Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 26, 1919
Died
Aug 01, 1980
Place of Birth
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Credits
147 titles
Strother Martin
Biography
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
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
Hotwire
The Weasel
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
George Westinghouse
Better Late Than Never
J.D. Ashcroft
The Villain
Parody Jones
The Champ
Riley
Nightwing
Selwyn
Love and Bullets
Louis Monk
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Old Hollander
Steel Cowboy
Pinky Pincus
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Turtle Ranch Boss
Vega$
Up in Smoke
Mr. Stoner
The End
Dr. Waldo Kling
Slap Shot
Joe McGrath
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Billy
Rooster Cogburn
Shanghai McCoy
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Hard Times
Poe
One of Our Own
LeRoy Atkins
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
Baretta
The Rockford Files
Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
Paper Moon
Movin' On
Petrocelli
Clate Dobie
Sssssss
Dr. Carl Stoner
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Buckshot
Hawkins
R.J. Hawkins
The Rookies
Pocket Money
Bill Garrett
The Flim Flam Man
Lovick
Hannie Caulder
Rufus Clemens
Nichols
Zachariah
Fools' Parade
Lee Cottrill
The Brotherhood of Satan
Doc Duncan
Red Sky at Morning
John Cloyd
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bowen
Love, American Style
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Terry Riggs
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Percy Garris
The Wild Bunch
Coffer
True Grit
Colonel G. Stonehill
The Doris Day Show
Tyrone Lovey
The Name of the Game
Nanyface
It Takes a Thief
Willard Knox
The Mountains of the Moon
O'Keefe
Cool Hand Luke
Captain
The Danny Thomas Hour
Paul Rooney
The Guns of Will Sonnett