Actor

Strother Martin

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."

Notable work

7.6
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Percy Garris
7.7
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
as Captain
7.6
The Wild Bunch (1969)
as Coffer
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
as Floyd
8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Mothershed
7.3
True Grit (1969)
as Colonel G. Stonehill
6.6
Up in Smoke (1978)
as Mr. Stoner
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as William Doldy (uncredited)
6.9
Saturday Night Live (1975)
as Self - Host
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Lonnie Stern and as Joad Bruder and as Cole Younger and as Little Meredith Smith and as Yuri
6.8
Slap Shot (1977)
as Joe McGrath
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
as Harvey Wallace

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