Tony Martin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-12-25 (99 years old)

Deathday

2012-07-27

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Tony Martin

Biography

Alvin Morris, known professionally as Tony Martin, was an American actor and popular singer. His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand", "Stranger in Paradise" and "I Get Ideas". He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2008. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and singer. He formed his first band, named "The Red Peppers," when he was in high school. After college, he went to Hollywood to try films. It was at that time that he adopted the stage name of Tony Martin. ...

Acting

1952

Clash by Night

as Singer of 'I Hear a Rhapsody' (voice) (uncredited)

1941

The Big Store

as Tommy Rogers

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Sailor (uncredited)

1953

Easy to Love

as Barry Gordon

1948

Casbah

as Pepe Le Moko

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin

1936

Pigskin Parade

as Tommy Barker

1937

Ali Baba Goes to Town

as Yusuf/Tony Martin

1956

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

as Linus Quincannon

1951

1955

Hit the Deck

as Chief Boatswain's Mate Wm. F. Clark

1940

Music in My Heart

as Robert Gregory

1953

Here Come the Girls

as Allen Trent

1935

1982

1957

Let's Be Happy

as Stanley Smith

1938

Kentucky Moonshine

as Jerry Wade

1937

1938

Sally, Irene and Mary

as Tommy Reynolds

1937

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Frank Merton

1936

Poor Little Rich Girl

as Radio Baritone Soloist (uncredited)

1936

Banjo on My Knee

as Chick Bean

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1954

Deep in My Heart

as Performer in New Moon

1939

Winner Take All

as Steve Bishop

1937

Sing and Be Happy

as Buzz Mason

1938

Thanks for Everything

as Tommy Davis

1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

as Tony Martin (uncredited)

1936

Sing, Baby, Sing

as Tony Renaldo

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1936

Back to Nature

as Tom Williams

1938

Up the River

as Tommy Grant

1937

The Holy Terror

as Danny Walker

1936

Murder on a Bridle Path

as Man with Violet (uncredited)

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