- Born
- Died
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
- SpousesPeggy Lee(April 25, 1956 - 1959) (divorced)Margaret Ann Havelhurst(February 16, 1952 - ?)
- Martin joined the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served as a Grumman F6F Hellcat pilot in the Pacific Theater of the war after pilot training in Dallas, Texas, in mid-1944. He was shot down in 1945 and was held as a prisoner of war until Japan's surrender.
- In the film The Longest Day (1962) he appeared in only two scenes, as Sgt. Wilder.
- On October 21, 2018, he was honored with a Sketch of the Day caricature on the website Star Portraits by a United States based artist known as Odoxesky.
- Frequently erroneously reported as the brother of actor Strother Martin. The two are not related.
- Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
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