Strother Martin

Acting

March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980 (died at 61)

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Male

73 Movies

98 TV Shows

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."

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969 7.6

as Percy Garris

Age 50 (now 61)

Slap Shot

1977 6.8

as Joe McGrath

Age 57 (now 61)

Up in Smoke

1978 6.7

as Mr. Stoner

Age 59 (now 61)

Cool Hand Luke

1967 7.7

as Captain

Age 48 (now 61)

Sssssss

1973 5.2

as Dr. Carl Stoner

Age 54 (now 61)

The Wild Bunch

1969 7.6

as Coffer

Age 50 (now 61)

Hard Times

1975 6.8

as Poe

Age 56 (now 61)

True Grit

1969 7.3

as Colonel G. Stonehill

Age 50 (now 61)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 7.0

as Bowen

Age 50 (now 61)

The Champ

1979 7.0

as Riley

Age 60 (now 61)

The Brotherhood of Satan

1971 5.8

as Doc Duncan

Age 52 (now 61)

Hannie Caulder

1971 6.2

as Rufus Clemens

Age 52 (now 61)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 7.8

as Floyd

Age 43 (now 61)

Attack

1956 6.8

as Ingersol

Age 37 (now 61)

The End

1978 5.6

as Dr. Waldo Kling

Age 59 (now 61)

The Deadly Companions

1961 5.6

as Parson

Age 42 (now 61)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004 8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 85 (now 61)

Hotwire

1980 6.0

as The Weasel

Age 61

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

1980 6.3

as George Westinghouse

Age 60 (now 61)

Better Late Than Never

1979 9.0

as J.D. Ashcroft

Age 60 (now 61)

The Villain

1979 5.7

as Parody Jones

Age 60 (now 61)

The Champ

1979 7.0

as Riley

Age 60 (now 61)

Nightwing

1979 4.8

as Selwyn

Age 60 (now 61)

Love and Bullets

1979 5.9

as Louis Monk

Age 60 (now 61)

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

1978 7.0

as Old Hollander

Age 59 (now 61)

Steel Cowboy

1978 9.0

as Pinky Pincus

Age 59 (now 61)

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

1978 7.9

as Turtle Ranch Boss

Age 59 (now 61)

Up in Smoke

1978 6.7

as Mr. Stoner

Age 59 (now 61)

The End

1978 5.6

as Dr. Waldo Kling

Age 59 (now 61)

Slap Shot

1977 6.8

as Joe McGrath

Age 57 (now 61)

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

1976 5.1

as Billy

Age 57 (now 61)

Rooster Cogburn

1975 6.5

as Shanghai McCoy

Age 56 (now 61)

Hard Times

1975 6.8

as Poe

Age 56 (now 61)

One of Our Own

1975 10.0

as LeRoy Atkins

Age 56 (now 61)

Mitzi & 100 Guys

1975

as Self

Age 55 (now 61)

Sssssss

1973 5.2

as Dr. Carl Stoner

Age 54 (now 61)

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

1973

as Buckshot

Age 53 (now 61)

Pocket Money

1972 5.5

as Bill Garrett

Age 52 (now 61)

The Flim Flam Man

1972

as Lovick

Age 52 (now 61)

Hannie Caulder

1971 6.2

as Rufus Clemens

Age 52 (now 61)

Fools' Parade

1971 6.7

as Lee Cottrill

Age 52 (now 61)

The Brotherhood of Satan

1971 5.8

as Doc Duncan

Age 52 (now 61)

Red Sky at Morning

1971 7.1

as John Cloyd

Age 52 (now 61)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 7.0

as Bowen

Age 50 (now 61)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969 7.6

as Percy Garris

Age 50 (now 61)

The Wild Bunch

1969 7.6

as Coffer

Age 50 (now 61)

True Grit

1969 7.3

as Colonel G. Stonehill

Age 50 (now 61)

The Mountains of the Moon

1967

as O'Keefe

Age 48 (now 61)

Cool Hand Luke

1967 7.7

as Captain

Age 48 (now 61)

The Flim-Flam Man

1967 7.1

as Lovick

Age 48 (now 61)

Nevada Smith

1966 6.7

as Strother (uncredited)

Age 47 (now 61)

An Eye for an Eye

1966 7.4

as Trumbull

Age 47 (now 61)

Harper

1966 6.7

as Claude

Age 46 (now 61)

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965 7.1

as Ned Ross

Age 46 (now 61)

Shenandoah

1965 7.0

as Train Engineer

Age 46 (now 61)

Brainstorm

1965 6.1

as Mr. Clyde

Age 46 (now 61)

Invitation to a Gunfighter

1964 6.0

as Fiddler

Age 45 (now 61)

McLintock!

1963 6.6

as Agard

Age 44 (now 61)

Showdown

1963 6.1

as Charlie Reeder

Age 44 (now 61)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962 7.8

as Floyd

Age 43 (now 61)

The Deadly Companions

1961 5.6

as Parson

Age 42 (now 61)

Sanctuary

1961 5.4

as Dog Boy

Age 42 (now 61)

The Horse Soldiers

1959 7.0

as Virgil

Age 40 (now 61)

The Wild and the Innocent

1959 6.3

as Ben Stocker

Age 40 (now 61)

The Shaggy Dog

1959 6.2

as Thurm

Age 39 (now 61)

Bitter Heritage

1958 8.0

as Earle Eheeler

Age 39 (now 61)

Cowboy

1958 6.5

as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

Age 38 (now 61)

Black Patch

1957 5.9

as Petey

Age 38 (now 61)

Copper Sky

1957 6.7

as Pokey

Age 38 (now 61)

The Black Whip

1956 10.0

as Thorny

Age 37 (now 61)

Attack

1956 6.8

as Ingersol

Age 37 (now 61)

Johnny Concho

1956 4.5

as Townsman (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 61)

World Without End

1956 5.8

as Nihka (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 61)

Target Zero

1955 5.9

as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

Age 36 (now 61)

The Big Knife

1955 6.0

as Stillman

Age 36 (now 61)

Kiss Me Deadly

1955 7.2

as Harvey Wallace

Age 36 (now 61)

Strategic Air Command

1955 6.2

as Airman

Age 35 (now 61)

The Silver Chalice

1954 4.5

as Father (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 61)

Drum Beat

1954 6.1

as Scotty

Age 35 (now 61)

A Star Is Born

1954 7.1

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 61)

World for Ransom

1954 5.3

Age 34 (now 61)

South Sea Woman

1953 4.8

as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 61)

The Magnetic Monster

1953 5.6

as Co-Pilot

Age 33 (now 61)

Androcles and the Lion

1952 5.9

as Soldier (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 61)

Storm Over Tibet

1952 7.0

as Co-pilot

Age 33 (now 61)

The Red Badge of Courage

1951 6.5

as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 61)

Rhubarb

1951 5.8

as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 61)

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 7.0

as Springboard Diver (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 61)

The Asphalt Jungle

1950 7.5

as William Doldy (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 61)