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Strother Martin

Actor

Died August 1, 1980 (61 years)

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Movies & Shows with Strother Martin on Plex

Bonanza
The Deadly Companions
Four Star Playhouse

Filmography

1980
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla · as George Westinghouse
1980
Hotwire · as The Weasel
1979
The Champ · as Riley
1979
Love and Bullets · as Louis Monk
1979
The Villain · as Parody Jones
1979
Nightwing · as Selwyn
1978
The End · as Dr. Waldo Kling
1978
Steel Cowboy · as Unknown
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy · as Turtle Ranch Boss
1978
Vega$ (TV Series) · as Unknown
1978
Up in Smoke · as Arnold Stoner
1977
Slap Shot · as Joe McGrath
1977
ABC Weekend Special (TV Series) · as Bill Driscoll
1976
1975
Rooster Cogburn · as McCoy
1975
Hard Times · as Poe
1975
Baretta (TV Series) · as Unknown
1974
Petrocelli (TV Series) · as Clate Dobie
1974
Movin' On (TV Series) · as Unknown
1974
The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
1973
Sssssss · as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973
Hawkins (TV Series) · as R.J. Hawkins
1972
Pocket Money · as Bill Garrett
1972
The Rookies (TV Series) · as Unknown
1971
Hannie Caulder · as Rufus Clemens
1971
The Brotherhood of Satan · as Doc Duncan
1971
Fools' Parade · as Lee Cottrill
1971
Nichols (TV Series) · as Zachariah
1970
1969
The Wild Bunch · as Coffer
1969
1969
Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Dennis Wright (segment "Love and the Old Boyfriend")
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Terry Riggs
1969
True Grit · as Colonel G. Stonehill
1968
The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Nanyface
1968
The Doris Day Show (TV Series) · as Tyrone Lovey
1968
It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Willard Knox
1967
Cool Hand Luke · as Captain
1967
Gentle Ben (TV Series) · as Reed Olmstock
1967
The Invaders (TV Series) · as Charlie Coogan
1966
Nevada Smith · as Strother (uncredited)
1966
An Eye for an Eye · as Trumbull
1966
Harper · as Claude
1966
Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Unknown
1966
The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Digby Applegate
1965
1965
Brainstorm · as Mr. Clyde
1965
The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Dan'l Hawks
1965
Lost in Space (TV Series) · as Nerim
1965
Shenandoah · as Train Engineer
1964
1964
Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Solomon Tarbot
1964
Gilligan's Island (TV Series) · as Unknown
1963
McLintock! · as Agard
1963
The Lieutenant (TV Series) · as Taxi Driver
1963
The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Deputy Shirky Saulter
1962
1962
The Virginian (TV Series) · as Finley
1962
The Dakotas (TV Series) · as Unknown
1961
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Harper Worthington Yates
1959
The Shaggy Dog · as Thurm
1959
The Horse Soldiers · as Virgil
1959
The Wild and the Innocent · as Ben Stocker
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Bates
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Joad Bruder
1959
The Rebel (TV Series) · as Jess
1959
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Unknown
1958
Cowboy · as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown
1958
The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown
1958
Lawman (TV Series) · as Unknown
1957
Black Patch · as Petey
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Roy Hutchinson
1957
Trackdown (TV Series) · as Unknown
1956
Attack · as Sgt. Ingersol
1956
World Without End · as Nihka (uncredited)
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Unknown
1956
Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Joby
1955
Kiss Me Deadly · as Harvey Wallace
1955
The Big Knife · as Stillman
1955
1955
Target Zero · as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Ben Snow
1954
A Star Is Born · as Delivery Boy
1954
The Silver Chalice · as Father
1954
Drum Beat · as Scotty
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Buckshot
1954
Lassie (TV Series) · as Unknown
1953
The Magnetic Monster · as Co-Pilot
1953
South Sea Woman · as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Gunnery Officer Daly
1952
Androcles and the Lion · as Soldier (uncredited)
1952
Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Alfred Hall
1952
I Married Joan (TV Series) · as Ticket Agent
1952
Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Wilkins
1952
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Tom Blair
1951
Rhubarb · as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1951
1951
Dragnet (1951) (TV Series) · as Unknown
1951
I Love Lucy (TV Series) · as Unknown
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Old Hollander
1950
The Asphalt Jungle · as William Doldy (uncredited)
1950
The Damned Don't Cry · as Springboard Diver
1950
The Trouble with Father (TV Series) · as Mr. Widget
1950
Treasury Men in Action (TV Series) · as actor
1950
Dangerous Assignment (TV Series) · as Unknown
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as actor

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