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 amazing repertoire. Despite academic training (and receiving honors in) business, instruction, and law, M. 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 a number of widely varied roles, culminating with a fantastic part in The Great Race (1965).
Known For
| Birth Location | Gródek Jagiellonski, Lwowskie, Poland [now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine] |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920-03-22 |
| Died | 1981-07-03 |
Movies
I Married Wyatt Earp
as Jacob Spiegler
1983
More Wild Wild West
as Artemus Gordon
1980
The Seekers
as Supply Pleasant
1979
Gulliver's Travels
as Lemuel Gulliver (voice)
1979
Abraham's Sacrifice
as Zingar
1979
The Return of Mod Squad
as Buck Prescott
1979
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Artemus Gordon
1979
Donovan's Kid
as Mayor Stokes
1979
Wild and Wooly
as Otis Bergen
1978
Yesterday's Child
as John Talbot
1977
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
Skyway to Death
as Martin Leonard
1974
1974
Dying Room Only
as Jim Cutler
1973
The Return of Charlie Chan
as Charlie Chan
1973
The Crooked Hearts
as Serg. Daniel Shine
1972
The Last of the Curlews
as Stan (voice)
1972
The Sheriff
as Larry Walters
1971
Mitzi's 2nd Special
as Self
1969
The Great Race
as Baron Rolfe Von Stuppe
1965
The Man from Button Willow
as Andy Svenson
1965
The Ceremony
as Le Caq
1963
Geronimo
as Mangus
1962
Experiment in Terror
as Red Lynch
1962
The Colossus of New York
as Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
1958
Underwater Warrior
as Sgt. Joe O'Brien
1958
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Baron
1956
Conquest of Space
as Andre Fodor
1955