Ross Martin
Born: 1920-03-22 in Gródek Jagiellonski, Lwowskie, Poland [now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]
Died: 1981-07-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, March 22, 1920 – July 3, 1981) was an American radio, voice, stage, film, and television actor. Martin was best known for portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBS Western series The Wild Wild West (1965 – 1969). He also provided the voice of Doctor Paul Williams in 1972's Sealab 2020, additional characters in 1973's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, and additional characters in 1978's Jana of the Jungle. Born in Grodek, Poland, Ross Martin grew up on New York City's Lower East Side. He spoke Yiddish, Polish, and Russian before even learning English and later added French, Spanish, and Italian to his repertoire. Despite academic training (and receiving honors) in business, instruction, and law, Martin chose a career of acting. His first film was the George Pal production Conquest of Space (1955). Soon after, he caught the eye of Blake Edwards, who cast him in varied roles, including the title character's sidekick Andamo in Mr. Lucky (1959–1960), a menacing killer in Experiment in Terror (1962), and a scheming baron in The Great Race (1965).
Filmography
1983
- I Married Wyatt Earp as Jacob Spiegler
1980
- More Wild Wild West as Artemus Gordon
1979
- The Seekers as Supply Pleasant
- Donovan's Kid as Mayor Stokes
- The Wild Wild West Revisited as Artemus Gordon
- Abraham's Sacrifice as Zingar
- Gulliver's Travels as Lemuel Gulliver (voice)
- The Return of Mod Squad as Buck Prescott
1978
- Vega$
- Flying High
- Wild and Wooly as Otis Bergen
- The American Girls as Ivar Kuzak
1977
- The Love Boat as Tom Thorton
- The All-New Super Friends Hour
- Yesterday's Child as John Talbot
- The Robonic Stooges as Agent 000 / Count von Crankenstein
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Dr. Perine
- Gemini Man as Carl Victor
1975
- Baretta
- Wonder Woman as Bernard Havitol
- Ellery Queen
- Mitzi & 100 Guys as Self
1974
- Freedom 2000
- Popcorn as (voice)
- Skyway to Death as Martin Leonard
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Maxwell Imry
- Dying Room Only as Jim Cutler
- The Return of Charlie Chan as Charlie Chan
1972
- Sanford and Son
- The Crooked Hearts as Serg. Daniel Shine
- The Last of the Curlews as Stan (voice)
- Sealab 2020
1971
- Columbo as Dale Kingston
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Dr. Emery Lewis
- The Sheriff as Larry Walters
1970
- McCloud
- Night Gallery as Bradley Meredith
- The Immortal
- Famous Classic Tales
1969
- Love, American Style as Larry
- Mitzi's 2nd Special as Self
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Tony Alika
- Here's Lucy ... (Director)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1967
- Ironside as Arthur Damien
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
1965
- The Wild Wild West as Artemus Gordon
- The F.B.I. as George Barrows
- The Great Race as Rolfe Von Stuppe
- The Man from Button Willow as Andy Svenson (voice)
1963
- The Ceremony as Le Caq
- Vacation Playhouse as Clint Hightower
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Geronimo as Mangus
- Experiment in Terror as Red Lynch
- Icarus Montgolfier Wright
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Dr. Bill Mitchell
- 87th Precinct as Joe Czepreghi
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Lieutenant Mason
- One Step Beyond as Paul Marlin
- Mr. Lucky as Andamo
1958
- Naked City as Carlo Ramirez
- Bat Masterson as Caulder Larson
- Sea Hunt
- Peter Gunn
- Underwater Warrior as Sgt. Joe O'Brien
- The Colossus of New York as Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
- The Ann Sothern Show as Augie
1957
- Wagon Train as Sam Pulaski
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Tony Gino
- Suspicion
- The Walter Winchell File
1956
- The Adventures of Marco Polo as Baron
1955
- Gunsmoke as Dan Clell
- Conquest of Space as Andre Fodor
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Cesario Lucero
1953
- General Electric Theater as Al
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ben Jonson
1950
- Treasury Men in Action as Agent
1949
1948
- Studio One as David Willson
- The Philco Television Playhouse