Strother Douglas Martin Jr. (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American character actor who often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman and in Western films directed by John Ford and Sam Peckinpah. Among Martin's memorable performances is his portrayal of the warden or "captain" of a state prison camp in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, in which he utters the line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate."[1] The line is number 11 on the American Film Institute list of 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes.
^"Strother Martin". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007.
Strother Douglas Martin Jr. (March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980) was an American character actor who often appeared in support of John Wayne and Paul Newman...
Vampire Human Snake in Japan) is a 1973 American horror film starring StrotherMartin, Dirk Benedict and Heather Menzies. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski...
review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and the prison warden's (StrotherMartin) line in the film beginning with "What we've got here is failure to...
Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Woody Strode, StrotherMartin and Lee Van Cleef. In 2007, the film was selected for preservation...
Peckinpah Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills, StrotherMartin, "Big" John Hamilton United States traditional Western Dynamite Jack...
Price Ernest Borgnine as Emmett Clemens Jack Elam as Frank Clemens StrotherMartin as Rufus Clemens Christopher Lee as Bailey Diana Dors as madame Brian...
Gloria Grahame, Ron Thompson, StrotherMartin, Jane Alexander, Lewis J. Stadlen, Richard X. Slattery, and Pepper Martin were among the cast with Edwin...
completing their job. Paul Newman as Jim Kane Lee Marvin as Leonard StrotherMartin as Bill Garrett Wayne Rogers as Stretch Russell Hector Elizondo as...
as Yellowleg Steve Cochran as Billy Keplinger Chill Wills as Turk StrotherMartin as Parson Will Wright as Doctor Acton Jim O'Hara as Cal, General Store...
Montgomery Pittman, with a cast that included Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, StrotherMartin, James Best, and Stafford Repp. During the final two years of Willard’s...
evoke the period and to help pop the card colors when they appeared. StrotherMartin, who appears early in the film, but is never seen again, said he was...
Cassidy Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid Katharine Ross as Etta Place StrotherMartin as Percy Garris Henry Jones as Bike Salesman Jeff Corey as Sheriff...
Harmon Jones Frederick Louis Fox TBA Stars Dewey Martin, Gloria Talbott, James Seay and StrotherMartin. 290 20 "The Last Stagecoach Robbery" Harmon Jones...
Percy Strother (1946–2005), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Raymond Strother, American political consultant StrotherMartin (1919–1980)...
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Hogue Stella Stevens as Hildy David Warner as Rev. Joshua Duncan Sloan StrotherMartin as Bowen Slim Pickens as Ben Fairchild L. Q. Jones as Taggart Peter...
Angel Ben Johnson as Tector Gorch Emilio Fernández as General Mapache StrotherMartin as Coffer L.Q. Jones as T.C. Albert Dekker as Pat Harrigan Bo Hopkins...
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