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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1973
Saturday Night Live
1980
Perry Mason
1961
Bonanza
1969
The Fugitive
1964
Love, American Style
1970
The Rockford Files
1977
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Lassie
1956
The Virginian
1965
Matinee Theater
1957
The Twilight Zone
1961

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
171
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
1980
Hotwire
as The Weasel
1980
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1979
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
1979
Nightwing
as Selwyn
1979
The Villain
as Parody Jones
1979
The Champ
as Riley
1979
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
1978
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
1978
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
1978
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Old Hollander
1978
Vega$
1978
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Thurm
1977
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
1977
The Rockford Files
as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Billy
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
Hard Times
as Poe
1975
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
1975
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
1975
Movin' On
1975
Baretta
1974
The Rookies
1974
Paper Moon
1974
Gunsmoke
as Ben Snow
1974
Petrocelli
as Clate Dobie
1973
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
1973
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973
Hawkins
as R.J. Hawkins
1973
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1973
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Buckshot
1972
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
1972
The Flim Flam Man
as Lovick
1972
Nichols
as Zachariah
1972
Bonanza
as Cole Younger
1971
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
1971
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
1971
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
1971
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Terry Riggs
1970
The Virginian
as Luther Watson
1970
Bonanza
as Joad Bruder
1970
Love, American Style
1969
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
1969
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
1969
Daniel Boone
as Solomon Tarbot
1969
Bonanza
as Lonnie Stern
1969
The Name of the Game
as Nanyface
1969
The Doris Day Show
as Tyrone Lovey
1968
Run for Your Life
as Holly Amberton
1968
He & She
as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
1968
It Takes a Thief
as Willard Knox
1968
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Paul Rooney
1967
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
1967
The Mountains of the Moon
as O'Keefe
1967
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
1967
Gilligan's Island
1967
Tarzan
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Big Valley
as Fludd
1967
The Invaders
as Charlie Coogan
1966
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
1966
An Eye for an Eye
as Trumbull
1966
Harper
as Claude
1966
Lost in Space
as Nerim
1966
The Big Valley
as Dan'l Hawks
1966
The Legend of Jesse James
as Meeker
1965
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
1965
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
1965
Shenandoah
as Train Engineer
1965
Rawhide
as Bates
1965
The Virginian
as Finley
1965
Profiles in Courage
as Senator James Wadsworth
1965
Perry Mason
as Roy Hutchinson
1965
Bonanza
as Little Meredith Smith
1965
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Harper Worthington Yates
1964
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Fiddler
1964
The Fugitive
as Deputy Shirky Saulter
1964
Gunsmoke
as Timble
1964
The Lieutenant
as Taxi Driver
1964
Bonanza
as Yuri
1964
Ben Casey
as Frank Geray
1963
McLintock!
as Agard
1963
Showdown
as Charlie Reeder
1963
The Dakotas
1963
Perry Mason
as Gerald Sommers
1963
77 Sunset Strip
as Charles Sloane
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
1962
Pete and Gladys
1962
Ben Casey
1962
The New Breed
as Benny Kohler
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
Gunsmoke
as Gene Bunch
1962
Gunsmoke
as Billy
1962
Perry Mason
as Joe Mead
1961
The Deadly Companions
as Parson
1961
Sanctuary
as Dog Boy
1961
Perry Mason
as Pete Gibson
1961
Gunsmoke
as Rowley
1961
The Twilight Zone
as Mothershed
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
as Ben Stocker
1959
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
1959
The Shaggy Dog
as Thurm
1959
Black Saddle
as Pit Thatcher
1959
The Rebel
as Jess
1959
Lawman
1959
Hotel de Paree
1959
Gunsmoke
as Dillard
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Carew
1959
The Texan
as Polk Blackston
1958
Cowboy
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1958
Bitter Heritage
as Earle Eheeler
1958
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1958
Navy Log
1958
Panic!
1958
Jefferson Drum
as Pete Henke
1958
Gunsmoke
as Dooley
1958
General Electric Theater
as Obie
1958
Trackdown
as Benny French
1957
Copper Sky
as Pokey
1957
Black Patch
as Petey
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Millionaire
as Pete Hill
1957
Matinee Theater
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Joby
1957
Telephone Time
1957
Broken Arrow
as Renton
1957
Gunsmoke
as Ed Davey
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Fred Coombs
1956
Attack
as Ingersol
1956
World Without End
as Nihka (uncredited)
1956
The Black Whip
as Thorny
1956
Johnny Concho
as Townsman (uncredited)
1956
I Love Lucy
as Man in Coffee Shop
1956
Gunsmoke
as Mr. Stooler
1956
General Electric Theater
as Gunnery Officer Daly
1956
Lassie
1956
Gunsmoke
as Cooter
1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Teeples
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
1955
Target Zero
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955
The Big Knife
as Stillman
1955
Strategic Air Command
as Airman
1955
Cavalcade of America
as Wilkins
1955
Crossroads
as Landry Kersh
1954
The Silver Chalice
as Father (uncredited)
1954
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954
Drum Beat
as Scotty
1954
World for Ransom
1954
The Lone Wolf
as Nick Davis
1954
Studio 57
as Pete Dutton
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Waiter
1953
South Sea Woman
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953
The Magnetic Monster
as Co-Pilot
1953
Four Star Playhouse
as Tom Blair
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Bellhop
1952
Androcles and the Lion
as Soldier (uncredited)
1952
Storm Over Tibet
as Co-pilot
1952
Dragnet
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Chevron Theatre
1951
The Red Badge of Courage
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Rhubarb
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited)
1950
The Damned Don't Cry
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)