Strother Martin
Acting
Born March 26, 1919 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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."
Films (73)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Hotwire
1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
Better Late Than Never
1979
The Villain
1979
The Champ
1979
Nightwing
1979
Love and Bullets
1979
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
Steel Cowboy
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
Up in Smoke
1978
The End
1978
Slap Shot
1977
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
Rooster Cogburn
1975
Hard Times
1975
One of Our Own
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
Sssssss
1973
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973
Pocket Money
1972
The Flim Flam Man
1972
Hannie Caulder
1971
Fools' Parade
1971
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
Red Sky at Morning
1971
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
The Wild Bunch
1969
True Grit
1969
The Mountains of the Moon
1967
Cool Hand Luke
1967
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
Nevada Smith
1966
An Eye for an Eye
1966
Harper
1966
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Shenandoah
1965
Brainstorm
1965
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
McLintock!
1963
Showdown
1963
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
The Deadly Companions
1961
Sanctuary
1961
The Horse Soldiers
1959
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
The Shaggy Dog
1959
Bitter Heritage
1958
Cowboy
1958
Black Patch
1957
Copper Sky
1957
The Black Whip
1956
Attack
1956
Johnny Concho
1956
World Without End
1956
Target Zero
1955
The Big Knife
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Strategic Air Command
1955
The Silver Chalice
1954
Drum Beat
1954
A Star Is Born
1954
World for Ransom
1954
South Sea Woman
1953
The Magnetic Monster
1953
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Storm Over Tibet
1952
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Rhubarb
1951
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
1950