
Actor
Strother Martin
Born 1919 · Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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."
Acting

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Percy Garris · 1969

The Twilight Zone
Mothershed · 1959

Cool Hand Luke
Captain · 1967

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Floyd · 1962

The Wild Bunch
Coffer · 1969

True Grit
Colonel G. Stonehill · 1969

The Asphalt Jungle
William Doldy (uncredited) · 1950

Bonanza
Lonnie Stern · 1959

I Love Lucy
Man in Coffee Shop · 1951

Kiss Me Deadly
Harvey Wallace · 1955

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1975

Up in Smoke
Mr. Stoner · 1978

A Star Is Born
Delivery Boy (uncredited) · 1954

Slap Shot
Joe McGrath · 1977

The Sons of Katie Elder
Ned Ross · 1965

The Horse Soldiers
Virgil · 1959

Perry Mason
Pete Gibson · 1957

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Bowen · 1970

The Champ
Riley · 1979

The Rockford Files
Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers · 1974

Hard Times
Poe · 1975

McLintock!
Agard · 1963

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Harper Worthington Yates · 1961

Shenandoah
Train Engineer · 1965