Strother Martin

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

March 26, 1919

died

August 1, 1980

place of birth

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

total credits

50 movies

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."

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Known For

Filmography

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True Grit
7.3

True Grit

1969as Colonel G. Stonehill
Sssssss
5.2

Sssssss

1973as Dr. Carl Stoner
Cool Hand Luke
7.7

Cool Hand Luke

1967as Captain
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962as Floyd
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
7.6

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969as Percy Garris
The Wild Bunch
7.6

The Wild Bunch

1969as Coffer
The Horse Soldiers
7.0

The Horse Soldiers

1959as Virgil
McLintock!
6.6

McLintock!

1963as Agard
The Sons of Katie Elder
7.1

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965as Ned Ross
Up in Smoke
6.6

Up in Smoke

1978as Mr. Stoner
The Champ
7.0

The Champ

1979as Riley
Nevada Smith
6.7

Nevada Smith

1966as Strother (uncredited)
Hard Times
6.8

Hard Times

1975as Poe
Slap Shot
6.8

Slap Shot

1977as Joe McGrath
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
7.0

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970as Bowen
Harper
6.7

Harper

1966as Claude
The Villain
5.7

The Villain

1979as Parody Jones
Rooster Cogburn
6.5

Rooster Cogburn

1975as Shanghai McCoy
The Asphalt Jungle
7.5

The Asphalt Jungle

1950as William Doldy (uncredited)
Kiss Me Deadly
7.2

Kiss Me Deadly

1955as Harvey Wallace
Shenandoah
7.0

Shenandoah

1965as Train Engineer
Hannie Caulder
6.2

Hannie Caulder

1971as Rufus Clemens
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
5.1

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

1976as Billy
A Star Is Born
7.1

A Star Is Born

1954as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The End
5.6

The End

1978as Dr. Waldo Kling
Cowboy
6.5

Cowboy

1958as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
The Deadly Companions
5.6

The Deadly Companions

1961as Parson
Attack
6.8

Attack

1956as Ingersol
The Silver Chalice
4.5

The Silver Chalice

1954as Father (uncredited)
World Without End
5.8

World Without End

1956as Nihka (uncredited)
Drum Beat
6.1

Drum Beat

1954as Scotty
The Shaggy Dog
6.2

The Shaggy Dog

1959as Thurm
The Big Knife
6.0

The Big Knife

1955as Stillman
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
8.0

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004as Self (archive footage)
Invitation to a Gunfighter
5.9

Invitation to a Gunfighter

1964as Fiddler
Nightwing
4.8

Nightwing

1979as Selwyn
The Red Badge of Courage
6.4

The Red Badge of Courage

1951as Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
Love and Bullets
5.9

Love and Bullets

1979as Louis Monk
Mitzi & 100 Guys

Mitzi & 100 Guys

1975as Self
Pocket Money
5.5

Pocket Money

1972as Bill Garrett
Black Patch
5.9

Black Patch

1957as Petey
An Eye for an Eye
7.4

An Eye for an Eye

1966as Trumbull
Steel Cowboy
9.0

Steel Cowboy

1978as Pinky Pincus
Strategic Air Command
6.2

Strategic Air Command

1955as Airman
The Damned Don't Cry
7.0

The Damned Don't Cry

1950as Springboard Diver (uncredited)
The Flim-Flam Man
7.1

The Flim-Flam Man

1967as Lovick
Fools' Parade
6.7

Fools' Parade

1971as Lee Cottrill
Brainstorm
6.1

Brainstorm

1965as Mr. Clyde
The Wild and the Innocent
6.3

The Wild and the Innocent

1959as Ben Stocker
Johnny Concho
4.5

Johnny Concho

1956as Townsman (uncredited)