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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
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Floyd
Sssssss
as Dr. Carl Stoner
True Grit
as Colonel G. Stonehill
Cool Hand Luke
as Captain
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Percy Garris
McLintock!
as Agard
The Wild Bunch
as Coffer
The Horse Soldiers
as Virgil
Up in Smoke
as Mr. Stoner
A Star Is Born
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
