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

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

Cool Hand Luke

as Captain

1969

1975

1966

Nevada Smith

as Strother (uncredited)

1975

1977

Slap Shot

as Joe McGrath

1978

Up in Smoke

as Mr. Stoner

1971

Hannie Caulder

as Rufus Clemens

1956

Attack

as Ingersol

1965

Brainstorm

as Mr. Clyde

1978

The End

as Dr. Waldo Kling

1971

1963

McLintock!

as Agard

1979

Love and Bullets

as Louis Monk

1972

Pocket Money

as Bill Garrett

1959

1969

True Grit

as Colonel G. Stonehill

1979

Nightwing

as Selwyn

1959

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

as Harvey Wallace

1980

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

as George Westinghouse

1973

Sssssss

as Dr. Carl Stoner

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Father (uncredited)

1953

South Sea Woman

as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

1979

The Villain

as Parody Jones

1980

Hotwire

as The Weasel

1955

Target Zero

as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

1957

Copper Sky

as Pokey

1961

Sanctuary

as Dog Boy

1975

Rooster Cogburn

as Shanghai McCoy

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as William Doldy (uncredited)

1952

Androcles and the Lion

as Soldier (uncredited)

1971

Fools' Parade

as Lee Cottrill

1978

Steel Cowboy

as Pinky Pincus

1978

1959

1954

A Star Is Born

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1967

1956

World Without End

as Nihka (uncredited)

1957

Black Patch

as Petey

1958

Cowboy

as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

1979

The Champ

as Riley

1971

Red Sky at Morning

as John Cloyd

1966

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

1966

Harper

as Claude

1950

The Damned Don't Cry

as Springboard Diver (uncredited)

1978

1956

1953

1958

Bitter Heritage

as Earle Eheeler

1963

Showdown

as Charlie Reeder

1965

Shenandoah

as Train Engineer

1954

Drum Beat

as Scotty

1952

Storm Over Tibet

as Co-pilot

1955

The Big Knife

as Stillman

1979

Better Late Than Never

as J.D. Ashcroft

1951

Rhubarb

as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

1956

Johnny Concho

as Townsman (uncredited)

1975

One of Our Own

as LeRoy Atkins

© All Rights Reserved 2025