Dick Martin

• Born: Jan 30, 1922 in Battle Creek, Michigan
• Died: May 24, 2008
• Occupation: Actor, Director
• Active: '60s-'70s
• Major Genres: Comedy
• Career Highlights: The Maltese Bippy, Once Upon a Horse, The Bob Newhart Show: It Didn't Happen One Night
• First Major Screen Credit: Once Upon a Horse (1958)

Biography

Though he has done many other things since the late '60s and early '70s, comedian/actor Dick Martin will best be remembered as the co-host of the innovative sketch comedy series Laugh-In (1968-1973) with his longtime partner and straightman Dan Rowan. Rowan and Martin started out on television appearing briefly on the summer edition of the comedy variety show The Chevy Show in 1958. He and Rowan made their feature-film debut that year in the Western Once Upon a Horse. Between 1962 and 1964, Martin, sans Rowan, was a regular on The Lucy Show. The two reunited to appear regularly on The Dean Martin Summer Show (1966-1967). That year, Martin also made another solo appearance in the Doris Day feature The Glass Bottom Boat. Laugh-In was the comic duo's biggest success and at the peak of their popularity, the two attempted to further cash in by appearing in the Abbott and Costello-like horror spoof, The Maltese Bippy (1969). The film bombed and it would be years before Martin again appeared in a film. Since then, his acting appearances on television and in film have been sporadic. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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