 | Red Sky at Morning Film | John Cloyd |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue Film | Bowen |
| 1969 | Love, American Style TV | (1 ep) |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Film | Percy Garris |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. TV | Terry Riggs (1 ep) |
| 1969 | The Wild Bunch Film | Coffer |
| 1969 | True Grit Film | Colonel G. Stonehill |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show TV | Tyrone Lovey (2 ep) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game TV | Nanyface (1 ep) |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief TV | Willard Knox (1 ep) |
| 1967 | The Mountains of the Moon Film | O'Keefe |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke Film | Captain |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour TV | Paul Rooney (1 ep) |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett TV | (2 ep) |
| 1967 | He & She TV | The Rev. Mr. Anderson (1 ep) |
| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man Film | Lovick |
| 1967 | The Invaders TV | Charlie Coogan (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Tarzan TV | (2 ep) |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith Film | Strother (uncredited) |
| 1966 | An Eye for an Eye Film | Trumbull |
| 1966 | Harper Film | Claude |
| 1965 | Lost in Space TV | Nerim (1 ep) |
| 1965 | The Big Valley TV | Dan'l Hawks, Fludd (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life TV | Holly Amberton (1 ep) |