
Strother Martin
Acting
Born 1919-03-26 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA · Died 1980-08-01
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."
Acting

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Self (archive footage)

Hotwire
The Weasel

The Secret of Nikola Tesla
George Westinghouse

Better Late Than Never
J.D. Ashcroft

The Villain
Parody Jones

The Champ
Riley

Nightwing
Selwyn

Love and Bullets
Louis Monk

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Old Hollander

Steel Cowboy
Pinky Pincus

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Turtle Ranch Boss

Vega$

Up in Smoke
Mr. Stoner

The End
Dr. Waldo Kling

Slap Shot
Joe McGrath

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Billy

Rooster Cogburn
Shanghai McCoy

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host

Hard Times
Poe

One of Our Own
LeRoy Atkins

Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self

Baretta

The Rockford Files
Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers

Movin' On

Paper Moon

Petrocelli
Clate Dobie

Sssssss
Dr. Carl Stoner

The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Buckshot

Hawkins
R.J. Hawkins

The Rookies