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  Strother Martin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the classic line, "What we've got here is failure to communicate", which was included by Guns N' Roses in their 1990 song "Civil War".
Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Martin excelled at swimming and diving.
Martin died of a heart attack in 1980 at the age of 61.
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 Martin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martin is also a common family name in many countries, especially English, French and Spanish (as Martín) speaking ones.
Martin was a particularly popular name in the Middle Ages due to the fame of Saint Martin of Tours.
Martin, one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway, Ireland
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 What A Character!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Strother Martin was probably best known for his role as the cruel prison-farm captain in the Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke, and his memorable line "What we have here is a failure to communicate," which has become part of movie legend.
Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Martin attended the University of Michigan, where he was a star swimmer and the National Junior Springboard Diving Champion.
Martin's early years were spent in supporting roles in films such as The Silver Chalice, Storm Over Tibet, The People Against O'Hara, Rhubarb, and The Asphalt Jungle.
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 Strother Martin - I recognize the face quiz -- free game
Strother's first film appearance was an uncredited role as a springboard diver in this 1950 move.
Strother was even a regular on a 1959 television western starring Earl Holiman.
Martin's only recognition for a lifetime of great acting roles, was a Golden Globe nomination as supporting actor in this short-lived James Stewart television series.
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 Strother Martin: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke Cool Hand Luke quick summary:
Martin died of a heart attack myocardial infarction quick summary:
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 Strother Martin - MovieActors.com
Strother Martin was born on March 26, 1919 in Kokomo, Indiana.
Strother Martin willl always be remembered as the actor with the famous line, "What we have here is failure to commu nicate," playing an ice-hearted chain-gang boss in COOL HAND LUKE.
Before acting Strother Martin worked in odd jobs and as a swimming instructor to Marion Davies and the children of Charles Chaplin.
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 Strother Martin
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Strother Martin was the National Junior Springboard Diving Champion when he came to Hollywood as a swimming coach in the late 1940s.
In 1967, Martin skyrocketed to fame as the sadistic prison-farm captain in Cool Hand Luke: his character's signature line, "What we have here is a failure t' communicate," became a national catchphrase.
A veteran of scores of television shows, Strother Martin was seen on a weekly basis as Aaron Donager in Hotel De Paree (1959) and as star Jimmy Stewart's country cousin in Hawkins (1973).
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 Review: Cool Hand Luke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For a movie that arrived on the scene in the late '60s, as a whole generation was rebelling against the establishment, this sentiment - that of a failure to communicate - exposed the social climate.
Martin's Captain represents an oppressive, authoritarian regime, while Paul Newman's Luke is the nonconformist who never gives up.
Strother Martin didn't get any kind of official recognition for his performance as the Captain, but his work has gone down in cinematic lore.
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After the success and midway demise of The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah took it easy on the next feature in which he tell the story of an old man lost in the desert, a struggle with one self and a discovery which...
Strother Martin, who played Captain, said it to Paul Newman in the 1967 movie classic "Cool Hand Luke": "What we have here is a failure to communicate." There appears to be a...
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 Strother Martin - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Strother Martin was the National Junior Springboard Diving Champion when he came to Hollywood as a...
Strother Martin was probably best known for his role as the cruel prison-farm captain...
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 Amazon.com: Sssssss: DVD: Strother Martin,Dirk Benedict,Heather Menzies,Richard B. Shull,Tim O'Connor,Jack ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Strother Martin is a herpitologist (snake guy) and Heather Menzies is his cute (in a Jane Fonda way), bespectacled daughter.
Ssssssstrother Martin is a mad scientist who believes that man is very close to extinction, so in order to survive upcoming plagues and holocausts, he wants to turn everyone into snakes.
Face falls in love with Martin's nerdy snake studying daughter, and soon introduces her to a kind of snake she's never seen before.
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 Strother Martin Current Month TV Schedule
Strother Martin, Ken Curtis, William C. Watson, James Arness.
Starring Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Margaret Blye, Michael McGuire, Robert Tessier, Bruce Glover, Frank McRae, Felice Orlandi.
Starring Strother Martin, Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies, Richard B Shull, Tim O'Connor, Jack Ging.
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 Cool Hand Luke
Once in jail Luke is introduced to the prison warden played by Strother Martin.
Luke butts heads with the warden who is played wonderfully by Strother Martin.
Strother Martin is brilliant as the prison warden.
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 Strother Martin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) (TV)....
In praise of the late great Strother Martin
Find where Strother Martin is credited alongside another name
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 Cool Hand Luke (1967)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Robert Drivas, Lou Antonio, Strother Martin, Harry Dean Stanton, Dennis Hopper, Morgan Woodward, Clifton James, and Jo Van Fleet.
They see him as a glib con-man. The top-dog, Dragline (George Kennedy), warns him and the other new prisoners to learn the rules, thus echoing the instructions of the warden (Strother Martin) and barracks guard (Clifton James).
Luke's reply, "I wish you'd stop bein' so good to me, Captain," enrages the warden who cracks him with his whip and then observes, "What we've got here is failure to communicate," thus triggering a couple of generations of bad Strother Martin impersonations.
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 DVD.net : Slap Shot - DVD Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The team manager (Strother Martin) brings in three brothers from the lower leagues of ice hockey - these are the Hanson Brothers.
Dunlop is not impressed with the manager until he is forced to give the brothers some ice time and sees for himself what they do best.
Strother Martin is at his usual best in his role as the team manager.
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 Amazon.co.uk: The Sons Of Katie Elder [1965]: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
All four characters are wandering souls prone to trouble, but after the funeral of their frontier mother, they set out to avenge her death.
Moments of broad comedy, like Tom (Dean Martin) auctioning off his glass eye, are not too distracting and often provide a contrast to more serious moments (Curley threatening Matt with gunplay).
the duke as big bro dean martin good family fun a gem of a film as good today as when it was made go on treat yourselves for once get it bought & start a collection of the duke.
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 WavSource: Movies: Cool Hand Luke
Strother Martin as the Captain: "You'll learn the rules.
I can be a good guy, or I can be one real mean sumbitch...
Strother Martin: "You're gonna get your mind right...
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 Cool Hand Luke - Movie Review and Sounds
He was also nominated for a Golden Globe in that category but it was won by Richard Attenborough for his role in Dr.
Strother Martin (1919-1980) does a superb job of playing the Captain in this movie.
Martin was in a few other movies with Newman including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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 Saturday Night Live: Strother Martin/The Specials - TV.com
Strother Martin died on August 1st, 1980, just 3 1/2 months after this episode first aired.
This is the only episode to credit Tom Schiller and Alan Zweibel as featured players.
Tell the world what you think of Strother Martin/The Specials, write a review for this episode.
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 Amazon.com: Hard Times (2000) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, and Michael McGuire costar in this spare existential Depression dirge.
Poe (Martin) is also hired on as Chaney's "cut-man" and the three are off to make some fast money.
Bronson and Coburn are magic together and Strother Martin is, as always, the consumate character actor.
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The character played by "a Strother Martin type" was
Uncle Jesse The actor was Denver Pyle (like Strother Martin, a rather
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 Buy Cool Hand Luke on DVD @ Gameplanet Store NZ
Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Lou Antonio, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers, J.D. Cannon
A cast of fine character actors, including George Kennedy in his Academy Award winning role of Dragline, gives Newman solid support as fellow prisoners.
And Strother Martin is the Captain who taunts Luke with the famous line, "What we've got here is...
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Cast: Jason Robards Jr., Stella Stevens, David Warner, L.Q. (Justus E. McQueen) Jones, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens; Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
A prospector, who had been left to die in the desert by his double-crossing partners, finds a waterhole.
Cast: Jason Robards Jr., Stella Stevens, David Warner, L.Q. (Justus E. McQueen) Jones, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens; DIRECTED BY: Sam Peckinpah; CINEMATOGRAPHY BY: Lucien Ballard; MUSIC BY: Jerry Goldsmith.
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A fanatically dedicated snake expert (Strother Martin) takes his obsession to diabolical extremes when he begins injecting his unwitting research assistant (Dirk Benedict) with a supposed immunization serum to protect him against his venomous subjects.
Only when the young guinea pig's skin begins to shed does he discover the truth--the doctor is changing him into a snake!
Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies, Jack Ging, Richard B. Shull, Strother Martin, Tim O'Connor
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 The Popkorn Junkie :: Coolhand Luke
MOVIE REVIEW FOR "COOL HAND LUKE" STARRING PAUL NEWMAN, GEORGE KENNEDY, AND STROTHER MARTIN
He attempts escape after escape, forcing the guards at the prison to inflict harsher and harsher punishments.
Strother Martin plays the Captain of the prison, sort of like the warden.
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 MSN Encarta
In Apocalypse Now (1979), what does Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall) love the smell of "in the morning"?
What does the Captain (Strother Martin) say is the problem, in the prison drama Cool Hand Luke (1967)?
What does Brody (Roy Scheider) say they need in Jaws (1975)?
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 DigiGuide : Strother Martin
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 Cool Hand Luke (1967) Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin - Three Movie Buffs Review
Cool Hand Luke (1967) Starring: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin - Three Movie Buffs Review
Horst Buchholz Horst Buchholz will always be remembered to American audiences as wannabe gunslinger Chico from The Magnificent Seven, but he appeared in 50 films spanning 50 years.
Strother Martin, as the sadistic chief warden of a Southern chaingang, memorably delivers it when Newman's 'Cool Hand' Luke gets captured after an escape attempt.
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