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Strother Martin

Actor

Strother Martin

Born March 26, 1919 in Kokomo, Indiana, USADied August 1, 198070 films

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."

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance posterFirst watchThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance19627.8as FloydQuestions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town.View film

Essential films

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid poster7.6Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969Cool Hand Luke poster7.7Cool Hand Luke1967The Wild Bunch poster7.6The Wild Bunch1969True Grit poster7.3True Grit1969The Asphalt Jungle poster7.5The Asphalt Jungle1950Kiss Me Deadly poster7.2Kiss Me Deadly1955Up in Smoke poster6.6Up in Smoke1978Slap Shot poster6.8Slap Shot1977

Filmography

70 films as actor
  1. 1980HotwireThe Weasel
  2. 1980The Secret of Nikola TeslaGeorge Westinghouse
  3. 1979Better Late Than NeverJ.D. Ashcroft
  4. 1979The VillainParody Jones
  5. 1979The ChampRiley
  6. 1979NightwingSelwyn
  7. 1979Love and BulletsLouis Monk
  8. 1978Stubby Pringle's ChristmasOld Hollander
  9. 1978Steel CowboyPinky Pincus
  10. 1978Up in SmokeMr. Stoner
  11. 1978The EndDr. Waldo Kling
  12. 1977Slap ShotJoe McGrath
  13. 1976The Great Scout & Cathouse ThursdayBilly
  14. 1975Rooster CogburnShanghai McCoy
  15. 1975Hard TimesPoe
  16. 1975One of Our OwnLeRoy Atkins
  17. 1973SssssssDr. Carl Stoner
  18. 1973The Boy and the Bronc BusterBuckshot
  19. 1972Pocket MoneyBill Garrett
  20. 1972The Flim Flam ManLovick
  21. 1971Hannie CaulderRufus Clemens
  22. 1971Fools' ParadeLee Cottrill
  23. 1971The Brotherhood of SatanDoc Duncan
  24. 1971Red Sky at MorningJohn Cloyd
  25. 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueBowen
  26. 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidPercy Garris
  27. 1969The Wild BunchCoffer
  28. 1969True GritColonel G. Stonehill
  29. 1967The Mountains of the MoonO'Keefe
  30. 1967Cool Hand LukeCaptain
  31. 1967The Flim-Flam ManLovick
  32. 1966Nevada SmithStrother (uncredited)
  33. 1966An Eye for an EyeTrumbull
  34. 1966HarperClaude
  35. 1965The Sons of Katie ElderNed Ross
  36. 1965ShenandoahTrain Engineer
  37. 1965BrainstormMr. Clyde
  38. 1964Invitation to a GunfighterFiddler
  39. 1963McLintock!Agard
  40. 1963ShowdownCharlie Reeder
  41. 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceFloyd
  42. 1961The Deadly CompanionsParson
  43. 1961SanctuaryDog Boy
  44. 1959The Horse SoldiersVirgil
  45. 1959The Wild and the InnocentBen Stocker
  46. 1959The Shaggy DogThurm
  47. 1958Bitter HeritageEarle Eheeler
  48. 1958CowboyTrailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
  49. 1957Black PatchPetey
  50. 1957Copper SkyPokey
  51. 1956The Black WhipThorny
  52. 1956AttackIngersol
  53. 1956Johnny ConchoTownsman (uncredited)
  54. 1956World Without EndNihka (uncredited)
  55. 1955Target ZeroPvt. Dan O'Hirons
  56. 1955The Big KnifeStillman
  57. 1955Kiss Me DeadlyHarvey Wallace
  58. 1955Strategic Air CommandAirman
  59. 1954The Silver ChaliceFather (uncredited)
  60. 1954Drum BeatScotty
  61. 1954A Star Is BornDelivery Boy (uncredited)
  62. 1954World for Ransom
  63. 1953South Sea WomanMarine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
  64. 1953The Magnetic MonsterCo-Pilot
  65. 1952Androcles and the LionSoldier (uncredited)
  66. 1952Storm Over TibetCo-pilot
  67. 1951The Red Badge of CourageCorporal (voice) (uncredited)
  68. 1951RhubarbMichael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
  69. 1950The Damned Don't CrySpringboard Diver (uncredited)
  70. 1950The Asphalt JungleWilliam Doldy (uncredited)