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Strother Martin
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."
17
Films
7.1
Avg Score
Filmography (17)
The Champ
68
as Riley
Love and Bullets
56
as Louis Monk
Up in Smoke
69
as Mr. Stoner
Hard Times
72
as Poe
Hannie Caulder
64
as Rufus Clemens
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
80
as Percy Garris
True Grit
74
as Colonel G. Stonehill
The Wild Bunch
79
as Coffer
Cool Hand Luke
80
as Captain
Nevada Smith
69
as Strother (uncredited)
Harper
68
as Claude
McLintock!
71
as Agard
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
81
as Floyd
Kiss Me Deadly
75
as Harvey Wallace
A Star Is Born
75
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
46
as Father (uncredited)
The Asphalt Jungle
78
as William Doldy (uncredited)