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."

Actor

1950

[ ] The Asphalt Jungle (William Doldy (uncredited))
[ ] The Damned Don't Cry (Springboard Diver (uncredited))

1951

[ ] The Red Badge of Courage (Corporal (voice) (uncredited))
[ ] Rhubarb (Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited))

1952

[ ] Androcles and the Lion (Soldier (uncredited))
[ ] Storm Over Tibet (Co-pilot)

1953

[ ] South Sea Woman (Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited))
[ ] The Magnetic Monster (Co-Pilot)

1954

[ ] The Silver Chalice (Father (uncredited))
[ ] A Star Is Born (Delivery Boy (uncredited))
[ ] Drum Beat (Scotty)
[ ] World for Ransom (????)

1955

[ ] Kiss Me Deadly (Harvey Wallace)
[ ] Target Zero (Pvt. Dan O'Hirons)
[ 7/10 ] The Big Knife (Stillman)
[ ] Strategic Air Command (Airman)

1956

[ ] Attack (Ingersol)
[ ] World Without End (Nihka (uncredited))
[ ] The Black Whip (Thorny)
[ ] Johnny Concho (Townsman (uncredited))

1957

[ ] Copper Sky (Pokey)
[ ] Black Patch (Petey)

1958

[ ] Cowboy (Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake)
[ ] Bitter Heritage (Earle Eheeler)

1963

[ ] McLintock! (Agard)
[ ] Showdown (Charlie Reeder)

1964

[ ] Invitation to a Gunfighter (Fiddler)

1965

[ ] Brainstorm (Mr. Clyde)
[ ] The Sons of Katie Elder (Ned Ross)
[ ] Shenandoah (Train Engineer)

1966

[ ] Nevada Smith (Strother (uncredited))
[ ] An Eye for an Eye (Trumbull)
[ ] Harper (Claude)

1967

[ 8/10 ] Cool Hand Luke (Captain)
[ ] The Mountains of the Moon (O'Keefe)
[ ] The Flim-Flam Man (Lovick)

1969

[ 7/10 ] The Wild Bunch (Coffer)
[ ] Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Percy Garris)
[ ] True Grit (Colonel G. Stonehill)

1970

[ ] The Ballad of Cable Hogue (Bowen)

1971

[ ] Hannie Caulder (Rufus Clemens)
[ ] The Brotherhood of Satan (Doc Duncan)
[ ] Fools' Parade (Lee Cottrill)
[ ] Red Sky at Morning (John Cloyd)

1972

[ ] Pocket Money (Bill Garrett)

1973

[ ] The Boy and the Bronc Buster (Buckshot)
[ ] Sssssss (Dr. Carl Stoner)

1975

[ ] Mitzi & 100 Guys (Self)
[ 7/10 ] Hard Times (Poe)
[ ] Rooster Cogburn (Shanghai McCoy)
[ ] One of Our Own (LeRoy Atkins)

1976

[ ] The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (Billy)

1977

[ ] Slap Shot (Joe McGrath)

1978

[ ] Up in Smoke (Mr. Stoner)
[ ] The End (Dr. Waldo Kling)
[ ] Steel Cowboy (Pinky Pincus)
[ ] Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (Turtle Ranch Boss)
[ ] Stubby Pringle's Christmas (Old Hollander)

1979

[ ] Love and Bullets (Louis Monk)
[ ] Nightwing (Selwyn)
[ ] The Villain (Parody Jones)
[ 7/10 ] The Champ (Riley)
[ ] Better Late Than Never (J.D. Ashcroft)

1980

[ ] The Secret of Nikola Tesla (George Westinghouse)
[ ] Hotwire (The Weasel)

2004

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