Personal Info
Birthday
March 26, 1919
Place of Birth
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Strother Martin
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."
Acting Filmography (141)
8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie2004
No Backdrop
6.0
Hotwire
Movie1980
6.3
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Movie1980
No Backdrop
9.0
Better Late Than Never
Movie1979
5.7
The Villain
Movie1979
7.0
The Champ
Movie1979
4.9
Nightwing
Movie1979
5.9
Love and Bullets
Movie1979
No Backdrop
7.0
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Movie1978
No Backdrop
9.0
Steel Cowboy
Movie1978
7.8
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Movie1978
6.9
Vega$
TV Series1978
6.6
Up in Smoke
Movie1978
5.6
The End
Movie1978
6.8
Slap Shot
Movie1977
5.1
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Movie1976
6.4
Rooster Cogburn
Movie1975
6.9
Saturday Night Live
TV Series1975
6.8
Hard Times
Movie1975
No Backdrop
10.0
One of Our Own
Movie1975
No Backdrop
2.0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Movie1975
6.5
Baretta
TV Series1975
7.6
The Rockford Files
TV Series1974
6.3
Movin' On
TV Series1974
6.8
Paper Moon
TV Series1974
7.2
Petrocelli
TV Series1974
5.1
Sssssss
Movie1973
No Backdrop
0.0
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Movie1973
7.8
Hawkins
TV Series1973
6.9
The Rookies
TV Series1972
5.5
Pocket Money
Movie1972
No Backdrop
0.0
The Flim Flam Man
Movie1972
6.2
Hannie Caulder
Movie1971
6.3
Nichols
TV Series1971
6.7
Fools' Parade
Movie1971
5.8
The Brotherhood of Satan
Movie1971
7.1
Red Sky at Morning
Movie1971
7.0
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Movie1970
6.2
Love, American Style
TV Series1969
7.6
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Movie1969
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV Series1969
7.6
The Wild Bunch
Movie1969
7.3
True Grit
Movie1969
No Backdrop
6.2
The Doris Day Show
TV Series1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
TV Series1968
7.2
It Takes a Thief
TV Series1968
0.0
The Mountains of the Moon
Movie1967
7.7
Cool Hand Luke
Movie1967
No Backdrop
6.5
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV Series1967
6.3
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV Series1967
5.2
He & She
TV Series1967
7.0
The Flim-Flam Man
Movie1967
6.9
The Invaders
TV Series1967
6.9
Tarzan
TV Series1966
6.7
Nevada Smith
Movie1966
7.4
An Eye for an Eye
Movie1966
6.7
Harper
Movie1966
7.2
Lost in Space
TV Series1965
6.2
The Big Valley
TV Series1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
TV Series1965
No Backdrop
5.8
The Legend of Jesse James
TV Series1965
7.0
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie1965
6.9
Shenandoah
Movie1965
6.1
Brainstorm
Movie1965
5.9
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Movie1964
7.4
Gilligan's Island
TV Series1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
TV Series1964
6.6
McLintock!
Movie1963
7.3
The Fugitive
TV Series1963
7.0
The Lieutenant
TV Series1963
6.1
Showdown
Movie1963
6.5
The Dakotas
TV Series1963
6.8
Stoney Burke
TV Series1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
6.5
The Virginian
TV Series1962
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Movie1962
No Backdrop
7.7
The New Breed
TV Series1961
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV Series1961
5.9
Ben Casey
TV Series1961
5.6
The Deadly Companions
Movie1961
5.4
Sanctuary
Movie1961
6.3
Pete and Gladys
TV Series1960
5.1
The Rebel
TV Series1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1959
7.5
Bonanza
TV Series1959
6.9
The Horse Soldiers
Movie1959
6.3
The Wild and the Innocent
Movie1959
6.2
The Shaggy Dog
Movie1959
6.2
Black Saddle
TV Series1959
7.2
Rawhide
TV Series1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
TV Series1958
5.8
Lawman
TV Series1958
No Backdrop
6.0
The Texan
TV Series1958
No Backdrop
8.0
Bitter Heritage
Movie1958
6.5
Cowboy
Movie1958
6.9
Trackdown
TV Series1957
7.7
Perry Mason
TV Series1957
5.9
Black Patch
Movie1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV Series1957
6.7
Copper Sky
Movie1957
No Backdrop
8.0
Panic!
TV Series1957
10.0
The Black Whip
Movie1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV Series1956
6.8
Attack
Movie1956
5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV Series1956
4.5
Johnny Concho
Movie1956
No Backdrop
6.5
Telephone Time
TV Series1956
5.8
World Without End
Movie1956
6.1
Target Zero
Movie1955
No Backdrop
5.3
Matinee Theater
TV Series1955
6.0
The Big Knife
Movie1955
6.8
Crossroads
TV Series1955
No Backdrop
5.2
Navy Log
TV Series1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
TV Series1955
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
Movie1955
6.1
Strategic Air Command
Movie1955
No Backdrop
5.8
The Millionaire
TV Series1955
4.5
The Silver Chalice
Movie1954
6.1
Drum Beat
Movie1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV Series1954
7.1
A Star Is Born
Movie1954
No Backdrop
7.5
Studio 57
TV Series1954
6.3
Lassie
TV Series1954
8.0
The Lone Wolf
TV Series1954
5.3
World for Ransom
Movie1954
5.0
South Sea Woman
Movie1953
5.6
The Magnetic Monster
Movie1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
TV Series1953
5.9
Androcles and the Lion
Movie1952
No Backdrop
4.6
Cavalcade of America
TV Series1952
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
TV Series1952
7.0
Storm Over Tibet
Movie1952
5.3
Dangerous Assignment
TV Series1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV Series1951
6.5
Dragnet
TV Series1951
7.9
I Love Lucy
TV Series1951
No Backdrop
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV Series1951
6.5
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie1951
5.8
Rhubarb
Movie1951
7.0
The Damned Don't Cry
Movie1950
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
Movie1950