Person Details

Birthday: 1919-03-26 13:19:38

Death: 1980-08-01 13:19:38

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Kokomo, Indiana, USA

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Movie Involvements: 50

TV Involvements: 46


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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​

Most Famous Work

The Big Valley
Average
6

The Big Valley

(1965) Fludd
Bonanza
Average
8

Bonanza

(1959) Lonnie Stern
Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Roy Hutchinson
Have Gun, Will Travel
Average
8

Have Gun, Will Travel

(1957) Carew
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Average
5
Daniel Boone
Average
7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Solomon Tarbot
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Bates
The Name of the Game
Average
7

The Name of the Game

(1968) Nanyface

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2004 Self (archive footage)
1980 The Weasel
George Westinghouse
1979 J.D. Ashcroft
Parody Jones
Riley
Selwyn
Louis Monk
1978 Old Hollander
Pinky Pincus
Turtle Ranch Boss
N/A
Arnold Stoner
Dr. Waldo Kling
1977 Joe McGrath
1976 Billy
1975 McCoy
Self - Host
Poe
LeRoy Atkins
Self
N/A
1974 Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
N/A
N/A
1973 Dr. Carl Stoner
Buckshot
R.J. Hawkins
1972 N/A
N/A
Bill Garrett
1971 Rufus Clemens
Zachariah
Lee Cottrill
Doc Duncan
John Cloyd
1970 Bowen
1969 Terry Riggs
Coffer
Colonel G. Stonehill
Percy Garris
1968 Nanyface
1967 Captain
N/A
The Rev. Mr. Anderson
Lovick
Charlie Coogan
1966 N/A
Strother (uncredited)
Trumbull
Claude
1965 Fludd
Nerim
Dan'l Hawks
Holly Amberton
Meeker
Ned Ross
Train Engineer
Mr. Clyde
1964 Senator James Wadsworth
Fiddler
N/A
Solomon Tarbot
1963 Agard
Deputy Shirky Saulter
Taxi Driver
Charlie Reeder
N/A
1962 N/A
Finley
Luther Watson
Floyd
Bernard Klioris
1961 Benny Kohler
N/A
Parson
Dog Boy
1960 N/A
1959 Jess
N/A
N/A
Little Meredith Smith
Cole Younger
Joad Bruder
Lonnie Stern
Virgil
Ben Stocker
Thurm
Pit Thatcher
Bates
1958 N/A
N/A
N/A
Earle Eheeler
Pete Henke
Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1957 N/A
Pete Gibson
Roy Hutchinson
Gerald Sommers
Joe Mead
Petey
Carew
N/A
Pokey
N/A
1956 Thorny
Joby
Renton
Ingersol
N/A
Townsman (uncredited)
N/A
Nihka (uncredited)
1955 Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
N/A
Stillman
N/A
Ben Snow
Gene Bunch
Cooter
Timble
Ed Davey
Dooley
Dillard
Rowley
Mr. Stooler
Billy
Airman
Harvey Wallace
Pete Hill
1954 Father (uncredited)
Scotty
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1953 Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
Co-Pilot
Gunnery Officer Daly
Obie
1952 Soldier (uncredited)
Wilkins
Tom Blair
Co-pilot
N/A
1951 Old Hollander
N/A
Man in Coffee Shop
Bellhop
Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1950 William Doldy (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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