Strother Martin

Actor

Born: March 26, 1919
Died: August 1, 1980 (age 61)
From: 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."

Filmography (73)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Self (archive footage)
Hotwire (1980)
The Weasel
The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980)
George Westinghouse
Better Late Than Never (1979)
J.D. Ashcroft
The Villain (1979)
Parody Jones
The Champ (1979)
Riley
Nightwing (1979)
Selwyn
Love and Bullets (1979)
Louis Monk
Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978)
Old Hollander
Steel Cowboy (1978)
Pinky Pincus
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
Turtle Ranch Boss
Up in Smoke (1978)
Mr. Stoner
The End (1978)
Dr. Waldo Kling
Slap Shot (1977)
Joe McGrath
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
Billy
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Shanghai McCoy
Hard Times (1975)
Poe
One of Our Own (1975)
LeRoy Atkins
Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)
Self
Sssssss (1973)
Dr. Carl Stoner
The Boy and the Bronc Buster (1973)
Buckshot
Pocket Money (1972)
Bill Garrett
The Flim Flam Man (1972)
Lovick
Hannie Caulder (1971)
Rufus Clemens
Fools' Parade (1971)
Lee Cottrill
The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
Doc Duncan
Red Sky at Morning (1971)
John Cloyd
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Bowen
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Percy Garris
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Coffer