Strother Martin
Birthday: 1919-03-26 | Place of Birth: Kokomo, Indiana, USAStrother 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."
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1980
The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
1980
Hotwire
as The Weasel
1979
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
1979
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
1979
The Villain
as Parody Jones
1979
The Champ
as Riley
1979
Nightwing
as Selwyn
1978
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
1978
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
1978
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
as Turtle Ranch Boss
1977
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
as Billy
1975
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
1975
Hard Times
as Poe
1973
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
1973
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
1972
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
1972
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
1971
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
1971
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
1971
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
1969
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
1969
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
1967
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
1967
The Flim-Flam Man
as Lovick
