Strother Martin

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Known For

Captain

Cool Hand Luke

Coffer

The Wild Bunch

Percy Garris

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Self

Mitzi & 100 Guys

Strother (uncredited)

Nevada Smith

Poe

Hard Times

Floyd

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Joe McGrath

Slap Shot

Mr. Stoner

Up in Smoke

Bowen

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Rufus Clemens

Hannie Caulder

Ingersol

Attack

Mr. Clyde

Brainstorm

Dr. Waldo Kling

The End

Doc Duncan

The Brotherhood of Satan

Agard

McLintock!

Louis Monk

Love and Bullets

Buckshot

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

Ned Ross

The Sons of Katie Elder

Bill Garrett

Pocket Money

Ben Stocker

The Wild and the Innocent

Colonel G. Stonehill

True Grit

Parson

The Deadly Companions

Selwyn

Nightwing

Virgil

The Horse Soldiers

Harvey Wallace

Kiss Me Deadly

Dr. Carl Stoner

Sssssss

George Westinghouse

Tajna Nikole Tesle

O'Keefe

The Mountains of the Moon

Father (uncredited)

The Silver Chalice

Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

South Sea Woman

Parody Jones

The Villain

The Weasel

Hotwire

Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

Target Zero

Pokey

Copper Sky

Dog Boy

Sanctuary

Billy

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

Shanghai McCoy

Rooster Cogburn

William Doldy (uncredited)

The Asphalt Jungle

Soldier (uncredited)

Androcles and the Lion

Fiddler

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Lee Cottrill

Fools' Parade

Pinky Pincus

Steel Cowboy

Turtle Ranch Boss

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

Thurm

The Shaggy Dog

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Lovick

The Flim-Flam Man

Nihka (uncredited)

World Without End

Petey

Black Patch

Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

Cowboy

Riley

The Champ

John Cloyd

Red Sky at Morning

Trumbull

An Eye for an Eye

Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage

Claude

Harper

Springboard Diver (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry

Old Hollander

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

Thorny

The Black Whip

Co-Pilot

The Magnetic Monster

Earle Eheeler

Bitter Heritage

Charlie Reeder

Showdown

Train Engineer

Shenandoah

Scotty

Drum Beat

Co-pilot

Storm Over Tibet

Stillman

The Big Knife

J.D. Ashcroft

Better Late Than Never

Airman

Strategic Air Command

Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

Rhubarb

Townsman (uncredited)

Johnny Concho

Self (archive footage)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

World for Ransom

LeRoy Atkins

One of Our Own

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-03-26

Place of Birth

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

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