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
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
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