Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
March 26, 1919
Died
August 1, 1980
Age
61
Place of Birth
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Popularity
2.1
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."
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Known For
7.6
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV
7.7
Perry Mason
1957 · TV
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV
6.3
Lassie
1954 · TV
7.5
Bonanza
1959 · TV
6.5
Dragnet
1951 · TV
7.3
The Fugitive
1963 · TV
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · TV
6.2
Love, American Style
1969 · TV
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV
Filmography
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
1980
Hotwire
Movie · The Weasel
6.0
1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
Movie · George Westinghouse
6.3
1979
Better Late Than Never
Movie · J.D. Ashcroft
9.0
1979
The Villain
Movie · Parody Jones
5.7
1979
The Champ
Movie · Riley
7.0
1979
Nightwing
Movie · Selwyn
4.9
1979
Love and Bullets
Movie · Louis Monk
5.8
1978
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Movie · Old Hollander
7.0
1978
Steel Cowboy
Movie · Pinky Pincus
9.0
1978
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Movie · Turtle Ranch Boss
7.8
1978
Vega$
TV
6.9
1978
Up in Smoke
Movie · Mr. Stoner
6.6
1978
The End
Movie · Dr. Waldo Kling
5.6
1977
Slap Shot
Movie · Joe McGrath
6.8
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Movie · Billy
5.1
1975
Rooster Cogburn
Movie · Shanghai McCoy
6.4
1975
Saturday Night Live
TV · Self - Host
6.9
1975
Hard Times
Movie · Poe
6.8
1975
One of Our Own
Movie · LeRoy Atkins
10.0
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Movie · Self
2.0
1975
Baretta
TV
6.5
1974
The Rockford Files
TV · Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
7.6
1974
Movin' On
TV
6.3