Strother Martin
Acting

Strother Martin

Born 26 March 1919 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA · Died 1 August 1980

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."

Known for

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Cool Hand Luke
The Wild Bunch
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Twilight Zone
True Grit
Up in Smoke
Bonanza
Slap Shot
Kiss Me Deadly
The Sons of Katie Elder
The Horse Soldiers
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Hotwire
Love and Bullets
Nightwing
The Villain
The Champ
Better Late Than Never
Up in Smoke
The End
Steel Cowboy
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Slap Shot
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Hard Times
Rooster Cogburn
One of Our Own
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Sssssss
Pocket Money
The Flim Flam Man
Hannie Caulder
The Brotherhood of Satan
Fools' Parade
Red Sky at Morning
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
The Wild Bunch
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
True Grit
Cool Hand Luke
The Mountains of the Moon
The Flim-Flam Man
An Eye for an Eye
Harper
Brainstorm
The Sons of Katie Elder
Shenandoah
Invitation to a Gunfighter
McLintock!
Showdown
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Deadly Companions
Sanctuary
The Wild and the Innocent
The Horse Soldiers
The Shaggy Dog
Cowboy
Bitter Heritage
Copper Sky
Black Patch
Attack
The Black Whip
Kiss Me Deadly
Target Zero
The Big Knife
Strategic Air Command
Drum Beat
World for Ransom
The Magnetic Monster
Storm Over Tibet
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