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."
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."
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Cast Credits
Hotwire
as The Weasel
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
The Villain
as Parody Jones
The Champ
as Riley
Nightwing
as Selwyn
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
as Old Hollander
Steel Cowboy
as Pinky Pincus
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy
Hard Times
as Poe
One of Our Own
as LeRoy Atkins
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
The Flim Flam Man
as Lovick
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
Fools' Parade
as Lee Cottrill
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
Red Sky at Morning
as John Cloyd
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
The Mountains of the Moon
as O'Keefe
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain