Strother Martin
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."
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Sssssss
1973
Cool Hand Luke
1967
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Brainstorm
1965
True Grit
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Harper
1966
The Wild Bunch
1969
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
Attack
1956
Slap Shot
1977
Bitter Heritage
1958
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Nightwing
1979
Up in Smoke
1978
The Silver Chalice
1954
Rhubarb
1951
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
McLintock!
1963
Steel Cowboy
1978
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
Hannie Caulder
1971
The Deadly Companions
1961
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Hard Times
1975
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
Rooster Cogburn
1975
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
The Villain
1979
Fools' Parade
1971
The Champ
1979
Cowboy
1958
Nevada Smith
1966
Androcles and the Lion
1952
A Star Is Born
1954
The Shaggy Dog
1959
Sanctuary
1961
Love and Bullets
1979
Shenandoah
1965