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