Dewey Martin(1923-2018)
- Actor
American juvenile leading man. A native of Texas, Martin entered the
theatre in 1946 and within three years was tapped to play one of the
young toughs in
Knock on Any Door (1949). After
minor roles in several minor films, he was given a larger role in
The Thing from Another World (1951)
by producer Howard Hawks. Hawks followed
this with one of the two lead roles in his great Western
The Big Sky (1952). Despite this and
a few other prominent parts in big pictures, Martin's appearances
became more and more infrequent and less and less stellar. He did,
however, become a familiar face on television into the 1970s. He was
married to singer Peggy Lee in the
late 50s.
