Artemus gordon wiki

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 (). 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 ().

Ross somehow managed a series in between, the short-lived Mr. Lucky (). With the release of The Great Race (), CBS cast him in what was to become his most famous part, Secret Service agent Artemus Gordon in The Wild Wild West (), opposite Robert Conrad. Perhaps the show's cancellation in was for the best - he suffered a near-fatal heart attack in

Afraid to take the risk of having a lead actor with a heart condition, the n

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Real Name:&#;Artemus Gordon

Other Aliases:&#;Arte, förnamn Addison, Angus MacGordon, Ascot Sam, Beldon Scoville, Jr., Captain Hull, Caruso del Artumo, Claude Renard, Colonel Cross, Colonel Doyle, Colonel Hernandez, Colonel Mosley, Count Draja, Count Felix Von Schleiswieg, Count Vladislov de Raja, Dirk dem John, Dr. Crane, Dr. Gentry, Dr. Raker, Dr. Romonede Pettriere, Dr. Sloane, Dr. Zorbe, Ellsworth R. Caldwell, President Grant, Mojave Mike and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.

Marital Status:&#;Single&#;(see more below)

Known Relatives:&#;Aunt Maude (but she fryst vatten never seen and may be deceased or fictional)&#;

Group affiliation:&#;U.S. Secret Service&#; Base Of Operations:&#;Primarily the American West&#;

Height:&#;5’11”

&#;Weight:&#; lbs&#;

Eyes:&#;Brown

Hair:&#;Brown

Although there is scant information to go by, it can be surmised that Artemus Gordon was born in or the year before or after. Most likely, he was raised in the Eastern

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Ross Martin

For other people named Ross Martin, see Ross Martin (disambiguation).

American actor (–)

Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, March 22, – July 3, ) was an American radio, voice, stage, film, and television actor. Martin was best known for portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBSWestern series The Wild Wild West, which aired from to He was the voice of Doctor Paul Williams in 's Sealab , additional characters in 's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, and additional character voices in 's Jana of the Jungle.

Early life

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Martin was born to a Polish Jewish family in Gródek, Poland, (now Horodok, Ukraine). He and his parents immigrated to New York City when he was an infant.^[1] Recorded as Izak and Sara Rosenblat and infant son Marcus, they boarded the steamship New Rochelle at Danzig, which was then a Free City under the League of Nations; the ship sailed on August 29, , and arrived at the Port of New York on September As they were steerag