Strother Martin
Acting
Born 1919-03-26 · 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."
Known for
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · Movie
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Movie
The Wild Bunch
1969 · Movie
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Movie
True Grit
1969 · Movie
Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · Movie
A Star Is Born
1954 · Movie
The Champ
1979 · Movie
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · Movie
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Movie
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · Movie
Shenandoah
1965 · Movie
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Movie
Hard Times
1975 · Movie
Slap Shot
1977 · Movie
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Movie
An Eye for an Eye
1966 · Movie
Attack
1956 · Movie
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978 · Movie
The Flim-Flam Man
1967 · Movie
Nevada Smith
1966 · Movie
Harper
1966 · Movie
Up in Smoke
1978 · Movie
One of Our Own
1975 · Movie
The Black Whip
1956 · Movie
Red Sky at Morning
1971 · Movie
Better Late Than Never
1979 · Movie
Steel Cowboy
1978 · Movie
Fools' Parade
1971 · Movie
McLintock!
1963 · Movie
Bitter Heritage
1958 · Movie
Storm Over Tibet
1952 · Movie
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978 · Movie
Copper Sky
1957 · Movie
The Mountains of the Moon
1967 · Movie
The Flim Flam Man
1972 · Movie
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973 · Movie
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · Movie
Hotwire
1980 · Movie
Cowboy
1958 · Movie
Target Zero
1955 · Movie
Rooster Cogburn
1975 · Movie
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 · Movie
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975 · Movie
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980 · Movie
Black Patch
1957 · Movie
Rhubarb
1951 · Movie
Showdown
1963 · Movie
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · Movie
Brainstorm
1965 · Movie
Johnny Concho
1956 · Movie
Drum Beat
1954 · Movie
The Shaggy Dog
1959 · Movie
Strategic Air Command
1955 · Movie
Sanctuary
1961 · Movie
Hannie Caulder
1971 · Movie
South Sea Woman
1953 · Movie
Love and Bullets
1979 · Movie
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964 · Movie