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."
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Acting Credits
Acting
Movie
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
1969
Movie
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
1967
Movie
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
1969
Movie
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
1962
TV
The Twilight Zone
as Mothershed
1959
Movie
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
1969
Movie
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
1978
Movie
The Asphalt Jungle
as William Doldy (uncredited)
1950
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
TV
Bonanza
as Lonnie Stern
1959
TV
Bonanza
as Joad Bruder
1959
TV
Bonanza
as Cole Younger
1959
TV
Bonanza
as Little Meredith Smith
1959
TV
Bonanza
as Yuri
1959
Movie
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
1977
Movie
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
1955
Movie
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954
Movie
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
1965
Movie
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
1959
Movie
McLintock!
as Agard
1963
TV
Gilligan's Island
1964
TV
I Love Lucy
as Man in Coffee Shop
1951
Movie
Hard Times
as Poe
1975
Movie
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
1970