Strother Martin
Actor
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."
Filmography
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain 1967
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer 1969
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd 1962
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill 1969
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner 1978
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited) 1950
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath 1977
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace 1955
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited) 1954
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross 1965
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil 1959
McLintock!
as Agard 1963
Hard Times
as Poe 1975
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen 1970
Rooster Cogburn
as Shanghai McCoy 1975
The Champ
as Riley 1979