Strother Martin

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."

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Cool Hand Luke

As Captain

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The Wild Bunch

As Coffer

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

As Percy Garris

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Mitzi & 100 Guys

As Self

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Nevada Smith

As Strother (uncredited)

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Hard Times

As Poe

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

As Floyd

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Slap Shot

As Joe McGrath

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Up in Smoke

As Mr. Stoner

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The Ballad of Cable Hogue

As Bowen

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Hannie Caulder

As Rufus Clemens

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Attack

As Ingersol

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Brainstorm

As Mr. Clyde

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The End

As Dr. Waldo Kling

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The Brotherhood of Satan

As Doc Duncan

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McLintock!

As Agard

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Love and Bullets

As Louis Monk

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The Boy and the Bronc Buster: Part 1

As Buckshot

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The Sons of Katie Elder

As Ned Ross

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Pocket Money

As Bill Garrett

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The Wild and the Innocent

As Ben Stocker

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True Grit

As Colonel G. Stonehill

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The Deadly Companions

As Parson

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Nightwing

As Selwyn

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The Horse Soldiers

As Virgil

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Kiss Me Deadly

As Harvey Wallace

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Sssssss

As Dr. Carl Stoner

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The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla

As George Westinghouse

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The Mountains of the Moon

As O'Keefe

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The Silver Chalice

As Father (uncredited)

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South Sea Woman

As Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

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The Villain

As Parody Jones

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Hotwire

As The Weasel

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Target Zero

As Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

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Copper Sky

As Pokey

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Sanctuary

As Dog Boy

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Pericles on 31st Street

As Bernard Klioris

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The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

As Billy

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Rooster Cogburn

As Shanghai McCoy

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The Asphalt Jungle

As William Doldy (uncredited)

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Androcles and the Lion

As Soldier (uncredited)

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Invitation to a Gunfighter

As Fiddler

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Fools' Parade

As Lee Cottrill

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Steel Cowboy

As Pinky Pincus

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Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

As Turtle Ranch Boss

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The Shaggy Dog

As Thurm

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A Star Is Born

As Delivery Boy (uncredited)

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The Flim-Flam Man

As Lovick

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World Without End

As Nihka (uncredited)

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Black Patch

As Petey

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Cowboy

As Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

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The Champ

As Riley

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Red Sky at Morning

As John Cloyd

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An Eye for an Eye

As Trumbull

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The Red Badge of Courage

As Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

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Harper

As Claude

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The Damned Don't Cry

As Springboard Diver (uncredited)

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Stubby Pringle's Christmas

As Old Hollander

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The Black Whip

As Thorny

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The Magnetic Monster

As Co-Pilot

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Bitter Heritage

As Earle Eheeler

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Showdown

As Charlie Reeder

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Shenandoah

As Train Engineer

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Drum Beat

As Scotty

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Storm Over Tibet

As Co-pilot

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The Big Knife

As Stillman

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Better Late Than Never

As J.D. Ashcroft

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Strategic Air Command

As Airman

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Rhubarb

As Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

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Johnny Concho

As Townsman (uncredited)

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Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

As Self (archive footage)

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World for Ransom

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One of Our Own

As LeRoy Atkins

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Movin' On

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Trackdown

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The Rookies

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Gilligan's Island

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Hawkins

As R.J. Hawkins

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Marcus Welby, M.D.

As Terry Riggs

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Baretta

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I Love Lucy

As Man in Coffee Shop

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Lost in Space

As Nerim

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Gunsmoke

As Mr. Stooler

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Dragnet

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Perry Mason

As Pete Gibson

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General Electric Theater

As Gunnery Officer Daly

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Lassie

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

As Old Hollander

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The Twilight Zone

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Rawhide

As Bates

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Vega$

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Have Gun, Will Travel

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Run for Your Life

As Holly Amberton

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The Fugitive

As Deputy Shirky Saulter

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Daniel Boone

As Solomon Tarbot

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The Millionaire

As Pete Hill

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The Virginian

As Finley

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The Big Valley

As Dan'l Hawks

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Pete and Gladys

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Profiles in Courage

As Senator James Wadsworth

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Matinee Theater

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Tarzan

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

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Navy Log

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Black Saddle

As Pit Thatcher

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The Rebel

As Jess

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The Dakotas

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Lawman

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Ben Casey

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The Guns of Will Sonnett

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The New Breed

As Benny Kohler

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Cavalcade of America

As Wilkins

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

As Joby

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Hotel de Paree

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Stoney Burke

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The Legend of Jesse James

As Meeker

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Telephone Time

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Dangerous Assignment

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Panic!

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Jefferson Drum

As Pete Henke

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Paper Moon

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Studio 57

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Saturday Night Live

As Self - Host

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Broken Arrow

As Renton

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He & She

As The Rev. Mr. Anderson

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Nichols

As Zachariah

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Bonanza

As Lonnie Stern

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The Lieutenant

As Taxi Driver

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Four Star Playhouse

As Tom Blair

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The Name of the Game

As Nanyface

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The Rockford Files

As Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers

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77 Sunset Strip

As Charles Sloane

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The Invaders

As Charlie Coogan

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Crossroads

As Landry Kersh

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

As Self

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

As Bellhop

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The Texan

As Polk Blackston

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Petrocelli

As Clate Dobie

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

As Harper Worthington Yates

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It Takes a Thief

As Willard Knox

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The Lone Wolf

As Nick Davis

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The Danny Thomas Hour

As Paul Rooney

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Love, American Style