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Strother Martin
Acting
Born: March 26, 1919
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Kiss Me Deadly
as Harvey Wallace
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
McLintock!
as Agard
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Ned Ross
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
