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."
Movie Appearances
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
1967
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
1969
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
Nevada Smith
as Strother (uncredited)
1966
Hard Times
as Poe
1975
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
1962
Slap Shot
as Joe McGrath
1977
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
1978
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Bowen
1970
Hannie Caulder
as Rufus Clemens
1971
Attack
as Ingersol
1956
Brainstorm
as Mr. Clyde
1965
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
1978
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Doc Duncan
1971
McLintock!
as Agard
1963
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
1979
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Buckshot
1973
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
1965
Pocket Money
as Bill Garrett
1972
TV Appearances
Movin' On
1974
The Rookies
1972
Gilligan's Island
1964
Hawkins
as R.J. Hawkins
1973
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Terry Riggs
1969
Baretta
1975
I Love Lucy
as Man in Coffee Shop
1951
Lost in Space
as Nerim
1965
Dragnet
1951
Gunsmoke
as Mr. Stooler
1955
Perry Mason
as Pete Gibson
1957
General Electric Theater
as Gunnery Officer Daly
1953