Townsend Martin(1895-1951)
- Writer
- Actor
Playwright and film pioneer Townsend Martin was born to a wealthy New
York family on December 20, 1895 in New York City. He was the son of
Howard Townsend Martin and Camilla Thompson. His father was the son of
writer and philanthropist Frederick Townsend Martin. His mother was
from St. Louis and died in 1903 while visiting Florence, Italy. Three
years later Martin's father married in Poughkeepsie, New York, Justine
de Peyster, a former debutant from Washington, D.C.
Martin entered the film industry in 1914 when he and Dwight Wiman founded the Film Guild to produce movies and operate theaters. He would later work as a supervisor for Famous Players and on occasion appear on film. Martin would go on to write scripts for films that starred many of the early Hollywood celebrities of that era.
Townsend Martin passes away in Manhattan on November 22, 1951. There was no family mentioned in his Los Angeles Times obituary.
New York City Births, 1891-1902 , Certificate # 52913, Passenger Manifest SS La Loraine, April 28, 1919, US Passport Application, February 9, 1920, New York Times, February 24, 1895, February 9, 1903, Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1951
Martin entered the film industry in 1914 when he and Dwight Wiman founded the Film Guild to produce movies and operate theaters. He would later work as a supervisor for Famous Players and on occasion appear on film. Martin would go on to write scripts for films that starred many of the early Hollywood celebrities of that era.
Townsend Martin passes away in Manhattan on November 22, 1951. There was no family mentioned in his Los Angeles Times obituary.
New York City Births, 1891-1902 , Certificate # 52913, Passenger Manifest SS La Loraine, April 28, 1919, US Passport Application, February 9, 1920, New York Times, February 24, 1895, February 9, 1903, Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1951
