Strother Martin
Acting
Born March 26, 1919 — Died August 1, 1980
From Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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."
Filmography
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)
20048.0
Hotwire
The Weasel
19806.0
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
George Westinghouse
19806.3
Better Late Than Never
J.D. Ashcroft
19799.0
The Villain
Parody Jones
19795.7
The Champ
Riley
19797.0
Nightwing
Selwyn
19794.9
Love and Bullets
Louis Monk
19795.9
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Old Hollander
19787.0
Steel Cowboy
Pinky Pincus
19789.0
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Turtle Ranch Boss
19787.8
Up in Smoke
Mr. Stoner
19786.6
The End
Dr. Waldo Kling
19785.6
Slap Shot
Joe McGrath
19776.8
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Billy
19765.1
Rooster Cogburn
Shanghai McCoy
19756.5
Hard Times
Poe
19756.8
One of Our Own
LeRoy Atkins
197510.0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
19752.0
Sssssss
Dr. Carl Stoner
19735.1
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Buckshot
1973
Pocket Money
Bill Garrett
19725.5
The Flim Flam Man
Lovick
1972
Hannie Caulder
Rufus Clemens
19716.2
Fools' Parade
Lee Cottrill
19716.7
The Brotherhood of Satan
Doc Duncan
19715.8
Red Sky at Morning
John Cloyd
19717.1
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bowen
19707.0
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Percy Garris
19697.6
The Wild Bunch
Coffer
19697.6
True Grit
Colonel G. Stonehill
19697.3
The Mountains of the Moon
O'Keefe
1967
Cool Hand Luke
Captain
19677.7
The Flim-Flam Man
Lovick
19677.0
Nevada Smith
Strother (uncredited)
19666.7
An Eye for an Eye
Trumbull
19667.4
Harper
Claude
19666.7
The Sons of Katie Elder
Ned Ross
19657.0
Shenandoah
Train Engineer
19656.9
Brainstorm
Mr. Clyde
19656.1
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Fiddler
19645.9
McLintock!
Agard
19636.6
Showdown
Charlie Reeder
19636.1
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Floyd
19627.8
The Deadly Companions
Parson
19615.6
Sanctuary
Dog Boy
19615.4
The Horse Soldiers
Virgil
19596.9
The Wild and the Innocent
Ben Stocker
19596.3
The Shaggy Dog
Thurm
19596.2
Bitter Heritage
Earle Eheeler
19588.0
Cowboy
Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
19586.5
Black Patch
Petey
19575.9
Copper Sky
Pokey
19576.7
The Black Whip
Thorny
195610.0
Attack
Ingersol
19566.8
Johnny Concho
Townsman (uncredited)
19564.5
World Without End
Nihka (uncredited)
19565.8
Target Zero
Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
19556.1
The Big Knife
Stillman
19556.0
Kiss Me Deadly
Harvey Wallace
19557.2
Strategic Air Command
Airman
19556.1
The Silver Chalice
Father (uncredited)
19544.5
Drum Beat
Scotty
19546.1
A Star Is Born
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
19547.1
World for Ransom
19545.3
South Sea Woman
Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
19535.0
The Magnetic Monster
Co-Pilot
19535.6
Androcles and the Lion
Soldier (uncredited)
19525.9
Storm Over Tibet
Co-pilot
19527.0
The Red Badge of Courage
Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
19516.5
Rhubarb
Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
19515.8
The Damned Don't Cry
Springboard Diver (uncredited)
19507.0
The Asphalt Jungle
William Doldy (uncredited)
19507.5