Strother Martin
Born 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 Appearances
Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Hannie Caulder
True Grit
Cool Hand Luke
The Wild Bunch
Sssssss
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
McLintock!
A Star Is Born
Harper
Up in Smoke
Fools' Parade
The Sons of Katie Elder
Rooster Cogburn
The Asphalt Jungle
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Kiss Me Deadly
Slap Shot
Hotwire
Nevada Smith
The Horse Soldiers
Hard Times
The Champ
The Villain
Cowboy
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Pocket Money
Strategic Air Command
Shenandoah
The Damned Don't Cry
The Magnetic Monster
The Flim Flam Man
South Sea Woman
The Wild and the Innocent
Attack
The Silver Chalice
The Red Badge of Courage
The Shaggy Dog
The Flim-Flam Man
Drum Beat
Love and Bullets
World Without End
The Big Knife
The Brotherhood of Satan
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
The Deadly Companions
The End
Nightwing
Androcles and the Lion
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Sanctuary
Rhubarb
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Black Patch
An Eye for an Eye
The Mountains of the Moon
Copper Sky
Brainstorm
Better Late Than Never
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Red Sky at Morning
Showdown
World for Ransom
Target Zero
TV Shows
Lassie
Matinee Theater
The Fugitive
Dragnet
Have Gun, Will Travel
Love, American Style
The Rockford Files
The Twilight Zone
The Virginian
I Love Lucy
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Daniel Boone
The Big Valley
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Four Star Playhouse
Rawhide
Ben Casey
Lost in Space
Lawman
Run for Your Life
Baretta
The Name of the Game
Gunsmoke
The Rookies
77 Sunset Strip
Gilligan's Island
The Doris Day Show
Vega$
The Invaders
Studio 57
The Texan
Trackdown
The Millionaire
The Rebel
Navy Log
It Takes a Thief
Tarzan
Telephone Time
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Petrocelli
Pete and Gladys
The Wonderful World of Disney
Cavalcade of America
Black Saddle
Broken Arrow
Stoney Burke
The New Breed
The Lone Wolf
Crossroads
Nichols
The Lieutenant
Movin' On
Dangerous Assignment
The Dakotas
The Legend of Jesse James
Paper Moon
Panic!
The Danny Thomas Hour
He & She
Hawkins
Jefferson Drum
General Electric Theater
