Ross Martin

Known for ActingBorn 1920-03-22Died 1981-07-03Gródek Jagiellonski, Lwowskie, Poland [now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]

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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Last of the Curlews

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Twilight Zone

The Seekers

Columbo

Yesterday's Child

Vacation Playhouse

Sealab 2020

Night Gallery

The Wonderful World of Disney

87th Precinct

The Carol Burnett Show

The Crooked Hearts

Donovan's Kid

The Wild Wild West

Ellery Queen

Sanford and Son

The All-New Super Friends Hour

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Bonanza

The Ann Sothern Show

The Immortal

The Walter Winchell File

McCloud

Hawaii Five-O

I Married Wyatt Earp

Gulliver's Travels

The Return of Mod Squad

Wild and Wooly

Vega$

Wonder Woman

The Great Race

Barnaby Jones

Experiment in Terror

Gemini Man

Ironside

Charlie's Angels

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Here's Lucy

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

General Electric Theater

Fantasy Island

Dying Room Only

Mr. Lucky

Gunsmoke

Baretta

Sea Hunt

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law