- Born
- DiedJanuary 27, 2016 (undisclosed)
- Birth nameWilliam Edward Martin
- Height6′ 5½″ (1.97 m)
- Bill Martin wrote and appeared in The Hoyt Axton Country Western Boogie Woogie Gospel Rock and Roll Show 1975. He wrote Harry and the Hendersons,1987 (screen credit William E. Martin) with writing partner Ezra D. Rappaport and director William Dear. The Bigfoot character was modeled after Bill Martin's expressive face. Bill Martin also wrote much of Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts, and performed in several of the sketches. Nesmith produced An Evening With Sir William Martin, in which Martin parodied Orson Welles. Martin had a cameo role in Hey, Hey It's the Monkees, a 1997 television movie that reunited the band. Bill Martin also played keyboards for Linda Ronstadt and other bands, and penned songs recorded by the Monkees, Harry Nilsson and Dan Fogelberg.
Bill Martin died January 27, 2016
- IMDb mini biography by: Jayne McKay
- Straight-faced comedian and parodist
- Towering height
- A longtime friend of Monkee Michael Nesmith. The Monkees recorded two of his songs, "All Of Your Toys" and "The Door Into Summer", and Martin appeared in Nesmith's later video and TV productions.
- A successful songwriter, television writer, voice actor, and occasional on-camera performer.
- Bill teamed up with Russ Giguere from the group "The Association" as a comedy/musical duo called "Martin and Giguere" in the '70's and played at venues such as the Ice House in Pasadena. A new release of this inventive and hilarious team is forthcoming.
- Bill also wrote "Heartsong" on the self-titled Randy Meisner lp, "Randy Meisner".
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