Ross Martin

Personal Info

Birthday

March 22, 1920

Day of Death

1981-07-03

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Gródek Jagiellonski, Lwowskie, Poland [now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]

Ross Martin

Biography

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.

Known For

Columbo

Charlie's Angels

The Love Boat

Ironside

Wagon Train

The Twilight Zone

Hawaii Five-O

Love, American Style

Filmography

1983
I Married Wyatt Earp
as Jacob Spiegler
1980
More Wild Wild West
as Artemus Gordon
1979
The Seekers
as Supply Pleasant
Gulliver's Travels
as Lemuel Gulliver (voice)
Abraham's Sacrifice
as Zingar
The Return of Mod Squad
as Buck Prescott
The Wild Wild West Revisited
as Artemus Gordon
Donovan's Kid
as Mayor Stokes
1978
Wild and Wooly
as Otis Bergen
1977
Yesterday's Child
as John Talbot
1975
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1974
Skyway to Death
as Martin Leonard
Popcorn
as (voice)
1973
Dying Room Only
as Jim Cutler
The Return of Charlie Chan
as Charlie Chan
1972
The Crooked Hearts
as Serg. Daniel Shine
The Last of the Curlews
as Stan (voice)
1971
The Sheriff
as Larry Walters
1969
Mitzi's 2nd Special
as Self
1965
The Great Race
as Rolfe Von Stuppe
The Man from Button Willow
as Andy Svenson (voice)
1963
The Ceremony
as Le Caq
1962
Geronimo
as Mangus
Experiment in Terror
as Red Lynch
1958
The Colossus of New York
as Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
Underwater Warrior
as Sgt. Joe O'Brien
1956
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Baron
1955
Conquest of Space
as Andre Fodor