Personal Info
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."
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
as George Westinghouse
Hotwire
as The Weasel
The Champ
as Riley
The Villain
as Parody Jones
Love and Bullets
as Louis Monk
Nightwing
as Selwyn
Better Late Than Never
as J.D. Ashcroft
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
The End
as Dr. Waldo Kling
TV Shows
Vega$
1 ep.
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host · 1 ep.
Baretta
3 ep.
The Rockford Files
as Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers · 2 ep.
Petrocelli
as Clate Dobie · 1 ep.
Movin' On
1 ep.
Paper Moon
1 ep.
Hawkins
as R.J. Hawkins · 5 ep.
The Rookies
1 ep.
Nichols
as Zachariah · 1 ep.
