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Ronald Martinez(1943-2024)

  • Production Manager
  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Ronald Martinez was born on 17 November 1943 in Santa Ana, California, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for Knight Rider (1982), Miami Vice (1984) and Cleopatra Jones (1973). He was married to Arlinda Eaton. He died on 12 September 2024 in Marietta, Georgia, USA.
BornNovember 17, 1943
DiedSeptember 12, 2024(80)
BornNovember 17, 1943
DiedSeptember 12, 2024(80)
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Known for

David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
Knight Rider
7.0
TV Series
  • Production Management(as Ron Martinez)
Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
Miami Vice
7.6
TV Series
  • Production Management(as Ron Martinez)
Shelley Winters and Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Cleopatra Jones
5.9
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Ron Martinez)
  • 1973
Melissa Joan Hart in Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
6.7
TV Series
  • Production Management

Credits

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Production Management

  • Sal Lopez in Moe (2023)
    Moe
    4.3
    • unit production manager
    • 2023
  • Melissa Joan Hart in Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
    6.7
    TV Series
    • unit production manager
    • 1996–2000
  • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)
    Diagnosis Murder
    6.9
    TV Series
    • unit production manager (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1995–1996
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
    7.3
    TV Series
    • unit production manager (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1987–1989
  • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
    Miami Vice
    7.6
    TV Series
    • unit production manager (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1986
  • David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
    Knight Rider
    7.0
    TV Series
    • unit production manager (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1982–1986
  • Ernest Borgnine, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Alex Cord in Airwolf (1984)
    Airwolf
    6.7
    TV Series
    • unit production manager (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1985

Producer

  • Elizabeth Peña, Michael DeLorenzo, Nicholas Gonzalez, Marisol Nichols, and Tony Plana in Resurrection Blvd. (2000)
    Resurrection Blvd.
    7.4
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 2001–2002
  • Melissa Joan Hart in Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
    6.7
    TV Series
    • coordinating producer
    • 1996–2000
  • Pam Grier, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Georg Stanford Brown, Tisha Campbell, and Steven Williams in Linc's (1998)
    Linc's
    7.0
    TV Series
    • producer (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1999
  • Bouncers
    TV Movie
    • coordinating producer
    • 1997
  • David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
    Knight Rider
    7.0
    TV Series
    • associate producer (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1984–1986

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Heartbreaker (1983)
    Heartbreaker
    4.2
    • assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1983
  • David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
    Knight Rider
    7.0
    TV Series
    • first assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1982
  • Melissa Sue Anderson, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Richard Bull, Sidney Greenbush, Jonathan Gilbert, Rachel Lindsay Greenbush, and Katherine MacGregor in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
    Little House on the Prairie
    7.6
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • assistant director (as Ron Martinez, as Ron Martinez)
    • 1981–1982
  • Jack Klugman in Quincy, M.E. (1976)
    Quincy, M.E.
    7.3
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • 1979–1981
  • Douglas Barr, Philip Brown, Susan Buckner, Tim Rossovich, and Dolph Sweet in When the Whistle Blows (1980)
    When the Whistle Blows
    5.2
    TV Series
    • first assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1980
  • Julie Andrews, Walter Matthau, and Sara Stimson in Little Miss Marker (1980)
    Little Miss Marker
    6.4
    • first assistant director (as Ronald J. Martinez)
    • 1980
  • Walk Proud (1979)
    Walk Proud
    5.5
    • first assistant director (as Ronald J. Martinez)
    • 1979
  • Turnabout (1979)
    Turnabout
    6.0
    TV Mini Series
    • first assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1979
  • Vincent Baggetta in The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
    The Eddie Capra Mysteries
    7.1
    TV Series
    • first assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1979
  • Robert Blake in Baretta (1975)
    Baretta
    6.8
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1976–1977
  • Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)
    McCloud
    7.0
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1975–1976
  • David Janssen in Harry O (1973)
    Harry O
    7.6
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1974–1975
  • Nightmare Honeymoon (1974)
    Nightmare Honeymoon
    4.4
    • second assistant director
    • 1974
  • Shelley Winters and Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones (1973)
    Cleopatra Jones
    5.9
    • second assistant director (as Ron Martinez)
    • 1973
  • Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, and Michelle Phillips in Dillinger (1973)
    Dillinger
    6.9
    • second assistant director
    • 1973

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Ronald J. Martinez
  • Born
    • November 17, 1943
    • Santa Ana, California, USA
  • Died
    • September 12, 2024
    • Marietta, Georgia, USA
  • Spouse
    • Arlinda Eaton1989 - September 12, 2024 (his death)

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  • Nickname
    • Ron

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