Strother Martin

Strother Martin is known for acting, with films including Sssssss, Cool Hand Luke, True Grit. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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

• Sssssss (1973)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• True Grit (1969)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
• Harper (1966)
• The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
• McLintock! (1963)
• Up in Smoke (1978)
• The Horse Soldiers (1959)
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
• Hard Times (1975)
• Slap Shot (1977)
• Hannie Caulder (1971)
• Rooster Cogburn (1975)
• Nevada Smith (1966)
• The Champ (1979)
• A Star Is Born (1954)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• The Villain (1979)
• The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
• The Big Knife (1955)
• Cowboy (1958)
• The End (1978)
• Shenandoah (1965)
• The Deadly Companions (1961)
• Attack (1956)
• Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
• The Shaggy Dog (1959)
• The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
• World Without End (1956)