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 & TV Shows

1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — Percy Garris
2. Cool Hand Luke (1967) — Captain
3. The Wild Bunch (1969) — Coffer
4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — Floyd
5. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Mothershed
6. True Grit (1969) — Colonel G. Stonehill
7. Up in Smoke (1978) — Mr. Stoner
8. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) — William Doldy (uncredited)
9. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self - Host
10. Bonanza (1959) — Lonnie Stern
11. Slap Shot (1977) — Joe McGrath
12. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) — Harvey Wallace
13. A Star Is Born (1954) — Delivery Boy (uncredited)
14. The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) — Ned Ross
15. The Horse Soldiers (1959) — Virgil
16. McLintock! (1963) — Agard
17. I Love Lucy (1951) — Man in Coffee Shop
18. Gilligan's Island (1964)
19. Hard Times (1975) — Poe
20. The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) — Bowen
21. Rooster Cogburn (1975) — Shanghai McCoy
22. The Champ (1979) — Riley
23. Harper (1966) — Claude
24. Nevada Smith (1966) — Strother (uncredited)
25. The Villain (1979) — Parody Jones
26. Shenandoah (1965) — Train Engineer
27. Attack (1956) — Ingersol
28. Perry Mason (1957) — Pete Gibson
29. Hannie Caulder (1971) — Rufus Clemens
30. Lost in Space (1965) — Nerim
31. The Rockford Files (1974) — Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
32. Gunsmoke (1955) — Mr. Stooler
33. Sssssss (1973) — Dr. Carl Stoner
34. The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) — Harper Worthington Yates
35. The Big Knife (1955) — Stillman
36. The Shaggy Dog (1959) — Thurm
37. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
38. Cowboy (1958) — Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
39. The End (1978) — Dr. Waldo Kling
40. Lassie (1954)