
Strother Martin
Acting
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."

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

Hotwire
The Weasel

The Secret of Nikola Tesla
George Westinghouse

Better Late Than Never
J.D. Ashcroft

The Villain
Parody Jones

The Champ
Riley

Nightwing
Selwyn

Love and Bullets
Louis Monk

Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Old Hollander

Steel Cowboy
Pinky Pincus

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Turtle Ranch Boss

Up in Smoke
Mr. Stoner

The End
Dr. Waldo Kling

Slap Shot
Joe McGrath

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Billy

Rooster Cogburn
Shanghai McCoy

Hard Times
Poe

One of Our Own
LeRoy Atkins

Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self

Sssssss
Dr. Carl Stoner

The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Buckshot

Pocket Money
Bill Garrett

The Flim Flam Man
Lovick

Hannie Caulder
Rufus Clemens

Fools' Parade
Lee Cottrill

The Brotherhood of Satan
Doc Duncan

Red Sky at Morning
John Cloyd

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bowen

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Percy Garris

The Wild Bunch
Coffer

True Grit
Colonel G. Stonehill

The Mountains of the Moon
O'Keefe

Cool Hand Luke
Captain

The Flim-Flam Man
Lovick

Nevada Smith
Strother (uncredited)

An Eye for an Eye
Trumbull

Harper
Claude

The Sons of Katie Elder
Ned Ross

Shenandoah
Train Engineer

Brainstorm
Mr. Clyde

Invitation to a Gunfighter
Fiddler

McLintock!
Agard

Showdown
Charlie Reeder

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Floyd

The Deadly Companions
Parson

Sanctuary
Dog Boy

The Horse Soldiers
Virgil

The Wild and the Innocent
Ben Stocker

The Shaggy Dog
Thurm

Bitter Heritage
Earle Eheeler

Cowboy
Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake

Black Patch
Petey

Copper Sky
Pokey

The Black Whip
Thorny

Attack
Ingersol

Johnny Concho
Townsman (uncredited)

World Without End
Nihka (uncredited)

Target Zero
Pvt. Dan O'Hirons

The Big Knife
Stillman

Kiss Me Deadly
Harvey Wallace

Strategic Air Command
Airman

The Silver Chalice
Father (uncredited)

Drum Beat
Scotty

A Star Is Born
Delivery Boy (uncredited)

World for Ransom

South Sea Woman
Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)

The Magnetic Monster
Co-Pilot

Androcles and the Lion
Soldier (uncredited)

Storm Over Tibet
Co-pilot

The Red Badge of Courage
Corporal (voice) (uncredited)

Rhubarb
Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)

The Damned Don't Cry
Springboard Diver (uncredited)

The Asphalt Jungle
William Doldy (uncredited)







