Person
Strother Martin
Born 26 March 1919 Died 1 August 1980, aged 61 Kokomo, Indiana, USA TMDB ↗
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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The numbers
33age in their first credit on record (1952)
26years on screen and counting
2credits in 1969, their busiest year
15dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 59 Up in Smoke
1978as Mr. Stoner
Age: 57 Slap Shot
1977as Joe McGrath
Age: 50 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969as Percy Garris
Age: 50 The Wild Bunch
1969as Coffer
Age: 48 Cool Hand Luke
1967as Captain
Age: 48 The Flim-Flam Man
1967as Lovick
Age: 45 Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964as Fiddler
Age: 42 The Deadly Companions
1961as Parson
Age: 33 Storm Over Tibet
1952as Co-pilot
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