Strother Martin
Born March 26, 1919 (Age: 107)
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Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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."
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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Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 85
Hotwire
1980
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as The Weasel
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Age: 61
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
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as George Westinghouse
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Age: 60
The Champ
1979
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as Riley
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Age: 60
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
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as Old Hollander
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Age: 59
Steel Cowboy
1978
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as Pinky Pincus
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Age: 59
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
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as Turtle Ranch Boss
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Age: 59
Up in Smoke
1978
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as Mr. Stoner
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Age: 59
The End
1978
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as Dr. Waldo Kling
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Age: 59
Slap Shot
1977
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as Joe McGrath
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Age: 57
Rooster Cogburn
1975
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as Shanghai McCoy
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Age: 56
Hard Times
1975
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as Poe
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Age: 56
One of Our Own
1975
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as LeRoy Atkins
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Age: 56
Sssssss
1973
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as Dr. Carl Stoner
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Age: 54
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973
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as Buckshot
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Age: 53
Pocket Money
1972
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as Bill Garrett
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Age: 52
The Flim Flam Man
1972
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as Lovick
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Age: 52
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
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as Bowen
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Age: 50
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
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as Percy Garris
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Age: 50
The Wild Bunch
1969
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as Coffer
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Age: 50
True Grit
1969
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as Colonel G. Stonehill
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Age: 50
Harper
1966
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as Claude
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Age: 46
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
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as Ned Ross
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Age: 46
Shenandoah
1965
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as Train Engineer
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Age: 46
Brainstorm
1965
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as Mr. Clyde
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Age: 46
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
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as Fiddler
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Age: 45
McLintock!
1963
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as Agard
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Age: 44
Showdown
1963
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as Charlie Reeder
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Age: 44
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
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as Floyd
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Age: 43
The Deadly Companions
1961
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as Parson
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Age: 42
Sanctuary
1961
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as Dog Boy
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Age: 42
The Horse Soldiers
1959
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as Virgil
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Age: 40
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
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as Ben Stocker
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Age: 40
The Shaggy Dog
1959
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as Thurm
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Age: 39
Bitter Heritage
1958
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as Earle Eheeler
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Age: 39
Cowboy
1958
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as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
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Age: 38
The Black Whip
1956
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as Thorny
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Age: 37
Attack
1956
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as Ingersol
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Age: 37
Johnny Concho
1956
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as Townsman (uncredited)
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Age: 37
World Without End
1956
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as Nihka (uncredited)
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Age: 36
Target Zero
1955
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as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
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Age: 36
The Big Knife
1955
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as Stillman
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Age: 36
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
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as Harvey Wallace
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Age: 36
Strategic Air Command
1955
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as Airman
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Age: 35
The Silver Chalice
1954
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as Father (uncredited)
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Age: 35
Drum Beat
1954
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as Scotty
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Age: 35
A Star Is Born
1954
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as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
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Age: 35
World for Ransom
1954
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as
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Age: 34
South Sea Woman
1953
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as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
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Age: 34
The Magnetic Monster
1953
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as Co-Pilot
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Age: 33
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
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as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
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Age: 31
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
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as William Doldy (uncredited)
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Age: 31