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1 | Was separated from first wife Muriel at the time of her death; they had one daughter together. He later adopted his second wife's son and daughter. |
2 | He is interred in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. |
3 | Best remembered by the public for his co-starring role as "Artemus Gordon" in The Wild Wild West (1965). |
4 | At the time of his death in 1981, Martin and Robert Conrad were in the planning stages of another "Wild, Wild West" TV series. |
5 | With a penchant for playing villains, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his terrifying role in Experiment in Terror (1962). As a promotion and publicity stunt for the film, Columbia chose to withheld the identity of Martin from the press until the film opened. It helped bring interest to the film, but in the long run, hurt the unknown Martin. |
6 | One half of a vaudeville comedy duo from 1937-1941 called "Ross & West." His partner was Bernard West. |
7 | His natural ability for dialects led him to radio while in his 20s, performing on three daytime radio serials at once, including the part of a 62-year-old Viennese gent. At one time, the prolific actor was a regular in eight separate major series on all the different networks. He ended up with his own radio program, "The Ross Martin Show.". |
8 | An accomplished musician, he was a violin virtuoso at age 8, playing solo with the junior symphony orchestra. |
9 | A singer on Broadway, he played Nathan Detroit in a Broadway touring company of "Guys and Dolls" in the 1950s. |
10 | Had two daughters: Phyllis, Rebecca; one son, George. |
11 | His wife Olavee Grinrod, died February 3, 2002. |
12 | In Columbo: Suitable for Framing (1971), many a viewer notes the marvelous interplay between Martin and Peter Falk. This is to be expected; Martin was Falk's acting instructor in years past. The two also worked together in The Great Race (1965). |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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I Married Wyatt Earp | 1983 | TV Movie | Jacob Spiegler |
Mork & Mindy | 1981 | TV Series | Godfrey |
Fantasy Island | 1979-1980 | TV Series | Ace Scanlon / Armand Fernandel |
More Wild Wild West | 1980 | TV Movie | Artemus Gordon |
The Love Boat | 1980 | TV Series | Tom Thorton |
Gulliver's Travels | 1979 | TV Movie | Lemuel Gulliver (voice) |
Hawaii Five-O | 1978-1979 | TV Series | Tony Alika |
Greatest Heroes of the Bible | 1979 | TV Series | Zingar |
The Return of Mod Squad | 1979 | TV Movie | Buck Prescott |
The Wild Wild West Revisited | 1979 | TV Movie | Artemus Gordon |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1961-1979 | TV Series | Mayor Stokes / Marcos Estrada / Cesario Lucero |
Donovan's Kid | 1979 | TV Movie | Mayor Stokes |
The Seekers | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Supply Pleasant |
Jana of the Jungle | 1978 | TV Series | |
Flying High | 1978 | TV Series | Roberts |
Vega$ | 1978 | TV Series | Werner Worthmeyer |
The American Girls | 1978 | TV Series | Ivar Kuzak |
The All-New Popeye Hour | 1978 | TV Series voice | |
Quark | 1978 | TV Series | Zorgon the Malevolent |
Wild and Wooly | 1978 | TV Movie | Otis Bergen |
Wonder Woman | 1978 | TV Series | Bernard Havitol |
The Robonic Stooges | 1978 | TV Series | Agent 000 (voice) |
Dinky Dog | 1978 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
Charlie's Angels | 1977 | TV Series | Dr. Perine |
The Skatebirds | 1977 | TV Series | Agent Triple-Zero (voice) |
Blansky's Beauties | 1977 | TV Series | Sheik Ben-Ali |
Baretta | 1977 | TV Series | Carmine Falco |
Yesterday's Child | 1977 | TV Movie | John Talbot |
Sanford and Son | 1976 | TV Series | Abdullah Aram |
Gemini Man | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Carl Victor |
Ellery Queen | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Otis Tremaine |
The Invisible Man | 1975 | TV Series | Ambassador Diego Devega |
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | 1974 | TV Series | Doctor |
Barnaby Jones | 1974 | TV Series | Maxwell Imry |
Skyway to Death | 1974 | TV Movie | Martin Leonard |
Freedom 2000 | 1974 | Short voice | |
Popcorn | 1974 | Short voice | |
McCloud | 1973 | TV Series | Charles Hollenbeck |
Ironside | 1973 | TV Series | Arthur Damien |
Tenafly | 1973 | TV Series | Grady Hall |
Dying Room Only | 1973 | TV Movie | Jim Cutler |
Butch Cassidy | 1973 | TV Series voice | |
The Return of Charlie Chan | 1973 | TV Movie | Charlie Chan |
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 1972 | TV Series | Harry Burke |
Night Gallery | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Bradley Meredith / Mr. Gingold (segment "Camera Obscura") |
The F.B.I. | 1972 | TV Series | George Barrows |
The Crooked Hearts | 1972 | TV Movie | Sergeant Daniel Shine |
ABC Afterschool Specials | 1972 | TV Series | Stan |
Sealab 2020 | 1972 | TV Series | Dr. Paul Williams (voice) |
Columbo | 1971 | TV Series | Dale Kingston |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1971 | TV Series | Dr. Emery Lewis |
The Sheriff | 1971 | TV Movie | Larry Walters |
Love, American Style | 1971 | TV Series | Larry Wilson (segment "Love and the Nutsy Girl") |
Swing Out, Sweet Land | 1970 | TV Movie | Alexander Hamilton |
The Immortal | 1970 | TV Series | Eddie Yeoman |
The Wild Wild West | 1965-1969 | TV Series | Artemus Gordon |
The Great Race | 1965 | | Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe |
The Man from Button Willow | 1965 | | Andy Svenson (voice) |
Vacation Playhouse | 1964 | TV Series | Claudie Hughes |
The Ceremony | 1963 | | Le Caq |
Make Room for Daddy | 1963 | TV Series | Copa Club Musician |
Wagon Train | 1963 | TV Series | Sam Pulaski |
Bonanza | 1963 | TV Series | Nick Biancci |
Dr. Kildare | 1961-1963 | TV Series | Oscar Clayton / Dr. Bill Mitchell |
The Twilight Zone | 1960-1963 | TV Series | Lieutenant Mason / Johnny Foster |
The Dick Powell Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | Vince Baker |
Icarus Montgolfier Wright | 1962 | Short | Icarus montgolfier wright (voice) |
Geronimo | 1962 | | Mangus |
Experiment in Terror | 1962 | | Garland Humphrey 'Red' Lynch |
87th Precinct | 1961 | TV Series | Joe Czepreghi |
The Law and Mr. Jones | 1961 | TV Series | Frank Brody |
Zorro | 1961 | TV Series | Marcos Estrada |
Michael Shayne | 1961 | TV Series | Adam Quick |
Laramie | 1960 | TV Series | Angel |
Mr. Lucky | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Andamo |
Richard Diamond, Private Detective | 1959 | TV Series | Nate Muro / Tony Gino |
One Step Beyond | 1959 | TV Series | Paul Marlin |
Sea Hunt | 1959 | TV Series | USCG Captain Stevens / Finch |
Steve Canyon | 1959 | TV Series | Aly Brahma |
Naked City | 1959 | TV Series | Carlo Ramirez |
General Electric Theater | 1959 | TV Series | Al |
Peter Gunn | 1959 | TV Series | Sal Matzi |
M Squad | 1958 | TV Series | Corvin |
U.S. Marshal | 1958 | TV Series | Ray Doniger |
The Ann Sothern Show | 1958 | TV Series | Augie |
Bat Masterson | 1958 | TV Series | Caulder Larson |
Gunsmoke | 1958 | TV Series | Danny Keppert / Dan Clell |
The Colossus of New York | 1958 | | Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser |
The Walter Winchell File | 1958 | TV Series | Bucker |
Suspicion | 1958 | TV Series | |
Underwater Warrior | 1958 | | Sgt. Joe O'Brien |
The Court of Last Resort | 1958 | TV Series | Phillip Huston |
The United States Steel Hour | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Adolfo |
Whirlybirds | 1958 | TV Series | |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1957 | TV Series | Lt. Maxwell |
Modern Romances | 1955-1957 | TV Series | |
The Alcoa Hour | 1957 | TV Series | Tony |
The Big Story | 1954-1956 | TV Series | William Fernandez |
The Adventures of Marco Polo | 1956 | TV Movie | Baron |
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1953-1955 | TV Series | |
Conquest of Space | 1955 | | Andre Fodor |
Honestly, Celeste! | 1954 | TV Series | |
Concerning Miss Marlowe | 1954 | TV Series | Bojalian |
Treasury Men in Action | 1950-1954 | TV Series | Agent |
The Web | 1954 | TV Series | |
Suspense | 1953 | TV Series | |
Johnny Jupiter | 1953 | TV Series | Professor Dexter Spiegelmacher |
Police Story | 1952 | TV Series | |
The King's Author | 1952 | TV Movie | Ben Jonson |
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
Lights Out | 1949-1951 | TV Series | |
Rocky King, Detective | 1951 | TV Series | |