Dewey Martin (actor)

Dewey Martin
File:Dewey Martin 1950s.JPG Dewey Martin c. 1950s
Born	(1923-12-08) December 8, 1923 Katemcy, Texas, United States
Occupation	Film and television actor
Years active	1948–1978
Spouse(s)	Peggy Lee (married 1956–1958; divorced)
Relatives	Ross Bass (first cousin)

Dewey Martin (born December 8, 1923) is a retired American film and television actor.

Early life

Martin was born in Katemcy, Texas. For a time as a teenager, he lived in Florence, Alabama.

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 also played Daniel Boone on four episodes of Walt Disney Presents, an unsuccessful attempt to duplicate the national craze which had ensued when Fess Parker had portrayed Davy Crockett on the same series several years earlier.

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 filmography

• Knock on Any Door (1949) (uncredited)
• Battleground (1949) (uncredited)
• Kansas Raiders (1950)
• The Golden Gloves Story (1950)
• The Thing from Another World (1951)
• Flame of Araby (1951)
• The Big Sky (1952)
• Tennessee Champ (1954)
• Prisoner of War (1954)
• Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
• Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
• The Desperate Hours (1955)
• The Proud and Profane (1956)
• Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• Savage Sam (1963)
• Flight to Fury (1964)
• Assault on the Wayne (1971)
• Seven Alone (1974)

Partial television work

• The Twilight Zone episode "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" (1960)
• The Outer Limits episode "The Premonition" (1965)
• four episodes of Walt Disney Presents (1960)

See also

• Lists of actors
• List of people from Alabama
• List of people from Texas

External links

• Dewey Martin at the Internet Movie Database