- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMartin Heller Weixelbaum
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Actor Martin West (born Martin Weixelbaum) began appearing in feature films and on television in 1960 with Freckles (1960). In 1966, he played Dr. Phil Brewer on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (1963), becoming the fifth actor to play the role. In 1965, he was featured in Harper (1966), starring Paul Newman. In 1976, he appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's final feature film, Family Plot (1976).
- IMDb mini biography by: M.C. Strickland / edited by TrivWhiz
- SpousesAnn Chernow(1997 - 2019) (his death)Susan Galler Himelfarb(December 31, 1980 - 1997) (divorced, 2 children)Carolyn K. Barsky(December 15, 1975 - November 2, 1979) (divorced, 1 child)Carol Ann Heller(February 25, 1967 - June 21, 1971) (her death, 1 child)
- ChildrenAlixandra Shane WestGabriel Jesse WestJay Weixelbaum
- ParentsJesse Waller WeixelbaumHilda Heller
- RelativesDavid Waller Weixelbaum(Sibling)Gail Lee Britt(Sibling)
- Although he did not marry for a fourth time, he lived with his final partner, artist and writer Ann Chernow, in Westport, from 1998 until his 2019 death.
- Born and raised in Westhampton, Long Island, New York, and was living in Westport, Connecticut, USA at the time of his death, meaning the place of his birth and first home, and the place he was living and his last home when he died, were both towns which had his chosen professional name as the root words of their place names.
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