Strother Martin
Born March 26, 1919 (Age: 106)
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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."
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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Filmography
The Champ
1979
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as Riley
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Age: 60
Up in Smoke
1978
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as Mr. Stoner
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Age: 59
The End
1978
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as Dr. Waldo Kling
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Age: 59
Slap Shot
1977
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as Joe McGrath
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Age: 57
Rooster Cogburn
1975
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as Shanghai McCoy
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Age: 56
Hard Times
1975
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as Poe
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Age: 56
One of Our Own
1975
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as LeRoy Atkins
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Age: 56
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
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as Bowen
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Age: 50
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
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as Percy Garris
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Age: 50
The Wild Bunch
1969
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as Coffer
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Age: 50
True Grit
1969
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as Colonel G. Stonehill
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Age: 50
Harper
1966
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as Claude
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Age: 46
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
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as Ned Ross
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Age: 46
Shenandoah
1965
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as Train Engineer
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Age: 46
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
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as Fiddler
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Age: 45
McLintock!
1963
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as Agard
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Age: 44
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
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as Floyd
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Age: 43
The Deadly Companions
1961
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as Parson
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Age: 42
Sanctuary
1961
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as Dog Boy
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Age: 42
The Horse Soldiers
1959
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as Virgil
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Age: 40
The Wild and the Innocent
1959
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as Ben Stocker
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Age: 40
The Shaggy Dog
1959
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as Thurm
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Age: 39
Bitter Heritage
1958
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as Earle Eheeler
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Age: 39
Cowboy
1958
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as Trailhand Bitten by Rattlesnake
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Age: 38
Kiss Me Deadly
1955
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as Harvey Wallace
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Age: 36
The Silver Chalice
1954
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as Father (uncredited)
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Age: 35
A Star Is Born
1954
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as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
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Age: 35