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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The Twilight Zone
I Love Lucy
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Cool Hand Luke
Perry Mason
The Rockford Files
The Wild Bunch
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Gilligan's Island
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Bonanza
The Asphalt Jungle
An Eye for an Eye
True Grit
The Fugitive
Have Gun, Will Travel
Lost in Space
Rawhide
The Sons of Katie Elder
A Star Is Born
The Champ
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Shenandoah
Daniel Boone
The Horse Soldiers
The Damned Don't Cry
Saturday Night Live
The Rookies
Slap Shot
Hard Times
Attack
Four Star Playhouse
Crossroads
Stoney Burke
Up in Smoke
Fools' Parade
Nevada Smith
Harper
Gunsmoke
Marcus Welby, M.D.
McLintock!
Rooster Cogburn
The Virginian
Cowboy
Dragnet
Telephone Time
Movin' On
The Red Badge of Courage
The Secret of Nikola Tesla