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Strother Martin · PopcornQueue

Strother Martin

Actor

Born: March 26, 1919 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Died: August 1, 1980 (age 61)

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."

Known for

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
September 23, 1969
Cool Hand Luke
November 1, 1967
The Wild Bunch
June 19, 1969
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
April 13, 1962
True Grit
June 11, 1969
Up in Smoke
September 15, 1978
The Asphalt Jungle
May 12, 1950
Slap Shot
February 25, 1977
Kiss Me Deadly
April 28, 1955
A Star Is Born
October 1, 1954
The Sons of Katie Elder
June 24, 1965
The Horse Soldiers
June 11, 1959

Acting73

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
1980Hotwire as The Weasel
1980The Secret of Nikola Tesla as George Westinghouse
1979Better Late Than Never as J.D. Ashcroft
1979The Villain as Parody Jones
1979The Champ as Riley
1979Nightwing as Selwyn
1979Love and Bullets as Louis Monk
1978Stubby Pringle's Christmas as Old Hollander
1978Steel Cowboy

as Pinky Pincus

1978Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy as Turtle Ranch Boss

1978Up in Smoke as Mr. Stoner

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1978The End as Dr. Waldo Kling
1977Slap Shot as Joe McGrath
1976The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday as Billy
1975Rooster Cogburn as Shanghai McCoy
1975Hard Times as Poe
1975One of Our Own as LeRoy Atkins
1975Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
1973Sssssss as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973The Boy and the Bronc Buster as Buckshot
1972Pocket Money as Bill Garrett
1972The Flim Flam Man as Lovick
1971Hannie Caulder as Rufus Clemens
1971Fools' Parade as Lee Cottrill
1971The Brotherhood of Satan as Doc Duncan
1971Red Sky at Morning as John Cloyd
1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Bowen
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Percy Garris
1969The Wild Bunch as Coffer
1969True Grit as Colonel G. Stonehill
1967The Mountains of the Moon as O'Keefe
1967Cool Hand Luke as Captain
1967The Flim-Flam Man as Lovick
1966Nevada Smith as Strother (uncredited)
1966An Eye for an Eye as Trumbull
1966Harper as Claude
1965The Sons of Katie Elder as Ned Ross
1965Shenandoah as Train Engineer
1965Brainstorm as Mr. Clyde
1964Invitation to a Gunfighter as Fiddler
1963McLintock! as Agard
1963Showdown as Charlie Reeder
1962The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as Floyd
1961The Deadly Companions as Parson
1961Sanctuary as Dog Boy
1959The Horse Soldiers as Virgil
1959The Wild and the Innocent as Ben Stocker
1959The Shaggy Dog as Thurm
1958Bitter Heritage as Earle Eheeler
1958Cowboy as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1957Black Patch as Petey
1957Copper Sky as Pokey
1956The Black Whip as Thorny
1956Attack as Ingersol
1956Johnny Concho as Townsman (uncredited)
1956World Without End as Nihka (uncredited)
1955Target Zero as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955The Big Knife as Stillman
1955Kiss Me Deadly as Harvey Wallace
1955Strategic Air Command as Airman
1954The Silver Chalice as Father (uncredited)
1954Drum Beat as Scotty
1954A Star Is Born as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954World for Ransom
1953South Sea Woman as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953The Magnetic Monster as Co-Pilot
1952Androcles and the Lion as Soldier (uncredited)
1952Storm Over Tibet as Co-pilot
1951The Red Badge of Courage as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1951Rhubarb as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950The Damned Don't Cry as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
1950The Asphalt Jungle as William Doldy (uncredited)