Strother Martin
Born: 1919-03-26
Place of Birth: 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."
Known For
Sssssss
1973★ 5.2
Fools' Parade
1971★ 6.5
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969★ 7.6
The Champ
1979★ 7.0
Rooster Cogburn
1975★ 6.4
The Villain
1979★ 5.7
Cowboy
1958★ 6.3
Shenandoah
1965★ 6.9
Target Zero
1955★ 5.3
True Grit
1969★ 7.3
Showdown
1963★ 5.9
Harper
1966★ 6.6
Nevada Smith
1966★ 6.7
McLintock!
1963★ 6.6
Cool Hand Luke
1967★ 7.7
The Wild Bunch
1969★ 7.6
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962★ 7.8
The Black Whip
1956★ 0.0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975★ 0.0
Drum Beat
1954★ 6.0
Up in Smoke
1978★ 6.6
World for Ransom
1954★ 5.1
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965★ 7.0
Kiss Me Deadly
1955★ 7.2
The Horse Soldiers
1959★ 6.9
The Asphalt Jungle
1950★ 7.5
Hannie Caulder
1971★ 6.2
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976★ 5.0
A Star Is Born
1954★ 7.1
Nightwing
1979★ 4.8
Slap Shot
1977★ 6.8
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970★ 6.9
The Flim-Flam Man
1967★ 7.0
The Magnetic Monster
1953★ 5.6
Love and Bullets
1979★ 5.9
Strategic Air Command
1955★ 6.0
Hard Times
1975★ 6.8
The Mountains of the Moon
1967★ 0.0
The Silver Chalice
1954★ 4.4
Androcles and the Lion
1952★ 5.8
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978★ 0.0
Copper Sky
1957★ 6.0
The Shaggy Dog
1959★ 6.2
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980★ 6.2
The Red Badge of Courage
1951★ 6.4
The Damned Don't Cry
1950★ 7.0
Pocket Money
1972★ 5.4
The Big Knife
1955★ 6.0
Attack
1956★ 6.8
The End
1978★ 5.5
The Deadly Companions
1961★ 5.6
Sanctuary
1961★ 4.8
Red Sky at Morning
1971★ 6.7
One of Our Own
1975★ 0.0
Hotwire
1980★ 5.0
World Without End
1956★ 5.9
The Wild and the Innocent
1959★ 6.3
Rhubarb
1951★ 5.3
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971★ 5.7
South Sea Woman
1953★ 4.4
Steel Cowboy
1978★ 0.0
An Eye for an Eye
1966★ 7.6
Johnny Concho
1956★ 3.7
Better Late Than Never
1979★ 0.0
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964★ 5.9
Brainstorm
1965★ 6.0
Black Patch
1957★ 5.4
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004★ 7.8
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978★ 7.7
Storm Over Tibet
1952★ 6.0
Bitter Heritage
1958★ 0.0
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973★ 0.0