Strother Martin
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-03-26 (61 years old)
Deathday
1980-08-01
Place of Birth
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Also known As
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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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Acting
1967
as Captain
1969
as Coffer
1969
as Percy Garris
1975
as Self
1966
as Strother (uncredited)
1975
as Poe
1962
as Floyd
1977
as Joe McGrath
1978
as Mr. Stoner
1970
as Bowen
1971
as Rufus Clemens
1956
as Ingersol
1965
as Mr. Clyde
1978
as Dr. Waldo Kling
1971
as Doc Duncan
1963
as Agard
1979
as Louis Monk
1973
as Buckshot
1965
as Ned Ross
1972
as Bill Garrett
1959
as Ben Stocker
1969
as Colonel G. Stonehill
1961
as Parson
1979
as Selwyn
1959
as Virgil
1955
as Harvey Wallace
1980
as George Westinghouse
1973
as Dr. Carl Stoner
1967
as O'Keefe
1954
as Father (uncredited)
1953
as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1979
as Parody Jones
1980
as The Weasel
1955
as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1957
as Pokey
1961
as Dog Boy
1976
1975
as Shanghai McCoy
1950
as William Doldy (uncredited)
1952
as Soldier (uncredited)
1964
as Fiddler
1971
as Lee Cottrill
1978
as Pinky Pincus
1978
as Turtle Ranch Boss
1959
as Thurm
1954
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1967
as Lovick
1956
as Nihka (uncredited)
1957
as Petey
1958
as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1979
as Riley
1971
as John Cloyd
1966
as Trumbull
1951
as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1966
as Claude
1950
as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
1978
as Old Hollander
1956
as Thorny
1953
as Co-Pilot
1958
as Earle Eheeler
1963
as Charlie Reeder
1965
as Train Engineer
1954
as Scotty
1952
as Co-pilot
1955
as Stillman
1979
as J.D. Ashcroft
1955
as Airman
1951
as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1956
as Townsman (uncredited)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1954
1975
as LeRoy Atkins
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