Tony Martin

Biography

A favorite crooner from the 1940s and ’50s, Tony Martin’s deliberate delivery and intimate ballads were even more commensurate with vintage film musicals compared to the currents that could form the pop music from the last fifty percent of the 20th hundred years. Taking his motivation from performers like Russ Columbo, he previously already been in a few Hollywood musicals by enough time he produced his first strike record in 1938, “Today IT COULD BE Informed” (using the Ray Noble Orchestra). Drafted in to the Navy during Globe War II, rumours that he’d bribed his method into an officer’s payment produced work tougher to get after his release in the armed forces. A short but fairly effective stint on Mercury in 1946-1947 helped obtain things going once again, and he transferred to RCA and appreciated many pop strikes on the next 10 years. He also got a whole lot of function in radio and tv, and performed with substantial success within the cabaret circuit along with his wife, dancer/celebrity Cyd Charisse.

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#	Fact
1	He lived longer than both of his wives. His first wife, Alice Faye who he was divorced from in 1941, died in 1998, and his second wife, Cyd Charisse, who he remained married to until her death in 2008, while he died in 2012, age 98.
2	In 1954, on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" hosted by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, he appeared with singer/comedian Joe E. Lewis, who was later portrayed by Frank Sinatra in the film bio, The Joker Is Wild (1957). When the show's announcer first introduced "Martin and Lewis", that evening, Tony and Joe E. came on stage, instead.
3	His parents wanted him to be a lawyer. He briefly attended St. Mary's, a Christian Brothers college, CA. He says he left college in 1931 when "one of the brothers told me I was flunking everything and should stick to music.".
4	For several years, he played and sang with bands in the San Francisco area, including the Tom Gerun Orchestra.
5	In high school, he formed his first band and after graduating spent about two years at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., but left to pursue music.
6	Growing up in Oakland, Calif., he took up the saxophone after his grandmother gave him one when he was 10.
7	His parents, Edward and Hattie Morris, were Jewish immigrants from Poland who divorced when he was young, and he considered his stepfather, tailor Myer Myers, his father.
8	Twice, songs sung on screen by Martin received Academy Award nominations: "For Every Man There's a Woman" from Casbah (1948) and "It's a Blue World" from the 1940 film, Music in My Heart (1940).
9	He appeared in more than 30 films.
10	Tony was at a Friar's Club Roast for Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz in November, 1958, when Harry Parke, having just completed his comedy routine and returning to his seat, collapsed into Milton Berle's lap. Berle, hoping to divert the audience from Harry's distress, urged Tony to sing something. His unfortunate song choice was "There's No Tomorrow." Parke died of a heart attack.
11	He was awarded 4 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6331 Hollywood Boulevard, for Motion Pictures at 6436 Hollywood Boulevard; for Radio at 1760 Vine Street; and for Television at 1725 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
12	There was a misunderstanding that led to his discharge from the Navy during World War II, and even though he had served honorably, there were false rumors that he had tried to 'buy' an officer's commission. As a result even after the war, some major labels refused to record him. He finished up the war in the Army and was awarded the Bronze Star as a noncombatant in the Far East.
13	His first hit record was "Now it Can Be Told" (1938), a song by Irving Berlin from the film Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938). It was sung on-screen by his then-wife Alice Faye.
14	Son Tony Martin Jr. (born on August 28, 1950) died in April 2011, and was survived by Liv Lindeland-Martin, his wife of almost 30 years, father Tony Martin, Sr. and half-brother Nico Charisse.
15	One son with his second wife, Cyd Charisse: Tony Martin Jr. He adopted Charisse's son Nicholas from her first marriage.
16	Very early in his career, he was a sax player, under his real name of Al Morris, in an orchestra headed by Tom Gerun. Among the other orchestra members were unknowns (at the time) Woody Herman and singer Ginny Simms.
17	Classic pop singer and occasional actor (Hit the Deck (1955), Here Come the Girls (1953), Casbah (1948)) whose career peaked in the 1950s. His biggest hit was "There's No Tomorrow" (RCA Victor, 1950), which was adapted from the traditional Neapolitan ballad "O Solo Mio" (Elvis Presley later had one of the biggest hits of his career by adapting the same song as "It's Now or Never"). Happily married for sixty years to actress/dancer Cyd Charisse.



Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing	2009	Video documentary performer: "You Stepped out of a Dream" - uncredited
That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites	2008	TV Movie performer: "There's No Tomorrow" - uncredited
Ziegfeld Girl Intro	2004	Video documentary short performer: "You Stepped Out of A Dream"
The Wedding Planner	2001	performer: "The Closer You Are"
Fallen Angels	1993-1995	TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Beverly Hills Cop III	1994	"North Dakota, South Dakota"
That's Entertainment! III	1994	Documentary performer: "You Stepped Out of a Dream" 1940 - uncredited
Me olvidé de vivir	1980	performer: "As Time Goes By"
The Hollywood Palace	1965	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Donna Reed Show	1961	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 31st Annual Academy Awards	1959	TV Special performer: "Gigi"
Party Girl	1958	performer: "Party Girl"
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	1958	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Let's Be Happy	1957	performer: "Stan, the Man from Idaho", "Hold on to Love", "Doin' the Golfer's Glide", "I Can't Get into the Mood", "Let's Be Happy" - uncredited
MGM Parade	1955	TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 27th Annual Academy Awards	1955	TV Special performer: "Hold My Hand"
Hit the Deck	1955	performer: "Hallelujah" 1927, "Happy Birthday" 1893, "Keepin' Myself for You" 1930, "Why, Oh Why?" 1927, "Ciribiribin" 1898, "More Than You Know" 1929 - uncredited
Deep in My Heart	1954	performer: "Lover, Come Back to Me"
The Jack Benny Program	1954	TV Series performer - 1 episode
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein	1954	TV Movie performer: "The Big Black Giant", "No Other Love"
Easy to Love	1953	performer: "Easy to Love", "Look Out! I'm Romantic", "Didja Ever", "That's What a Rainy Day Is For", "Coquette" uncredited
Here Come the Girls	1953	performer: "Never So Beautiful", "Heavenly Days"
Clash by Night	1952	performer: "I Hear a Rhapsody"
Two Tickets to Broadway	1951	performer: "The Closer You Are", "Big Chief Hole-in-the-Ground"
The Colgate Comedy Hour	1951	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Texaco Star Theatre	1951	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Casbah	1948	performer: "For Every Man There's a Woman", "Hooray For Love", "What's Good About Goodbye", "It Was Written In The Stars" - uncredited
Till the Clouds Roll By	1946	performer: "Show Boat", "All the Things You Are" uncredited
The Big Store	1941	performer: "Tenement Symphony" 1941, "If It's You" 1941
Ziegfeld Girl	1941	"You Stepped out of a Dream" 1940, uncredited / performer: "You Stepped out of a Dream" 1940, "Caribbean Love Song" 1941 - uncredited
Music in My Heart	1940	"Punchinello" 1939 / performer: "I've Got Music in My Heart" 1939, "No Other Love" 1939, "Punchinello" 1939, "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 1900 uncredited, "Oh What a Lovely Dream" 1939, "It's a Blue World" 1939
Up the River	1938	performer: "It's The Strangest Thing"
Sally, Irene and Mary	1938	performer: "Sweet as a Song", "I Could Use a Dream", "Half Moon on the Hudson" - uncredited
Ali Baba Goes to Town	1937	performer: "Vote for Honest Abe" 1937 - uncredited
You Can't Have Everything	1937	"Afraid to Dream" 1937, uncredited / performer: "The Loveliness of You" 1937, "North Pole Sketch" 1937 - uncredited
Banjo on My Knee	1936	performer: "Where the Lazy River Goes By" 1936, "There's Something in the Air" 1936
Pigskin Parade	1936	performer: "You're Slightly Terrific"
Sing, Baby, Sing	1936	performer: "When Did You Leave Heaven?"
Poor Little Rich Girl	1936	performer: "When I'm with You" 1936 - uncredited

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Milton Berle, the Second Time Around: The Funny Fifties	1989	Video
Dear Mr. Wonderful	1982		Cameo
Me olvidé de vivir	1980		Tony Martin
Death Valley Days	1962	TV Series	Amadeo Giannini
The Donna Reed Show	1961	TV Series	Tony Martin
The George Burns Show	1958	TV Series	Tony Martin
Let's Be Happy	1957		Stanley Smith
Quincannon, Frontier Scout	1956		Linus Quincannon
Meet Me in Las Vegas	1956		Tony Martin (uncredited)
Shower of Stars	1955	TV Series	Ted Warren
Hit the Deck	1955		Chief Boatswain's Mate Wm. F. Clark
Deep in My Heart	1954		Tony Martin
The Jack Benny Program	1954	TV Series	Tony
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein	1954	TV Movie	Larry (segment 'Me and Juliet')
Easy to Love	1953		Barry Gordon
Here Come the Girls	1953		Allen Trent
Two Tickets to Broadway	1951		Dan Carter
Casbah	1948		Pepe Le Moko
Till the Clouds Roll By	1946		Gaylord Ravenal (segment "Show Boat") / Tony Martin
The Big Store	1941		Tommy Rogers
Ziegfeld Girl	1941		Frank Merton
Music in My Heart	1940		Robert Gregory
Winner Take All	1939		Steve Bishop
Thanks for Everything	1938		Tommy Davis
Up the River	1938		Tommy Grant
Kentucky Moonshine	1938		Jerry Wade
Sally, Irene and Mary	1938		Tommy Reynolds
Ali Baba Goes to Town	1937		Yusuf / Tony Martin
Life Begins at College	1937		Band Leader
You Can't Have Everything	1937		Bobby Walker
Sing and Be Happy	1937		Buzz Mason
The Holy Terror	1937		Danny Walker (as Anthony Martin)
Banjo on My Knee	1936		Chick Bean (as Anthony Martin)
Pigskin Parade	1936		Tommy Barker (as Anthony Martin)
Sing, Baby, Sing	1936		Tony Renaldo
Back to Nature	1936		Tom Williams
Poor Little Rich Girl	1936		Radio Baritone Soloist (uncredited)
Murder on a Bridle Path	1936		Man with Violet (uncredited)
The Farmer in the Dell	1936		Studio Reception Clerk (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet	1936		Sailor (uncredited)
Foolish Hearts	1935	Short	Singer

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Outrageous Sophie Tucker	2014	Documentary	Himself
That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites	2008	TV Movie	Himself
My Music: 50s Pop Parade	2007	TV Movie documentary	Himself
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Biography	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Annual American Friends Hebrew University Scopus Awards Honoring Ted Turner	1995	TV Special	Himself
That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen	1994	Video documentary	Himself
Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration	1994	TV Movie	Himself
The 5th Annual Legacy Awards	1993	TV Special	Himself
The 35th Annual Thalians Gala	1990	TV Movie	Himself
American Masters	1990	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 61st Annual Academy Awards	1989	TV Special	Himself - Performer
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	1987	TV Special documentary	Himself
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli	1987	TV Movie	Himself
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan	1985	TV Special	Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly	1985	TV Special documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Looks Familiar	1984	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Milton Berle	1980	TV Movie	Himself
Over Easy	1977	TV Series	Himself
Wednesday at 8	1977	TV Series	Himself
The Hollywood Squares	1967-1977	TV Series	Himself
Donny and Marie	1977	TV Series	Himself
The Mike Douglas Show	1967-1976	TV Series	Himself - Vocalist / Himself - Actor / Himself
Dinah!	1975	TV Series	Himself
ABC Late Night	1974	TV Series	Himself
The Name of the Game	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Merv Griffin Show	1962-1970	TV Series	Himself
The Barbara McNair Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1967-1969	TV Series	Himself
Della	1969	TV Series	Himself
The David Frost Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Donald O'Connor Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Hollywood Palace	1964-1969	TV Series	Himself - Host / Himself - Singer / Himself / ...
The Pat Boone Show	1968	TV Series	Himself
The Dean Martin Show	1966-1967	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1962-1967	TV Series	Himself - Guest / Himself
The New London Palladium Show	1965	TV Series	Himself
Danny Thomas Special: 40th Anniversary of the Coconut Grove	1964	TV Special	Himself
What's My Line?	1961-1962	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest
Here's Hollywood	1961-1962	TV Series	Himself
The 34th Annual Academy Awards	1962	TV Special	Himself - Co-Presenter: Music Awards
The Garry Moore Show	1961	TV Series	Himself
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards	1961	TV Special	Himself - Co-Presenter: Cinematography Awards
The Ed Sullivan Show	1949-1960	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Singer / Himself - Guest Host
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	1960	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Startime	1959	TV Series	Himself
Chelsea at Nine	1959	TV Series	Himself
The Juke Box Jury	1959	TV Series	Himself
The 31st Annual Academy Awards	1959	TV Special	Himself - Performer
The All-Star Christmas Show	1958	TV Movie	Himself
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	1957-1958	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Guest Host
The Nat King Cole Show	1957	TV Series	Himself - Singer
The Walter Winchell Show	1956	TV Series	Himself
Film Fanfare	1956	TV Series	Himself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium	1956	TV Series	Himself
Person to Person	1956	TV Series documentary	Himself
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends	1956	TV Series	Himself
Inside Beverly Hills	1956	TV Movie	Himself
The Tony Martin Show	1954-1956	TV Series	Himself
The 27th Annual Academy Awards	1955	TV Special	Himself - Performer
Texaco Star Theatre	1949-1954	TV Series	Himself - Singer
The Bob Hope Show	1954	TV Series	Herself
Christmas with the Stars	1953	TV Movie	Himself
The Colgate Comedy Hour	1951-1952	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Singer / Himself - Host / ...
All Star Revue	1952	TV Series	Himself - Singer
Irving Berlin's Salute to America	1951	TV Movie	Himself
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat	1950	Documentary short	Himself
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter	1950	TV Series	Himself
Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play	1941	Documentary short	Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists	1940	Short documentary	Himself
20th Century Fox Promotional Film	1936	Documentary short	Himself (singing voice, uncredited)

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
My Music: Big Band Vocalists	2012	TV Movie	Himself
Great Performances	2005	TV Series	Himself
Ziegfeld Girl Intro	2004	Video documentary short	Frank Merton
The Nightclub Years	2001	TV Special documentary	Himself
Biography	1995-1999	TV Series documentary	Himself / Actor 'Kentucky Moonshine'
That's Entertainment! III	1994	Documentary	Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Girl' (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!	1974		Clip from 'Hit the Deck'
The Ed Sullivan Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
MGM Parade	1955	TV Series	Gaylord Ravenal

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 8 February 1960. At 6436 Hollywood Blvd.
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	On 8 February 1960. At 1725 Vine Street.
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Recording	On 8 February 1960. At 6331 Hollywood Blvd.
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Radio	On 8 February 1960. At 1760 Vine Street

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
1955	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Best Male Singer



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#	Quote
1	I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.
2	[on being Alice Faye's husband] To many people around town, I was Mr. Alice Faye.
3	[on Cyd Charisse] She stepped out of a dream.
4	The war and all my service-connected problems did me one good turn. When I came out I was pretty humble. I had been chopped down to size.



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