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Ross Martin
Acting
Born: March 22, 1920
Gródek Jagiellonski, Lwowskie, Poland [now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]
Biography
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
The Great Race
as Rolfe Von Stuppe
Experiment in Terror
as Red Lynch
Geronimo
as Mangus
The Colossus of New York
as Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
Conquest of Space
as Andre Fodor
The Man from Button Willow
as Andy Svenson
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Artemus Gordon
The Seekers
as Supply Pleasant
The Return of Mod Squad
as Buck Prescott
