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."
Filmography
One of Our Own
1975 · 10.0
The Black Whip
1956 · 10.0
Better Late Than Never
1979 · 9.0
Steel Cowboy
1978 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
The Twilight Zone
1959 · 8.5
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · 8.5
The Lone Wolf
1954 · 8.0
Panic!
1957 · 8.0
Chevron Theatre
1952 · 8.0
Bitter Heritage
1958 · 8.0
I Love Lucy
1951 · 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · 7.9
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · 7.8
Hawkins
1973 · 7.8
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978 · 7.8
Perry Mason
1957 · 7.7
The New Breed
1961 · 7.7
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · 7.7
The Rockford Files
1974 · 7.6
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · 7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · 7.6
The Wild Bunch
1969 · 7.6
Bonanza
1959 · 7.5
Studio 57
1954 · 7.5
Profiles in Courage
1964 · 7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · 7.5
Gilligan's Island
1964 · 7.4
An Eye for an Eye
1966 · 7.4
The Fugitive
1963 · 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · 7.3
Rawhide
1959 · 7.3
True Grit
1969 · 7.3
Lost in Space
1965 · 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 7.2
It Takes a Thief
1968 · 7.2
Petrocelli
1974 · 7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
1955 · 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 7.2
Run for Your Life
1965 · 7.1
A Star Is Born
1954 · 7.1
Red Sky at Morning
1971 · 7.1
Daniel Boone
1964 · 7.0
Vega$
1978 · 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968 · 7.0
The Lieutenant
1963 · 7.0
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · 7.0
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · 7.0
The Champ
1979 · 7.0
Shenandoah
1965 · 7.0
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · 7.0
The Flim-Flam Man
1967 · 7.0
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978 · 7.0
Storm Over Tibet
1952 · 7.0
The Rookies
1972 · 6.9
Trackdown
1957 · 6.9
Tarzan
1966 · 6.9
The Horse Soldiers
1959 · 6.9
Hard Times
1975 · 6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · 6.8
The Invaders
1967 · 6.8
Stoney Burke
1962 · 6.8
Crossroads
1955 · 6.8
Paper Moon
1974 · 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8
Attack
1956 · 6.8
Slap Shot
1977 · 6.8
Gunsmoke
1955 · 6.7
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 · 6.7
Harper
1966 · 6.7
Nevada Smith
1966 · 6.7
Copper Sky
1957 · 6.7
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · 6.6
McLintock!
1963 · 6.6
Fools' Parade
1971 · 6.6
Up in Smoke
1978 · 6.6
The Virginian
1962 · 6.5
Dragnet
1951 · 6.5
Baretta
1975 · 6.5
Telephone Time
1956 · 6.5
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · 6.5
Broken Arrow
1956 · 6.5
The Dakotas
1963 · 6.5
Hotel de Paree
1959 · 6.5
Cowboy
1958 · 6.5
Rooster Cogburn
1975 · 6.4
The Wild and the Innocent
1959 · 6.4
The Red Badge of Courage
1951 · 6.4
Lassie
1954 · 6.3
Nichols
1971 · 6.3
The Shaggy Dog
1959 · 6.3
Love, American Style
1969 · 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 6.2
The Big Valley
1965 · 6.2
The Doris Day Show
1968 · 6.2
Black Saddle
1959 · 6.2
Pete and Gladys
1960 · 6.2
Movin' On
1974 · 6.2
Hannie Caulder
1971 · 6.2
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980 · 6.2
Strategic Air Command
1955 · 6.1
Drum Beat
1954 · 6.1
Brainstorm
1965 · 6.1
Showdown
1963 · 6.1
Target Zero
1955 · 6.1
Lawman
1958 · 6.0
The Texan
1958 · 6.0
Hotwire
1980 · 6.0
The Big Knife
1955 · 6.0
Ben Casey
1961 · 5.9
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964 · 5.9
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · 5.9
Black Patch
1957 · 5.9
The Millionaire
1955 · 5.8
The Legend of Jesse James
1965 · 5.8
The Villain
1979 · 5.8
Love and Bullets
1979 · 5.8
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971 · 5.8
Rhubarb
1951 · 5.8
World Without End
1956 · 5.7
Pocket Money
1972 · 5.6
The Magnetic Monster
1953 · 5.6
The Deadly Companions
1961 · 5.6
The End
1978 · 5.6
Sanctuary
1961 · 5.4
Matinee Theater
1955 · 5.3
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · 5.3
Dangerous Assignment
1952 · 5.3
Jefferson Drum
1958 · 5.3
Navy Log
1955 · 5.2
He & She
1967 · 5.2
World for Ransom
1954 · 5.2
The Rebel
1959 · 5.1
Sssssss
1973 · 5.1
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976 · 5.1
South Sea Woman
1953 · 5.0
Nightwing
1979 · 4.9
Cavalcade of America
1952 · 4.6
Johnny Concho
1956 · 4.5
The Silver Chalice
1954 · 4.4
The Flim Flam Man
1972 · 0.0
The Mountains of the Moon
1967 · 0.0
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973 · 0.0