
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."

Sssssss
1973 · as Dr. Carl Stoner

True Grit
1969 · as Colonel G. Stonehill

Cool Hand Luke
1967 · as Captain

Hard Times
1975 · as Poe

The Wild Bunch
1969 · as Coffer

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · as Percy Garris

Slap Shot
1977 · as Joe McGrath

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 · as Floyd

Harper
1966 · as Claude

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · as Ned Ross

McLintock!
1963 · as Agard

Up in Smoke
1978 · as Mr. Stoner

A Star Is Born
1954 · as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Hannie Caulder
1971 · as Rufus Clemens

The Horse Soldiers
1959 · as Virgil

Rooster Cogburn
1975 · as Shanghai McCoy

The Villain
1979 · as Parody Jones

The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · as William Doldy (uncredited)