Strother Martin

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Strother Martin

Acting March 26, 1919

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

7.6 1969 Movie
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

7.7 1967 Movie
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

7.6 1969 Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

7.8 1962 Movie
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
True Grit

True Grit

7.3 1969 Movie
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

7.6 1974 TV Show
Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

6.6 1978 Movie

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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."

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2004
    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1980
    Hotwire

    Movie The Weasel

  3. 1980
    The Secret of Nikola Tesla

    Movie George Westinghouse

  4. 1979
    Better Late Than Never

    Movie J.D. Ashcroft

  5. 1979
    The Villain

    Movie Parody Jones

  6. 1979
    The Champ

    Movie Riley

  7. 1979
    Nightwing

    Movie Selwyn

  8. 1979
    Love and Bullets

    Movie Louis Monk

  9. 1978
    Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    Movie Old Hollander

  10. 1978
    Steel Cowboy

    Movie Pinky Pincus

  11. 1978
    Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

    Movie Turtle Ranch Boss

  12. 1978
    Vega$

    TV show

  13. 1978
    Up in Smoke

    Movie Mr. Stoner

  14. 1978
    The End

    Movie Dr. Waldo Kling

  15. 1977
    Slap Shot

    Movie Joe McGrath

  16. 1976
    The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

    Movie Billy

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  1. 1975
    Rooster Cogburn

    Movie Shanghai McCoy

  2. 1975
    Saturday Night Live

    TV show Self - Host

  3. 1975
    Hard Times

    Movie Poe

  4. 1975
    One of Our Own

    Movie LeRoy Atkins

  5. 1975
    Mitzi & 100 Guys

    Movie Self

  6. 1975
    Baretta

    TV show

  7. 1974
    The Rockford Files

    TV show Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers

  8. 1974
    Paper Moon

    TV show

  9. 1974
    Movin' On

    TV show

  10. 1974
    Petrocelli

    TV show Clate Dobie

  11. 1973
    Sssssss

    Movie Dr. Carl Stoner

  12. 1973
    The Boy and the Bronc Buster

    Movie Buckshot

  13. 1973
    Hawkins

    TV show R.J. Hawkins

  14. 1972
    The Rookies

    TV show

  15. 1972
    Pocket Money

    Movie Bill Garrett

  16. 1972
    The Flim Flam Man

    Movie Lovick

  17. 1971
    Hannie Caulder

    Movie Rufus Clemens

  18. 1971
    Nichols

    TV show Zachariah

  19. 1971
    Fools' Parade

    Movie Lee Cottrill

  20. 1971
    The Brotherhood of Satan

    Movie Doc Duncan

  21. 1971
    Red Sky at Morning

    Movie John Cloyd

  22. 1970
    The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    Movie Bowen

  23. 1969
    Love, American Style

    TV show

  24. 1969
    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Movie Percy Garris