Strother Martin
Department: Acting
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."
Known For
Cool Hand Luke
1967
The Wild Bunch
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
Nevada Smith
1966
Hard Times
1975
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
Slap Shot
1977
Up in Smoke
1978
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
Hannie Caulder
1971
Attack
1956
Brainstorm
1965
The End
1978
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
McLintock!
1963
Love and Bullets
1979
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Pocket Money
1972
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
True Grit
1969
The Deadly Companions
1961
Nightwing
1979
The Horse Soldiers
1959
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
Sssssss
1973
The Mountains of the Moon
1967
The Silver Chalice
1954
South Sea Woman
1953
The Villain
1979
Hotwire
1980
Target Zero
1955
Copper Sky
1957
Sanctuary
1961
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
Rooster Cogburn
1975
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
Fools' Parade
1971
Steel Cowboy
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
The Shaggy Dog
1959
A Star Is Born
1954
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
World Without End
1956
Black Patch
1957
Cowboy
1958
The Champ
1979
Red Sky at Morning
1971
An Eye for an Eye
1966
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Harper
1966
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
The Black Whip
1956
The Magnetic Monster
1953
Bitter Heritage
1958
Showdown
1963
Shenandoah
1965
Drum Beat
1954
Storm Over Tibet
1952
The Big Knife
1955
Better Late Than Never
1979
Strategic Air Command
1955
Rhubarb
1951
Johnny Concho
1956
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
World for Ransom
1954
One of Our Own
1975
The Flim Flam Man
1972
Movin' On
1974
The Rookies
1972
Gilligan's Island
1964
Baretta
1975
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Hawkins
1973
I Love Lucy
1951
Lost in Space
1965
Gunsmoke
1955
Dragnet
1951
Perry Mason
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Lassie
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Rawhide
1959
Vega$
1978
Run for Your Life
1965
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Fugitive
1963
Daniel Boone
1964
The Millionaire
1955
The Virginian
1962
The Big Valley
1965
Pete and Gladys
1960
Profiles in Courage
1964
Matinee Theater
1955
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Tarzan
1966
Navy Log
1955
Black Saddle
1959
The Rebel
1959
The Dakotas
1963
Lawman
1958
Ben Casey
1961
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The New Breed
1961
Cavalcade of America
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Hotel de Paree
1959
Stoney Burke
1962
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Telephone Time
1956
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Panic!
1957
Jefferson Drum
1958
Paper Moon
1974
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Virginian
1962
Broken Arrow
1956
He & She
1967
Nichols
1971
The Big Valley
1965
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Bonanza
1959
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Lieutenant
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
Gunsmoke
1955
Four Star Playhouse
1952
The Name of the Game
1968
Bonanza
1959
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
The Rockford Files
1974
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Invaders
1967
Crossroads
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Texan
1958
Petrocelli
1974
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
It Takes a Thief
1968
The Lone Wolf
1954
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Love, American Style
1969
The Twilight Zone
1959
Studio 57
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
The Doris Day Show
1968
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Chevron Theatre
1952
Bonanza
1959
Trackdown
1957
Ben Casey
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954