
Strother Martin
Acting
🎂 1919-03-26
Strother Martin 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."
Cast credits(169)

Pete Gibson
1957

Joe Mead
1957

Gerald Sommers
1957

Roy Hutchinson
1957

Lonnie Stern
1959

Joad Bruder
1959

Cole Younger
1959

Little Meredith Smith
1959

Yuri
1959

Self
1962

1954

Self - Host
1975

Thomas Tyler 'T.T.' Flowers
1974

1957

Carew
1957

Fred Coombs
1957

Deputy Shirky Saulter
1963

Finley
1962

Luther Watson
1962

1951

Mothershed
1959

Dan'l Hawks
1965

Fludd
1965

Bates
1959

Solomon Tarbot
1964

1955

Joby
1956

1958

Man in Coffee Shop
1951

Tom Blair
1952

Mr. Stooler
1955

Cooter
1955

Ed Davey
1955

Dooley
1955

Dillard
1955

Rowley
1955

Gene Bunch
1955

Billy
1955

Timble
1955

Ben Snow
1955

Nanyface
1968

1961

Frank Geray
1961

1975

Harper Worthington Yates
1961

Charles Sloane
1958

Nerim
1965

Holly Amberton
1965

1969

1972

1966

Pete Hill
1955

Jess
1959

1978

Charlie Coogan
1967

Clate Dobie
1974

Pit Thatcher
1959

Polk Blackston
1958

Dr. Carl Stoner
1973

1956

Benny French
1957

Terry Riggs
1969

1956

Pete Dutton
1954

1967
1955

Benny Kohler
1961

1964

1960

Landry Kersh
1955

Tyrone Lovey
1968

Wilkins
1952

Willard Knox
1968

Lee Cottrill
1971

1963

Colonel G. Stonehill
1969
Renton
1956

1962

Floyd
1962

Zachariah
1971

Coffer
1969

Percy Garris
1969

Meeker
1965

Captain
1967

Taxi Driver
1963

R.J. Hawkins
1973

1957

1974

Agard
1963
Waiter
1953
Senator James Wadsworth
1964

Poe
1975

Ned Ross
1965

Nick Davis
1954

Strother (uncredited)
1966

Virgil
1959

Mr. Stoner
1978

1952

Buckshot
1954

The Rev. Mr. Anderson
1967

Joe McGrath
1977

Pinky Pincus
1978

Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1954

Parody Jones
1979

Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
1958

Charlie Reeder
1963

William Doldy (uncredited)
1950

Riley
1979

Shanghai McCoy
1975

1974

Scotty
1954

Father (uncredited)
1954

Earle Eheeler
1958

Claude
1966

Dog Boy
1961

LeRoy Atkins
1975

Old Hollander
1951
1952

O'Keefe
1967

Rufus Clemens
1971

Paul Rooney
1967

Corporal (voice) (uncredited)
1951

Mr. Clyde
1965

Townsman (uncredited)
1956

Train Engineer
1965

Harvey Wallace
1955

Thurm
1959

Gunnery Officer Daly
1953

Obie
1953

Lovick
1967

Doc Duncan
1971

Stillman
1955

Bellhop
1951

Teeples
1951

Dr. Waldo Kling
1978

Old Hollander
1978

Airman
1955

Ben Stocker
1959

Bowen
1970

Nihka (uncredited)
1956

Pvt. Dan O'Hirons
1955

Louis Monk
1979

Petey
1957
Pete Henke
1958

Springboard Diver (uncredited)
1950

Billy
1976

Ingersol
1956

Self (archive footage)
2004

Fiddler
1964

Buckshot
1973

1954
1959

Bill Garrett
1972

Marine in Audience at Court-martial (uncredited)
1953

Michael 'Shorty' McGirk (uncredited)
1951

Self
1975

Selwyn
1979

Parson
1961

J.D. Ashcroft
1979

Soldier (uncredited)
1952

George Westinghouse
1980

Thorny
1956

Co-Pilot
1953

John Cloyd
1971

Trumbull
1966

Pokey
1957

Turtle Ranch Boss
1978

Co-pilot
1952

The Weasel
1980