Strother Martin

Strother Martin

Known for

Acting

Born

March 26, 1919

Birthplace

Kokomo, Indiana, USA

Died

August 1, 1980 (aged 61)

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."

Best known work

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
1967
The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch
1969
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
1959
True Grit
True Grit
1969
Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke
1978
The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
1975
Bonanza
Bonanza
1959

Filmography

  1. 2004

    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 1980

    Hotwire

    as The Weasel

  3. 1980

    The Secret of Nikola Tesla

    as George Westinghouse

  4. 1979

    Better Late Than Never

    as J.D. Ashcroft

  5. 1979

    The Villain

    as Parody Jones

  6. 1979

    The Champ

    as Riley

  7. 1979

    Nightwing

    as Selwyn

  8. 1979

    Love and Bullets

    as Louis Monk

  9. 1978

    Stubby Pringle's Christmas

    as Old Hollander

  10. 1978

    Steel Cowboy

    as Pinky Pincus

  11. 1978

    Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

    as Turtle Ranch Boss

  12. 1978

    Vega$TV

  13. 1978

    Up in Smoke

    as Mr. Stoner

  14. 1978

    The End

    as Dr. Waldo Kling

  15. 1977

    Slap Shot

    as Joe McGrath

  16. 1976

    The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

    as Billy

  17. 1975

    Rooster Cogburn

    as Shanghai McCoy

  18. 1975

    Saturday Night LiveTV

    as Self - Host (1 episode)

  19. 1975

    Hard Times

    as Poe

  20. 1975

    One of Our Own

    as LeRoy Atkins

  21. 1975

    Mitzi & 100 Guys

    as Self

  22. 1975

    BarettaTV

  23. 1974

    The Rockford FilesTV

    as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers (2 episodes)

  24. 1974

    Movin' OnTV

  25. 1974

    Paper MoonTV
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