Ross Martin
Birthday: 1920-03-22 | Place of Birth: Gródek Jagiellonski, Lwowskie, Poland [now Horodok, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]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
Acting
Role
as Jacob Spiegler
as Artemus Gordon
as Artemus Gordon
as Buck Prescott
as Lemuel Gulliver (voice)
as Mayor Stokes
as Otis Bergen
as Agent 000 / Count von Crankenstein
as Martin Leonard
as Jim Cutler
as Serg. Daniel Shine
as Dale Kingston
as Andy Svenson
as Artemus Gordon
as Rolfe Von Stuppe
as Le Caq
as Mangus
as Red Lynch
as Andamo
as Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
as Sgt. Joe O'Brien
as Andre Fodor
