Strother Martin
Acting
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."
Filmography 147
Movies (73)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004Self (archive footage)
Hotwire1980The Weasel
The Secret of Nikola Tesla1980George Westinghouse
Better Late Than Never1979J.D. Ashcroft
The Villain1979Parody Jones
The Champ1979Riley
Nightwing1979Selwyn
Love and Bullets1979Louis Monk
Stubby Pringle's Christmas1978Old Hollander
Steel Cowboy1978Pinky Pincus
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy1978Turtle Ranch Boss
Up in Smoke1978Mr. Stoner
The End1978Dr. Waldo Kling
Slap Shot1977Joe McGrath
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday1976Billy
Rooster Cogburn1975Shanghai McCoy
Hard Times1975Poe
One of Our Own1975LeRoy Atkins
Mitzi & 100 Guys1975Self
Sssssss1973Dr. Carl Stoner
The Boy and the Bronc Buster1973Buckshot
Pocket Money1972Bill Garrett
The Flim Flam Man1972Lovick
Hannie Caulder1971Rufus Clemens
Fools' Parade1971Lee Cottrill
The Brotherhood of Satan1971Doc Duncan
Red Sky at Morning1971John Cloyd
The Ballad of Cable Hogue1970Bowen
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969Percy Garris
The Wild Bunch1969Coffer
Shows (74)
Vega$1978
Saturday Night Live1975Self - Host
Baretta1975
The Rockford Files1974Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
Paper Moon1974
Movin' On1974
Petrocelli1974Clate Dobie
Hawkins1973R.J. Hawkins
The Rookies1972
Nichols1971Zachariah
Love, American Style1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.1969Terry Riggs
The Doris Day Show1968Tyrone Lovey
The Name of the Game1968Nanyface
It Takes a Thief1968Willard Knox
The Danny Thomas Hour1967Paul Rooney
The Guns of Will Sonnett1967
He & She1967The Rev. Mr. Anderson
The Invaders1967Charlie Coogan
Tarzan1966
The Big Valley1965Dan'l Hawks
Lost in Space1965Nerim
Run for Your Life1965Holly Amberton
The Legend of Jesse James1965Meeker- Profiles in Courage1964Senator James Wadsworth
Gilligan's Island1964
Daniel Boone1964Solomon Tarbot
The Fugitive1963Deputy Shirky Saulter
The Lieutenant1963Taxi Driver
The Dakotas1963