Years active 1948–1978 Name Dewey Martin | Role Film actor | |
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Occupation Film and television actor Movies The Big Sky, Land of the Pharaohs, The Thing from Another, The Desperate Hours, Seven Alone Similar People Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Peggy Lee, Douglas Spencer, Margaret Sheridan | ||
Dewey Martin (born December 8, 1923) is a retired American film and television actor.
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Early life
Martin was born in Katemcy, Texas. For a time as a teenager, he lived in Florence, Alabama.
Martin joined the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served as a Grumman F6F Hellcat pilot in the Pacific Theater of the war. He was shot down in 1945 and was held as a prisoner of war until Japan's surrender.
Acting career
His film debut was an uncredited part in Knock on Any Door (1949). He also appeared in The Thing from Another World (1951), co-starred with Kirk Douglas in The Big Sky (1952), played the younger brother of Humphrey Bogart's character in The Desperate Hours played a lead role in "Land of the Pharaohs" (1955), and was featured opposite Dean Martin in his first post-Martin and Lewis film – the notorious flop Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) – but did not become a full-fledged star.
Martin worked extensively in television as well, including The Twilight Zone episode "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" (1960) and The Outer Limits episode "The Premonition" (1965), co-written by Ib Melchior. Starting in 1960, he played Daniel Boone on four episodes of Walt Disney Presents.
Personal life
Martin was married to singer Peggy Lee for two years; the marriage ended in divorce.
His first cousin was Ross Bass, a former Democratic Party United States Senator from Tennessee.
Partial television work
Filmography
Actor
1978
Police Story (TV Series) as
Howard Alden
- A Chance to Live (1978) - Howard Alden
1975
Petrocelli (TV Series) as
Bill Whitehead
- Terror by the Book (1975) - Bill Whitehead
1975
Joe Forrester (TV Series)
- The Witness (1975)
1974
Seven Alone as
Henry Sager
1973
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
David Kelly
- The Wedding Gift (1973) - David Kelly
1972
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Mike Apollo
- Leona (1972) - Mike Apollo
1972
Wheeler and Murdoch (TV Movie) as
Travanty
1970
Mannix (TV Series) as
Sherwin Caine / Lt. Clay Lockwood
- The Crime That Wasn't (1971) - Sherwin Caine
- A Chance at the Roses (1970) - Lt. Clay Lockwood
1971
Assault on the Wayne (TV Movie) as
Skip Langley
1970
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Richard Fairbirne
- Force of Waves (1970) - Richard Fairbirne
1967
Lassie (TV Series) as
Jack
- Rim of Disaster: Part 2 (1967) - Jack
- Rim of Disaster: Part 1 (1967) - Jack
1966
I Spy (TV Series) as
Father Bellini
- One of Our Bombs Is Missing (1966) - Father Bellini
1965
The Outer Limits (TV Series) as
Jim Darcy
- The Premonition (1965) - Jim Darcy
1964
Cordillera
1963
Burke's Law (TV Series) as
Con Murdock / Dominic Farrow
- Who Killed the Surf Broad? (1964) - Con Murdock
- Who Killed the Kind Doctor? (1963) - Dominic Farrow
1964
Flight to Fury as
Joe Gaines
1964
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
John Wheeler
- The Bigger They Are (1964) - John Wheeler
1964
Arrest and Trial (TV Series) as
Rick Tobin
- The Black Flower (1964) - Rick Tobin
1963
Savage Sam as
Lester White
1963
Laramie (TV Series) as
Vanton Madox
- The Stranger (1963) - Vanton Madox
1963
The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) as
Sheriff Baird
- Thunder in a Forgotten Town (1963) - Sheriff Baird
1962
The Longest Day as
Sgt. Wilder (scenes deleted)
1961
Man on the Beach (TV Movie)
1960
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Daniel Boone
- Daniel Boone: The Promised Land (1961) - Daniel Boone
- Daniel Boone: The Wilderness Road (1961) - Daniel Boone
- Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo (1960) - Daniel Boone
- Daniel Boone: The Warrior's Path (1960) - Daniel Boone
1957
Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) as
Jack Harmon / Doc Holliday / Ethan Boyan
- Stagecoach to Yuma (1960) - Jack Harmon
- Man of Fear (1958) - Doc Holliday
- Episode in Darkness (1957) - Ethan Boyan
1960
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Corey
- I Shot an Arrow into the Air (1960) - Corey
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series) as
Wes McAllen
- The Pledge (1959) - Wes McAllen
1958
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) as
Bill Fisher / Scott McGill
- Second Rate Citizen (1958) - Bill Fisher
- The Hidden One (1958) - Scott McGill
1956
Climax! (TV Series) as
Steve Hammond / Tom Coulter / Emmett Shore / ...
- Thieves over Tokyo (1958) - Steve Hammond
- Necessary Evil (1957) - Tom Coulter
- Ten Minutes to Curfew (1956)
- To Scream at Midnight (1956) - Emmett Shore
- Gamble on a Thief (1956) - Rocky Webb
1957
Studio 57 (TV Series)
- Seventh Brother, Seventh Son (1957)
1956
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
George / Joe
- Stand-In for Murder (1957) - George
- Criminal Code (1956) - Joe
1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms as
Mike Clark Jr.
1956
Cavalry Patrol (TV Movie) as
Lt. Johnny Reardon
1956
The Proud and Profane as
Eddie Wodcik
1956
Front Row Center (TV Series) as
Ronald Kamin
- Search for a Stranger (1956) - Ronald Kamin
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas as
Dewey Martin (uncredited)
1955
Studio One (TV Series) as
Lieutenant Peter Cameron
- Fair Play (1955) - Lieutenant Peter Cameron
1955
Playwrights '56 (TV Series) as
Nick Adams
- The Battler (1955) - Nick Adams
1955
The Desperate Hours as
Hal Griffin
1955
Land of the Pharaohs as
Senta, Vashtar's Son
1954
Men of the Fighting Lady as
Ensign Kenneth Schechter
1954
Prisoner of War as
Jesse Treadman
1954
Tennessee Champ as
Daniel Norson
1952
The Big Sky as
Boone Caudill
1951
Flame of Araby as
Yak
1951
The Thing from Another World as
Crew Chief Bob
1950
Kansas Raiders as
James Younger
1950
The Golden Gloves Story as
Nick Martel
1949
Battleground as
G.I. Straggler (uncredited)
1949
Knock on Any Door as
Butch (uncredited)
Self
1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1963
The Linkletter Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 January 1963 (1963) - Self
Archive Footage
2004
Dean Martin: The One and Only (Video documentary)
1998
Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer (TV Series documentary)
- Dean Martin
1966
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Lester White
- Savage Sam: Part 2 (1966) - Lester White
- Savage Sam: Part 1 (1966) - Lester White
1964
Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary) as
Crew Chief Bob (clip from The Thing from Another World (1951))
- Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964) - Crew Chief Bob (clip from The Thing from Another World (1951)) (uncredited)
1959
Frontier Justice (TV Series) as
Doc Holliday
- Man of Fear (1959) - Doc Holliday
References
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