Acting

Strother Martin

Born 1919-03-26 · Kokomo, Indiana, USADied 1980-08-0155 series73 films

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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Acting

1978Vega$1 ep.
1975Baretta3 ep.
1974The Rockford FilesThomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers2 ep.
1974Movin' On1 ep.
1974Paper Moon1 ep.
1974PetrocelliClate Dobie1 ep.
1973HawkinsR.J. Hawkins5 ep.
1972The Rookies1 ep.
1971NicholsZachariah1 ep.
1969Marcus Welby, M.D.Terry Riggs1 ep.
1968The Doris Day ShowTyrone Lovey2 ep.
1968It Takes a ThiefWillard Knox1 ep.
1967The Danny Thomas HourPaul Rooney1 ep.
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett2 ep.
1967He & SheThe Rev. Mr. Anderson1 ep.
1967The InvadersCharlie Coogan1 ep.
1966Tarzan2 ep.
1965The Big ValleyDan'l Hawks2 ep.
1965Lost in SpaceNerim1 ep.
1965The Legend of Jesse JamesMeeker1 ep.
1964Profiles in CourageSenator James Wadsworth1 ep.
1964Gilligan's Island1 ep.
1963The LieutenantTaxi Driver1 ep.
1963The Dakotas1 ep.
1962Stoney Burke1 ep.
1961The New BreedBenny Kohler2 ep.
1961Ben Casey3 ep.
1960Pete and Gladys1 ep.
1959The RebelJess1 ep.
1959Hotel de Paree31 ep.
1959BonanzaCole Younger5 ep.
1959Black SaddlePit Thatcher1 ep.
1958Lawman1 ep.
1958Jefferson DrumPete Henke1 ep.
1957TrackdownBenny French1 ep.
1957Perry MasonGerald Sommers4 ep.
1957Have Gun, Will Travel4 ep.
1957Panic!1 ep.
1956Broken ArrowRenton1 ep.
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie1 ep.
1956Telephone Time1 ep.
1955Matinee Theater1 ep.
1955CrossroadsLandry Kersh1 ep.
1955Navy Log1 ep.
1955GunsmokeBen Snow11 ep.
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyBuckshot3 ep.
1954Studio 57Pete Dutton1 ep.
1954Lassie3 ep.
1954The Lone WolfNick Davis1 ep.
1953The Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseWaiter1 ep.
1953General Electric TheaterGunnery Officer Daly2 ep.
1952Cavalcade of AmericaWilkins1 ep.
1952Chevron Theatre1 ep.
1952Dangerous Assignment1 ep.
1951I Love LucyMan in Coffee Shop1 ep.

Guest appearances

1980Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host1 ep.
1978Hallmark Hall of FameOld Hollander1 ep.
1978Vega$1 ep.
1973The Wonderful World of DisneyBuckshot, Thurm3 ep.
1975Baretta3 ep.
1977The Rockford FilesThomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers2 ep.
1975Movin' On1 ep.
1956GunsmokeBen Snow, Billy, Cooter, Dillard11 ep.
1974Paper Moon1 ep.
1974PetrocelliClate Dobie1 ep.
1973HawkinsR.J. Hawkins5 ep.
1974The Rookies1 ep.
1973The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf1 ep.
1964BonanzaCole Younger, Joad Bruder, Little Meredith Smith, Lonnie Stern5 ep.
1972NicholsZachariah1 ep.
1970Love, American Style1 ep.
1970Marcus Welby, M.D.Terry Riggs1 ep.
1965The VirginianFinley, Luther Watson2 ep.
1969Daniel BooneSolomon Tarbot1 ep.
1969The Name of the GameNanyface1 ep.
1969The Doris Day ShowTyrone Lovey2 ep.
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett2 ep.
1968It Takes a ThiefWillard Knox1 ep.
1968The Danny Thomas HourPaul Rooney1 ep.
1968He & SheThe Rev. Mr. Anderson1 ep.
1968Run for Your LifeHolly Amberton1 ep.
1967Tarzan2 ep.
1967The InvadersCharlie Coogan1 ep.
1966The Big ValleyDan'l Hawks, Fludd2 ep.
1967Gilligan's Island1 ep.
1966Lost in SpaceNerim1 ep.
1966The Legend of Jesse JamesMeeker1 ep.
1961Perry MasonGerald Sommers, Joe Mead, Pete Gibson, Roy Hutchinson4 ep.
1965RawhideBates1 ep.
1965The Dick Van Dyke ShowHarper Worthington Yates1 ep.
1965Profiles in CourageSenator James Wadsworth1 ep.
1964The FugitiveDeputy Shirky Saulter1 ep.
1962Ben CaseyFrank Geray3 ep.
1964The LieutenantTaxi Driver1 ep.
1963The Dakotas1 ep.
196377 Sunset StripCharles Sloane1 ep.
1962Stoney Burke1 ep.
1962Pete and Gladys1 ep.
1962The New BreedBenny Kohler2 ep.
1957Have Gun, Will TravelCarew, Fred Coombs4 ep.
1961The Twilight ZoneMothershed1 ep.
1959Lawman1 ep.
1959The RebelJess1 ep.
1959The TexanPolk Blackston1 ep.
1959Black SaddlePit Thatcher1 ep.
1958Jefferson DrumPete Henke1 ep.
1958TrackdownBenny French1 ep.
1958Panic!1 ep.
1958Navy Log1 ep.
1956General Electric TheaterGunnery Officer Daly, Obie2 ep.
1958The Adventures of Jim Bowie1 ep.
1956Lassie3 ep.
1957Telephone Time1 ep.
1957Matinee Theater1 ep.
1957The MillionairePete Hill1 ep.
1957Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJoby1 ep.
1957Broken ArrowRenton1 ep.
1956I Love LucyMan in Coffee Shop1 ep.
1953Schlitz Playhouse of StarsBellhop, Teeples2 ep.
1955Cavalcade of AmericaWilkins1 ep.
1955CrossroadsLandry Kersh1 ep.
1954Studio 57Pete Dutton1 ep.
1954The Pepsi-Cola PlayhouseWaiter1 ep.
1954The Lone WolfNick Davis1 ep.
1953Four Star PlayhouseTom Blair1 ep.
1952Dragnet1 ep.
1952Chevron Theatre1 ep.
—Dangerous Assignment1 ep.