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