Strother Martin

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

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

Love, American Style

1969

Lassie

1954

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961 • as Harper Worthington Yates

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Filmography

2004

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 7/25/2004

1980

The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

as George Westinghouse

Movie - Released: 2/19/1980

Hotwire

as The Weasel

Movie - Released: 9/1/1980

1979

Love and Bullets

as Louis Monk

Movie - Released: 4/5/1979

Nightwing

as Selwyn

Movie - Released: 6/22/1979

The Villain

as Parody Jones

Movie - Released: 7/26/1979

The Champ

as Riley

Movie - Released: 7/7/1979

Better Late Than Never

as J.D. Ashcroft

Movie - Released: 10/17/1979

1978

Up in Smoke

as Mr. Stoner

Movie - Released: 5/16/1978

The End

as Dr. Waldo Kling

Movie - Released: 5/10/1978

Steel Cowboy

as Pinky Pincus

Movie - Released: 12/6/1978

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

as Turtle Ranch Boss

Movie - Released: 11/22/1978

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

as Old Hollander

Movie - Released: 12/17/1978

Vega$

TV - Released: 9/20/1978

1977

Slap Shot

as Joe McGrath

Movie - Released: 2/25/1977

1976

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

as Billy

Movie - Released: 6/23/1976

1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self

Movie - Released: 3/24/1975

Hard Times

as Poe

Movie - Released: 8/13/1975

Rooster Cogburn

as Shanghai McCoy

Movie - Released: 11/1/1975

One of Our Own

as LeRoy Atkins

Movie - Released: 5/5/1975

Baretta

TV - Released: 1/17/1975

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

Movin' On

TV - Released: 9/12/1974

Paper Moon

TV - Released: 9/12/1974

The Rockford Files

as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

Petrocelli

as Clate Dobie

TV - Released: 9/11/1974

1973

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

as Buckshot

Movie - Released: 3/18/1973

Sssssss

as Dr. Carl Stoner

Movie - Released: 7/6/1973

Hawkins

as R.J. Hawkins

TV - Released: 3/13/1973

1972

Pocket Money

as Bill Garrett

Movie - Released: 2/1/1972

The Rookies

TV - Released: 9/11/1972

1971

Hannie Caulder

as Rufus Clemens

Movie - Released: 11/8/1971

The Brotherhood of Satan

as Doc Duncan

Movie - Released: 8/6/1971

Fools' Parade

as Lee Cottrill

Movie - Released: 8/18/1971

Red Sky at Morning

as John Cloyd

Movie - Released: 5/12/1971

Nichols

as Zachariah

TV - Released: 9/16/1971

1970

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

as Bowen

Movie - Released: 3/18/1970

1969

The Wild Bunch

as Coffer

Movie - Released: 6/19/1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

as Percy Garris

Movie - Released: 9/23/1969

True Grit

as Colonel G. Stonehill

Movie - Released: 6/11/1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Terry Riggs

TV - Released: 9/23/1969

Love, American Style

TV - Released: 9/29/1969

1968

The Name of the Game

as Nanyface

TV - Released: 9/20/1968

It Takes a Thief

as Willard Knox

TV - Released: 1/9/1968

The Doris Day Show

as Tyrone Lovey

TV - Released: 9/24/1968

1967

Cool Hand Luke

as Captain

Movie - Released: 11/1/1967

The Mountains of the Moon

as O'Keefe

Movie - Released: 11/24/1967

The Flim-Flam Man

as Lovick

Movie - Released: 8/22/1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV - Released: 9/8/1967

He & She

as The Rev. Mr. Anderson

TV - Released: 9/6/1967

The Invaders

as Charlie Coogan

TV - Released: 1/10/1967

The Danny Thomas Hour

as Paul Rooney

TV - Released: 9/11/1967

1966

Nevada Smith

as Strother (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/10/1966

An Eye for an Eye

as Trumbull

Movie - Released: 6/1/1966

Harper

as Claude

Movie - Released: 2/22/1966

Tarzan

TV - Released: 9/8/1966

1965

Brainstorm

as Mr. Clyde

Movie - Released: 5/5/1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

as Ned Ross

Movie - Released: 6/23/1965

Shenandoah

as Train Engineer

Movie - Released: 6/3/1965

Lost in Space

as Nerim

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

Run for Your Life

as Holly Amberton

TV - Released: 9/13/1965

The Big Valley

as Dan'l Hawks

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

The Legend of Jesse James

as Meeker

TV - Released: 9/13/1965

The Big Valley

as Fludd

TV - Released: 9/15/1965

1964

Invitation to a Gunfighter

as Fiddler

Movie - Released: 10/14/1964

Gilligan's Island

TV - Released: 9/26/1964

Daniel Boone

as Solomon Tarbot

TV - Released: 9/24/1964

Profiles in Courage

as Senator James Wadsworth

TV - Released: 11/8/1964

1963

McLintock!

as Agard

Movie - Released: 11/12/1963

Showdown

as Charlie Reeder

Movie - Released: 5/3/1963

The Fugitive

as Deputy Shirky Saulter

TV - Released: 9/17/1963

The Dakotas

TV - Released: 1/7/1963

The Lieutenant

as Taxi Driver

TV - Released: 9/14/1963

1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Floyd

Movie - Released: 4/13/1962

The Virginian

as Finley

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

Stoney Burke

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

The Virginian

as Luther Watson

TV - Released: 9/19/1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Deadly Companions

as Parson

Movie - Released: 6/6/1961

Sanctuary

as Dog Boy

Movie - Released: 4/18/1961

Ben Casey

TV - Released: 10/2/1961

The New Breed

as Benny Kohler

TV - Released: 10/3/1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Harper Worthington Yates

TV - Released: 10/3/1961

1960

Pete and Gladys

TV - Released: 9/19/1960

1959

The Wild and the Innocent

as Ben Stocker

Movie - Released: 5/27/1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Virgil

Movie - Released: 6/11/1959

The Shaggy Dog

as Thurm

Movie - Released: 3/19/1959

Rawhide

as Bates

TV - Released: 1/9/1959

Black Saddle

as Pit Thatcher

TV - Released: 1/10/1959

The Rebel

as Jess

TV - Released: 10/4/1959

Hotel de Paree

TV - Released: 10/2/1959

Bonanza

as Lonnie Stern

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

Bonanza

as Joad Bruder

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

Bonanza

as Cole Younger

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

Bonanza

as Little Meredith Smith

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

The Twilight Zone

as Mothershed

TV - Released: 10/2/1959

Bonanza

as Yuri

TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1958

Cowboy

as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

Movie - Released: 1/23/1958

Bitter Heritage

as Earle Eheeler

Movie - Released: 8/7/1958

Lawman

TV - Released: 10/5/1958

Jefferson Drum

as Pete Henke

TV - Released: 4/25/1958

77 Sunset Strip

as Charles Sloane

TV - Released: 10/10/1958

The Texan

as Polk Blackston

TV - Released: 9/29/1958

1957

Copper Sky

as Pokey

Movie - Released: 9/1/1957

Black Patch

as Petey

Movie - Released: 9/15/1957

Perry Mason

as Pete Gibson

TV - Released: 9/21/1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV - Released: 9/14/1957

Panic!

TV - Released: 3/5/1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Carew

TV - Released: 9/14/1957

Perry Mason

as Joe Mead

TV - Released: 9/21/1957

Perry Mason

as Gerald Sommers

TV - Released: 9/21/1957

Perry Mason

as Roy Hutchinson

TV - Released: 9/21/1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Fred Coombs

TV - Released: 9/14/1957

Trackdown

as Benny French

TV - Released: 10/4/1957

1956

Attack

as Ingersol

Movie - Released: 9/19/1956

World Without End

as Nihka (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 3/25/1956

The Black Whip

as Thorny

Movie - Released: 12/1/1956

Johnny Concho

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 7/1/1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

TV - Released: 9/7/1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Joby

TV - Released: 10/5/1956

Telephone Time

TV - Released: 4/8/1956

Broken Arrow

as Renton

TV - Released: 9/25/1956

1955

Kiss Me Deadly

as Harvey Wallace

Movie - Released: 4/28/1955

Target Zero

as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

Movie - Released: 11/15/1955

The Big Knife

as Stillman

Movie - Released: 10/25/1955

Strategic Air Command

as Airman

Movie - Released: 7/12/1955

Gunsmoke

as Mr. Stooler

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

The Millionaire

as Pete Hill

TV - Released: 1/19/1955

Matinee Theater

TV - Released: 10/31/1955

Navy Log

TV - Released: 9/20/1955

Gunsmoke

as Cooter

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Ed Davey

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Dooley

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Dillard

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Rowley

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Gene Bunch

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Billy

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Timble

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Gunsmoke

as Ben Snow

TV - Released: 9/10/1955

Crossroads

as Landry Kersh

TV - Released: 10/7/1955

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Father (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/20/1954

A Star Is Born

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 10/1/1954

Drum Beat

as Scotty

Movie - Released: 11/10/1954

World for Ransom

Movie - Released: 1/31/1954

Lassie

TV - Released: 9/12/1954

The Lone Wolf

as Nick Davis

TV - Released: 4/9/1954

Studio 57

as Pete Dutton

TV - Released: 9/21/1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Buckshot

TV - Released: 10/27/1954

1953

South Sea Woman

as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 6/27/1953

The Magnetic Monster

as Co-Pilot

Movie - Released: 2/18/1953

General Electric Theater

as Gunnery Officer Daly

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

General Electric Theater

as Obie

TV - Released: 2/1/1953

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

as Waiter

TV - Released: 10/2/1953

1952

Androcles and the Lion

as Soldier (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/1/1952

Storm Over Tibet

as Co-pilot

Movie - Released: 7/1/1952

Cavalcade of America

as Wilkins

TV - Released: 10/1/1952

Dangerous Assignment

TV - Released: 1/1/1952

Four Star Playhouse

as Tom Blair

TV - Released: 9/25/1952

Chevron Theatre

TV - Released: 1/4/1952

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 9/27/1951

Rhubarb

as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 8/29/1951

I Love Lucy

as Man in Coffee Shop

TV - Released: 10/15/1951

Dragnet

TV - Released: 12/16/1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Old Hollander

TV - Released: 12/24/1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Bellhop

TV - Released: 10/5/1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Teeples

TV - Released: 10/5/1951

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as William Doldy (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/12/1950

The Damned Don't Cry

as Springboard Diver (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 5/13/1950