Strother Martin
Known for: Actor
Born: 26 March 1919, Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Died: 1 August 1980
Credits: 60+ titles
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."
Filmography
Hotwire
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Better Late Than Never
The Villain
The Champ
Nightwing
Love and Bullets
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Steel Cowboy
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Vega$
Up in Smoke
The End
Slap Shot
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Rooster Cogburn
Hard Times
One of Our Own
Baretta
The Rockford Files
Paper Moon
Movin' On
Petrocelli
Sssssss
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Hawkins
The Rookies
Pocket Money
The Flim Flam Man
Hannie Caulder
Nichols
Fools' Parade
The Brotherhood of Satan
Red Sky at Morning
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Love, American Style
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Wild Bunch
True Grit
The Doris Day Show
The Name of the Game
It Takes a Thief
The Mountains of the Moon
Cool Hand Luke
The Danny Thomas Hour
The Guns of Will Sonnett
He & She
The Flim-Flam Man
The Invaders
Tarzan
Nevada Smith
An Eye for an Eye
Harper
The Big Valley
Lost in Space
The Legend of Jesse James
Run for Your Life
The Sons of Katie Elder
Shenandoah