Cast
Strother Martin
Acting
Cast
Strother Martin
Known for
Acting
Born
1919-03-26
From
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Died
1980-08-01
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."
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
McLintock!
as Agard
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
The Villain
as Parody Jones
The Champ
as Riley
Cowboy
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
Hard Times
as Poe
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
Harper
as Claude
Shenandoah
as Train Engineer
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
as Father (uncredited)
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
Hotwire
as The Weasel
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
Attack
as Ingersol
Sanctuary
as Dog Boy
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
Strategic Air Command
as Airman
Copper Sky
as Pokey
Drum Beat
as Scotty
The Red Badge of Courage
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
World Without End
as Nihka (uncredited)
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Billy
Rhubarb
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
The Shaggy Dog
as Thurm
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
The Wild and the Innocent
as Ben Stocker
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Fiddler
Androcles and the Lion
as Soldier (uncredited)
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
The Deadly Companions
as Parson
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
Showdown
as Charlie Reeder
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
Target Zero
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
An Eye for an Eye
as Trumbull
Nightwing
as Selwyn
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
The Damned Don't Cry
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
Bitter Heritage
as Earle Eheeler
The Big Knife
as Stillman
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
South Sea Woman
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
World for Ransom
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
The Magnetic Monster
as Co-Pilot
The Mountains of the Moon
as O'Keefe
Johnny Concho
as Townsman (uncredited)
Black Patch
as Petey
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
The Black Whip
as Thorny
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
Storm Over Tibet
as Co-pilot
The Flim Flam Man
as Lovick