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Tony Martin (born
December 25 1912) is an
American actor and traditional
pop singer.
Martin was born
Alvin Morris in
Oakland,
California to
Jewish immigrants from
Poland. He received a soprano
saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at ten. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and a boy
soprano singer. He formed his first band, named "The Red Peppers," when he was at
Oakland Technical High School, eventually joining the band of a local orchestra leader, Tom Gerun, as a reed instrument specialist, sitting alongside the future bandleader
Woody Herman. He attended
Saint Mary's College of California in
Moraga during the mid-
1930s. After college, he left Gerun's band to go to
Hollywood to try his luck in
films. It was at that time that he adopted the
stage name, Tony Martin.
He was a featured vocalist on the
George Burns and
Gracie Allen radio program. On the show Gracie Allen playfully flirted with Tony, often threatening to fire him. She'd say things like "Oh Tony you look so tired, why don't you rest your lips on mine." In the movies, he was first cast in a number of bit parts, including a role as a sailor in the movie
Follow the Fleet (1936), starring
Fred Astaire and
Ginger Rogers. He eventually signed with
20th Century-Fox and then
Metro Goldwyn Mayer in which he starred in a number of
musicals. At the same time, between
1938 and
1942, he made a number of hit records for
Decca.
In
World War II, he first joined the
United States Navy, but as a result of rumors (without any factual basis) that he'd gotten an officer's commission through bribery he left the navy and joined the
United States Army Air Forces. Though he'd an outstanding record in the military, the rumors hurt his professional reputation and the major record labels refused to sign him. He eventually signed with
Mercury Records, then a small independent run out of
Chicago, Illinois. He cut 25 records in
1946 and
1947 for Mercury, including a 1946 recording of "To Each His Own" which became a million-seller. This prompted
RCA Victor records to offer him a contract, which he signed in
1947 after satisfying his contract obligations to Mercury.
In
1937 he married
Alice Faye, and in
1941 they were divorced. Martin has been married since
1948 to
Cyd Charisse,
almost a Hollywood record for marital success. They have one son together - Tony Martin Jr., born in 1950.
He appeared in many film musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. His rendition of "Lover Come Back To Me" with
Joan Weldon in
Deep in My Heart - based on the music of
Sigmund Romberg and starring
José Ferrer - was one of the highlights of Hollywood musicals. As of 2008, he's still doing live performances in
New York City.
Hit records
Filmography
Follow the Fleet (1936)
The Farmer in the Dell (1936)
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
The Witness Chair (1936) (scenes deleted)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Back to Nature (1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Banjo on My Knee (1936)
The Holy Terror (1937)
Sing and Be Happy (1937)
You Can't Have Everything (1937)
Life Begins in College (1937)
Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) (Cameo)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
Kentucky Moonshine (1938)
Up the River (1938)
Thanks for Everything (1938)
Winner Take All (1939)
Music in My Heart (1940)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
The Big Store (1941)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Casbah (1948)
Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950) (short subject)
Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
Clash by Night (1952) (Cameo)
Here Come the Girls (1953)
Easy to Love (1953)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Hit the Deck (1955)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (Cameo)
Quincannon - Frontier Scout (1956)
Let's Be Happy (1957)
Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982) (Cameo)Further Information
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