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Home/People/Strother Martin
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Born
Mar 26, 1919Died: Aug 1, 1980
Lived 61 years
Place of Birth
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

73
Movies
98
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Strother Martin

Acting

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."
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self (archive footage)
2004
Hotwire poster

Hotwire

as The Weasel
1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla poster

The Secret of Nikola Tesla

as George Westinghouse
1980
Better Late Than Never poster

Better Late Than Never

as J.D. Ashcroft
1979
The Villain poster

The Villain

as Parody Jones
1979
The Champ poster

The Champ

as Riley
1979
Nightwing poster

Nightwing

as Selwyn
1979
Love and Bullets poster

Love and Bullets

as Louis Monk
1979
Stubby Pringle's Christmas poster

Stubby Pringle's Christmas

as Old Hollander
1978
Steel Cowboy poster

Steel Cowboy

as Pinky Pincus
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy poster

Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy

as Turtle Ranch Boss
1978
Up in Smoke poster

Up in Smoke

as Mr. Stoner
1978
The End poster

The End

as Dr. Waldo Kling
1978
Slap Shot poster

Slap Shot

as Joe McGrath
1977
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday poster

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

as Billy
1976
Rooster Cogburn poster

Rooster Cogburn

as Shanghai McCoy
1975
Hard Times poster

Hard Times

as Poe
1975
One of Our Own poster

One of Our Own

as LeRoy Atkins
1975
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Mitzi & 100 Guys

as Self
1975
Sssssss poster

Sssssss

as Dr. Carl Stoner
1973