Strother Douglas Martin Jr. 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. Martin perhaps is best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, in which he uttered the line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate." The line is number 11 on the American Film Institute list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes.
Strother Martin
Active - 1950 - 2004 |
Birth - Mar 26, 1919 |
Death - Aug 1, 1980 |
Genres - Drama, Western, Action-Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Subgenres - Western Film, Comedy Drama, Film Noir, Buddy Film, Neo-Noir
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Strather Martin, Strother Douglas Martin Jr.-
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Western Film, Comedy Drama, Film Noir, Buddy Film, Neo-Noir, Boxing Film, Detective Film, Heist Film, Musical, Sports Comedy, Vigilante Film, Baseball, Biographical Film, Black Comedy Film, Chase, Epic Film, Historical Film, Monster Film, Post-Apocalyptic Film, Prison Film, Rape And Revenge Film, Road Movie, Romantic Comedy, Supernatural Horror Film, Sword-And-Sandal Film, Time-Travel Film