Acting credits
140
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Strother Martin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.0
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Movies: 73Series: 67
TMDB ID: 8260
IMDb ID: nm0001510
Known for: Acting
Born: March 26, 1919
Died: August 1, 1980
Age: 61
Place of birth: Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1950 - 2004
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q965482
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Strother Martin.
7.8
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
5.0
Hotwire
as The Weasel
1980 Movie
6.2
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
1980 Movie
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
1979 Movie
5.7
The Villain
as Parody Jones
1979 Movie
7.0
The Champ
as Riley
1979 Movie
4.8
Nightwing
as Selwyn
1979 Movie
5.9
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
1979 Movie
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
1978 Movie
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
1978 Movie
7.7
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
1978 Movie
6.6
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
1978 Movie
5.5
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
1978 Movie
6.8
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
1977 Movie
5.0
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Billy
1976 Movie
6.4
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
1975 Movie
6.8
Hard Times
as Poe
1975 Movie
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
1975 Movie
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975 Movie
5.2
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973 Movie
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
1973 Movie
5.4
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
1972 Movie
The Flim Flam Man
as Lovick
1972 Movie
6.2
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Strother Martin.
7.0
Vega$
1 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.4
Baretta
3 eps
1975 Series
7.6
The Rockford Files
as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers • 2 eps
1974 Series
6.6
Paper Moon
1 eps
1974 Series
6.4
Movin' On
1 eps
1974 Series
7.2
Petrocelli
as Clate Dobie • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.2
Hawkins
as R.J. Hawkins • 5 eps
1973 Series
6.8
The Rookies
1 eps
1972 Series
5.0
Nichols
as Zachariah • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.1
Love, American Style
1 eps
1969 Series
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Terry Riggs • 1 eps
1969 Series
5.8
The Doris Day Show
as Tyrone Lovey • 2 eps
1968 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Nanyface • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.2
It Takes a Thief
as Willard Knox • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.0
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Paul Rooney • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
2 eps
1967 Series
4.5
He & She
as The Rev. Mr. Anderson • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.8
The Invaders
as Charlie Coogan • 1 eps
1967 Series
6.7
Tarzan
2 eps
1966 Series
7.1
Lost in Space
as Nerim • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.1
The Big Valley
as Dan'l Hawks • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.2
Run for Your Life
as Holly Amberton • 1 eps
1965 Series
4.8
The Legend of Jesse James
as Meeker • 1 eps
1965 Series