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name: "Strother Martin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/strother-martin"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 March 1919"
died: "1 August 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:21:30.345433+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Strother Martin

Actor. Born 26 March 1919 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. Died 1 August 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 March 1919, Kokomo, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 1 August 1980
- **Active:** 1955–1969
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 87 (1), 1960s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strother_Martin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965482, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8260

## Biography

Strother Martin was an American actor who appeared in over 170 film and television productions between 1950 and 1980, mainly in character roles. He was born on 26 March 1919 in Kokomo, Indiana, and died on 1 August 1980 in Thousand Oaks, California.

Martin often appeared in Westerns directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah, and in films starring John Wayne and Paul Newman. He is known for his roles as the Captain in *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Percy Garris in *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), Coffer in *The Wild Bunch* (1969), Floyd in *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* (1962), and Colonel G. Stonehill in *True Grit* (1969). He was educated at the University of Michigan and served in the US Navy during the Second World War.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), Fi1m 84, as Percy Garris — [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, as Harvey Wallace — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)

## Complete filmography (143)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hotwire* (1980), as The Weasel
- *The Secret of Nikola Tesla* (1980), as George Westinghouse
- *Better Late Than Never* (1979), as J.D. Ashcroft
- *The Villain* (1979), as Parody Jones
- *The Champ* (1979), as Riley
- *Nightwing* (1979), as Selwyn
- *Love and Bullets* (1979), as Louis Monk
- *Stubby Pringle's Christmas* (1978), as Old Hollander
- *Steel Cowboy* (1978), as Pinky Pincus
- *Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy* (1978), as Turtle Ranch Boss
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor
- *Up in Smoke* (1978), as Mr. Stoner
- *The End* (1978), as Dr. Waldo Kling
- *Slap Shot* (1977), as Joe McGrath
- *The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday* (1976), as Billy
- *Rooster Cogburn* (1975), as Shanghai McCoy
- *Hard Times* (1975), as Poe
- *One of Our Own* (1975), as LeRoy Atkins
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Paper Moon* (1974), series, Actor
- *Movin' On* (1974), series, Actor
- *Petrocelli* (1974), series, as Clate Dobie
- *Sssssss* (1973), as Dr. Carl Stoner
- *The Boy and the Bronc Buster* (1973), as Buckshot
- *Hawkins* (1973), series, as R.J. Hawkins
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Pocket Money* (1972), as Bill Garrett
- *The Flim Flam Man* (1972), as Lovick
- *Hannie Caulder* (1971), as Rufus Clemens
- *Nichols* (1971), series, as Zachariah
- *Fools' Parade* (1971), as Lee Cottrill
- *The Brotherhood of Satan* (1971), as Doc Duncan
- *Red Sky at Morning* (1971), as John Cloyd
- *The Ballad of Cable Hogue* (1970), as Bowen
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, Actor
- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), as Percy Garris — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Terry Riggs
- *The Wild Bunch* (1969), as Coffer
- *True Grit* (1969), as Colonel G. Stonehill
- *The Doris Day Show* (1968), series, as Tyrone Lovey
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Nanyface
- *It Takes a Thief* (1968), series, as Willard Knox
- *The Mountains of the Moon* (1967), as O'Keefe
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), as Captain
- *The Danny Thomas Hour* (1967), series, as Paul Rooney
- *The Guns of Will Sonnett* (1967), series, Actor
- *He & She* (1967), series, as The Rev. Mr. Anderson
- *The Flim-Flam Man* (1967), as Lovick
- *The Invaders* (1967), series, as Charlie Coogan
- *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor
- *Nevada Smith* (1966), as Strother (uncredited)
- *An Eye for an Eye* (1966), as Trumbull
- *Harper* (1966), as Claude
- *Lost in Space* (1965), series, as Nerim
- *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Dan'l Hawks, Fludd
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Holly Amberton
- *The Legend of Jesse James* (1965), series, as Meeker
- *The Sons of Katie Elder* (1965), as Ned Ross
- *Shenandoah* (1965), as Train Engineer
- *Brainstorm* (1965), as Mr. Clyde
- *Profiles in Courage* (1964), series, as Senator James Wadsworth
- *Invitation to a Gunfighter* (1964), as Fiddler
- *Gilligan's Island* (1964), series, Actor
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Solomon Tarbot
- *McLintock!* (1963), as Agard
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Deputy Shirky Saulter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Lieutenant* (1963), series, as Taxi Driver
- *Showdown* (1963), as Charlie Reeder
- *The Dakotas* (1963), series, Actor
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Finley, Luther Watson
- *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* (1962), as Floyd
- *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), series, as Harper Worthington Yates
- *The New Breed* (1961), series, as Benny Kohler
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, as Frank Geray
- *The Deadly Companions* (1961), as Parson
- *Sanctuary* (1961), as Dog Boy
- *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Rebel* (1959), series, as Jess
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Mothershed — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Hotel de Paree* (1959), series, Actor
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Lonnie Stern, Joad Bruder, Cole Younger, Little Meredith Smith, Yuri
- *The Horse Soldiers* (1959), as Virgil
- *The Wild and the Innocent* (1959), as Ben Stocker
- *The Shaggy Dog* (1959), as Thurm
- *Black Saddle* (1959), series, as Pit Thatcher
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Bates
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Charles Sloane
- *Lawman* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Texan* (1958), series, as Polk Blackston
- *Bitter Heritage* (1958), as Earle Eheeler
- *Jefferson Drum* (1958), series, as Pete Henke
- *Cowboy* (1958), as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
- *Trackdown* (1957), series, as Benny French
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Pete Gibson, Joe Mead, Gerald Sommers, Roy Hutchinson
- *Black Patch* (1957), as Petey
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, as Carew, Fred Coombs
- *Copper Sky* (1957), as Pokey
- *Panic!* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Black Whip* (1956), as Thorny
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Joby
- *Broken Arrow* (1956), series, as Renton
- *Attack* (1956), as Ingersol
- *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor
- *Johnny Concho* (1956), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor
- *World Without End* (1956), as Nihka (uncredited)
- *Target Zero* (1955), as Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Big Knife* (1955), as Stillman
- *Crossroads* (1955), series, as Landry Kersh
- *Navy Log* (1955), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Mr. Stooler, Cooter, Ed Davey, Dooley, Dillard, Rowley, Gene Bunch, Billy, Timble, Ben Snow
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), as Harvey Wallace — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)
- *Strategic Air Command* (1955), as Airman
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Pete Hill
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), as Father (uncredited)
- *Drum Beat* (1954), as Scotty
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as Buckshot, Thurm
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, as Pete Dutton
- *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Lone Wolf* (1954), series, as Nick Davis
- *World for Ransom* (1954), Actor
- *The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse* (1953), series, as Waiter
- *South Sea Woman* (1953), as Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
- *The Magnetic Monster* (1953), as Co-Pilot
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Gunnery Officer Daly, Obie
- *Androcles and the Lion* (1952), as Soldier (uncredited)
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Wilkins
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Tom Blair
- *Storm Over Tibet* (1952), as Co-pilot
- *Chevron Theatre* (1952), series, Actor
- *Dangerous Assignment* (1952), series, Actor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Old Hollander
- *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), series, as Man in Coffee Shop
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Bellhop, Teeples
- *The Red Badge of Courage* (1951), as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
- *Rhubarb* (1951), as Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
- *The Damned Don't Cry* (1950), as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), as William Doldy (uncredited)

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