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Strother Martin
Born: 1919-03-26 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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."
Rated Filmography (70)
Sorted by Score10.0
The Black Whip
1956
10.0
One of Our Own
1975
9.0
Steel Cowboy
1978
9.0
Better Late Than Never
1979
8.0
Bitter Heritage
1958
8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
7.8
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
7.8
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
1978
7.7
Cool Hand Luke
1967
7.6
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
7.6
The Wild Bunch
1969
7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
7.4
An Eye for an Eye
1966
7.3
True Grit
1969
7.2
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
7.1
A Star Is Born
1954
7.1
Red Sky at Morning
1971
7.0
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
7.0
The Champ
1979
7.0
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
7.0
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
7.0
The Flim-Flam Man
1967
7.0
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
1978
7.0
Storm Over Tibet
1952
6.9
The Horse Soldiers
1959
6.9
Shenandoah
1965
6.8
Hard Times
1975
6.8
Attack
1956
6.8
Slap Shot
1977
6.7
Nevada Smith
1966
6.7
Copper Sky
1957
6.7
Harper
1966
6.6
Fools' Parade
1971
6.6
Up in Smoke
1978
6.6
McLintock!
1963
6.5
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
6.5
Cowboy
1958
6.4
Rooster Cogburn
1975
6.3
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
6.3
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
6.3
The Shaggy Dog
1959
6.2
Hannie Caulder
1971
6.1
Target Zero
1955
6.1
Brainstorm
1965
6.1
Showdown
1963
6.1
Drum Beat
1954
6.1
Strategic Air Command
1955
6.0
Hotwire
1980
6.0
The Big Knife
1955
5.9
Androcles and the Lion
1952
5.9
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
5.9
Black Patch
1957
5.8
Rhubarb
1951
5.8
The Brotherhood of Satan
1971
5.8
Love and Bullets
1979
5.7
The Villain
1979
5.7
World Without End
1956
5.6
The End
1978
5.6
Pocket Money
1972
5.6
The Deadly Companions
1961
5.6
The Magnetic Monster
1953
5.4
Sanctuary
1961
5.3
World for Ransom
1954
5.1
Sssssss
1973
5.1
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
1976
5.0
South Sea Woman
1953
4.9
Nightwing
1979
4.5
Johnny Concho
1956
4.4
The Silver Chalice
1954
2.0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975