
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."

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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
72
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-03-26
Place of Birth
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Also Known As