Strother Martin

Explore Strother Martin's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

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."

Filmography

• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
• Hotwire (1980)
• The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980)
• Better Late Than Never (1979)
• The Villain (1979)
• The Champ (1979)
• Nightwing (1979)
• Love and Bullets (1979)
• Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978)
• Steel Cowboy (1978)
• Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• The End (1978)
• Slap Shot (1977)
• The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
• Rooster Cogburn (1975)
• Hard Times (1975)
• One of Our Own (1975)
• Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975)
• Sssssss (1973)
• The Boy and the Bronc Buster (1973)
• Pocket Money (1972)
• The Flim Flam Man (1972)
• Hannie Caulder (1971)
• Fools' Parade (1971)
• The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
• Red Sky at Morning (1971)
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• True Grit (1969)
• The Mountains of the Moon (1967)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
• Nevada Smith (1966)
• An Eye for an Eye (1966)
• Harper (1966)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
• Shenandoah (1965)
• Brainstorm (1965)
• Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
• McLintock! (1963)
• Showdown (1963)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
• The Deadly Companions (1961)
• Sanctuary (1961)
• The Horse Soldiers (1959)
• The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
• The Shaggy Dog (1959)
• Bitter Heritage (1958)
• Cowboy (1958)
• Black Patch (1957)
• Copper Sky (1957)
• The Black Whip (1956)
• Attack (1956)
• Johnny Concho (1956)
• World Without End (1956)
• Target Zero (1955)
• The Big Knife (1955)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• Strategic Air Command (1955)
• The Silver Chalice (1954)
• Drum Beat (1954)
• A Star Is Born (1954)
• World for Ransom (1954)
• South Sea Woman (1953)
• The Magnetic Monster (1953)
• Androcles and the Lion (1952)
• Storm Over Tibet (1952)
• The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
• Rhubarb (1951)
• The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950)