Strother Martin
Born
3/26/1919
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Strother Martin
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."
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."
Known For70 Movies
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
★7.6
Cool Hand Luke
1967
★7.7
True Grit
1969
★7.3
The Wild Bunch
1969
★7.6
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
★7.8
Sssssss
1973
★5.1
McLintock!
1963
★6.6
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
★7.5
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
★7.0
Up in Smoke
1978
★6.6
The Horse Soldiers
1959
★6.9
Slap Shot
1977
★6.8
Hard Times
1975
★6.8
Hannie Caulder
1971
★6.2
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
★7.0
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
★7.2
Rooster Cogburn
1975
★6.4
Harper
1966
★6.7
A Star Is Born
1954
★7.1
Nevada Smith
1966
★6.7
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975
★2.0
The Villain
1979
★5.7
The Champ
1979
★7.0
Shenandoah
1965
★6.9
Pocket Money
1972
★5.6
Fools' Parade
1971
★6.6
The Shaggy Dog
1959
★6.3
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
★6.5
The End
1978
★5.6
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
★5.9
Drum Beat
1954
★6.1
Strategic Air Command
1955
★6.1
Cowboy
1958
★6.5
The Silver Chalice
1954
★4.4
The Big Knife
1955
★6.0
Attack
1956
★6.8
Love and Bullets
1979
★5.8
Androcles and the Lion
1952
★5.9
The Deadly Companions
1961
★5.6
Nightwing
1979
★4.9
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
★7.0
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
★7.0
Red Sky at Morning
1971
★7.1
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
★5.1
The Magnetic Monster
1953
★5.6
World for Ransom
1954
★5.3
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
★6.3
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
★6.3
South Sea Woman
1953
★5.0
World Without End
1956
★5.7
Brainstorm
1965
★6.1
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
★8.0
Hotwire
1980
★6.0
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
★5.8
Steel Cowboy
1978
★9.0
Black Patch
1957
★5.9
Rhubarb
1951
★5.8
Showdown
1963
★6.1
Better Late Than Never
1979
★9.0
An Eye for an Eye
1966
★7.4
One of Our Own
1975
★10.0
Sanctuary
1961
★5.4
The Black Whip
1956
★10.0
Johnny Concho
1956
★4.5
Target Zero
1955
★6.1
Bitter Heritage
1958
★8.0
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
★7.8
Copper Sky
1957
★6.7
Storm Over Tibet
1952
★7.0
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
★7.0