Strother Martin

from Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Artwork for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidImage of 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."

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Timeline

2004Aged 85

  • Poster for Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Self (archive footage)

1980Aged 61

  • Poster for The Secret of Nikola Tesla

    George Westinghouse

  • Poster for Hotwire

    The Weasel

1979Aged 60

  • Poster for Love and Bullets

    Louis Monk

  • Poster for Nightwing

    Selwyn

  • Poster for The Champ

    Riley

  • Poster for The Villain

    Parody Jones

  • Poster for Better Late Than Never

    J.D. Ashcroft

1978Aged 59

  • Poster for The End

    Dr. Waldo Kling

  • Poster for Up in Smoke

    Mr. Stoner

  • Poster for Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

    Turtle Ranch Boss

  • Poster for Steel Cowboy

    Pinky Pincus

  • Poster for Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    Old Hollander

1977Aged 58

  • Poster for Slap Shot

    Joe McGrath

1976Aged 57

  • Poster for The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

    Billy

1975Aged 56

  • Poster for Mitzi & 100 Guys

    Self

  • Poster for One of Our Own

    LeRoy Atkins

  • Poster for Hard Times

    Poe

  • Poster for Rooster Cogburn

    Shanghai McCoy

1973Aged 54

  • Poster for The Boy and the Bronc Buster

    Buckshot

  • Poster for Sssssss

    Dr. Carl Stoner

1972Aged 53

  • Poster for The Flim Flam Man

    Lovick

  • Poster for Pocket Money

    Bill Garrett

1971Aged 52

  • Poster for Red Sky at Morning

    John Cloyd

  • Poster for The Brotherhood of Satan

    Doc Duncan

  • Poster for Fools' Parade

    Lee Cottrill

  • Poster for Hannie Caulder

    Rufus Clemens

1970Aged 51

  • Poster for The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    Bowen

1969Aged 50

  • Poster for True Grit

    Colonel G. Stonehill

  • Poster for The Wild Bunch

    Coffer

  • Poster for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Percy Garris

1967Aged 48

  • Poster for The Flim-Flam Man

    Lovick

  • Poster for Cool Hand Luke

    Captain

  • Poster for The Mountains of the Moon

    O'Keefe

1966Aged 47

  • Poster for Harper

    Claude

  • Poster for An Eye for an Eye

    Trumbull

  • Poster for Nevada Smith

    Strother (uncredited)

1965Aged 46

  • Poster for Brainstorm

    Mr. Clyde

  • Poster for Shenandoah

    Train Engineer

  • Poster for The Sons of Katie Elder

    Ned Ross

1964Aged 45

  • Poster for Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Fiddler

1963Aged 44

  • Poster for Showdown

    Charlie Reeder

  • Poster for McLintock!

    Agard

1962Aged 43

  • Poster for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

    Floyd

1961Aged 42

  • Poster for Sanctuary

    Dog Boy

  • Poster for The Deadly Companions

    Parson

1959Aged 40

  • Poster for The Shaggy Dog

    Thurm

  • Poster for The Wild and the Innocent

    Ben Stocker

  • Poster for The Horse Soldiers

    Virgil

1958Aged 39

  • Poster for Cowboy

    Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

  • Poster for Bitter Heritage

    Earle Eheeler

1957Aged 38

  • Poster for Copper Sky

    Pokey

  • Poster for Black Patch

    Petey

1956Aged 37

  • Poster for World Without End

    Nihka (uncredited)

  • Poster for Johnny Concho

    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Attack

    Ingersol

  • Poster for The Black Whip

    Thorny

1955Aged 36

  • Poster for Strategic Air Command

    Airman

  • Poster for Kiss Me Deadly

    Harvey Wallace

  • Poster for The Big Knife

    Stillman

  • Poster for Target Zero

    Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

1954Aged 35

  • Poster for World for Ransom

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Star Is Born

    Delivery Boy (uncredited)

  • Poster for Drum Beat

    Scotty

  • Poster for The Silver Chalice

    Father (uncredited)

1953Aged 34

  • Poster for The Magnetic Monster

    Co-Pilot

  • Poster for South Sea Woman

    Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

1952Aged 33

  • Poster for Storm Over Tibet

    Co-pilot

  • Poster for Androcles and the Lion

    Soldier (uncredited)

1951Aged 32

  • Poster for Rhubarb

    Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Red Badge of Courage

    Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

1950Aged 31

  • Poster for The Asphalt Jungle

    William Doldy (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Damned Don't Cry

    Springboard Diver (uncredited)