
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."
Movies (73)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004

Hotwire
1980

The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980

Better Late Than Never
1979

The Villain
1979

The Champ
1979

Nightwing
1979

Love and Bullets
1979

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978

Steel Cowboy
1978

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978

Up in Smoke
1978

The End
1978

Slap Shot
1977

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976

Rooster Cogburn
1975

Hard Times
1975

One of Our Own
1975

Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975

Sssssss
1973

The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973

Pocket Money
1972

The Flim Flam Man
1972

Hannie Caulder
1971

Fools' Parade
1971

The Brotherhood of Satan
1971

Red Sky at Morning
1971

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969

The Wild Bunch
1969

True Grit
1969

The Mountains of the Moon
1967

Cool Hand Luke
1967

The Flim-Flam Man
1967

Nevada Smith
1966

An Eye for an Eye
1966

Harper
1966

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965

Shenandoah
1965

Brainstorm
1965

Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964

McLintock!
1963

Showdown
1963

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962

The Deadly Companions
1961

Sanctuary
1961

The Horse Soldiers
1959

The Wild and the Innocent
1959

The Shaggy Dog
1959

Bitter Heritage
1958

Cowboy
1958

Black Patch
1957

Copper Sky
1957

The Black Whip
1956

Attack
1956

Johnny Concho
1956

World Without End
1956

Target Zero
1955

The Big Knife
1955

Kiss Me Deadly
1955

Strategic Air Command
1955

The Silver Chalice
1954

Drum Beat
1954

A Star Is Born
1954

World for Ransom
1954

South Sea Woman
1953

The Magnetic Monster
1953

Androcles and the Lion
1952

Storm Over Tibet
1952

The Red Badge of Courage
1951

Rhubarb
1951

The Damned Don't Cry
1950

The Asphalt Jungle
1950
TV Shows (90)

Vega$
1978

Saturday Night Live
1975

Baretta
1975

The Rockford Files
1974

Movin' On
1974

Paper Moon
1974

Petrocelli
1974

Hawkins
1973

The Rookies
1972

Nichols
1971

Love, American Style
1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969

The Doris Day Show
1968

The Name of the Game
1968

It Takes a Thief
1968

The Danny Thomas Hour
1967

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

He & She
1967

The Invaders
1967

Tarzan
1966

Lost in Space
1965

The Big Valley
1965

The Big Valley
1965

Run for Your Life
1965

The Legend of Jesse James
1965

Gilligan's Island
1964

Daniel Boone
1964

The Fugitive
1963

The Lieutenant
1963

The Dakotas
1963

Stoney Burke
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Virginian
1962

The Virginian
1962

The New Breed
1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961

Ben Casey
1961

Ben Casey
1961

Pete and Gladys
1960

The Rebel
1959

The Twilight Zone
1959

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza
1959

Bonanza
1959

Black Saddle
1959

Rawhide
1959

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Lawman
1958

The Texan
1958

Trackdown
1957

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason
1957

Perry Mason
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Panic!
1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956

Telephone Time
1956

Matinee Theater
1955

Crossroads
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

The Millionaire
1955

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

Studio 57
1954

Lassie
1954

The Lone Wolf
1954

General Electric Theater
1953

General Electric Theater
1953

Cavalcade of America
1952

Dangerous Assignment
1952

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Dragnet
1951

I Love Lucy
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951