MARTIN MILNER BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Martin Milner was born on December 28th, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan with the birth name Martin Sam Milner.  His father was also named Sam and he was a film distributor and his mother was Jerry who worked as a dancer with Paramount theater. 
 
His family soon relocated to Seattle where he first became interested in acting in school plays at the age of nine.  By the time he turned fourteen his family relocated again, this time to Los Angeles, California when Milner's father helped him get an agent and get into the entertainment industry.  His first role was in the film, "Life With Father" (1947) with Warner Brothers.  Sadly, just as his career was beginning, he contracted Polio and had to take a whole year to recover from the illness.
 
He graduated from North Hollywood High School and then went onto college for one year studying at the University of Southern California.  Milner did not abandon the film industry as he did continue to do his schooling and also work in the industry.  He had  roles on a number of films between 1949 through 1960 such as on, "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949), "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957), "Marjorie Morningstar" (1958) and "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957).  He also made his first television appearance during this time on the series, "The Lone Ranger" (1950) as well as a recurring role on the sitcom, "The Stu Erwin Show" (1950).
 
Milner did take a brief break from appearing on the big screen when he joined the Army in 1952 and directed military training films.  He did a number of more roles after completing his military service such as on, "Adam-12" (1968) and made television appearances on such shows as, "Murder, She Wrote" (1984), "MacGyver" (1985) and "Diagnosis Murder" (1993).   
 
Martin Milner married only once on 1957 to Judith Bess Jones with who he has four children.  They are still married today and he is still working in the industry hosting a show called, "Let's Talk Hook-up" (1993-2004 which is a radio show based on fishing based in San Diego, California.  He has always had a passion for fishing and still today enjoys traveling and pursuing his hobby.
 
Milner's ailing health has lead him to retire from the industry but he still remains living in Southern California with his family.    

 
Filmography

1997 Diagnosis Murder
1985-1996 Murder, She Wrote
1994 RoboCop 
1992 Life Goes On
1988-1990 MacGyver 
1989 Nashville Beat 
1985 Airwolf
1984 Masquerade
1981 The Ordeal of Bill Carney 
1981 Fantasy Island
1980 The Littlest Hobo
1979 The Seekers 
1979 The Last Convertible 
1979 Crisis in Mid-air 
1978 Little Mo 
1978 Black Beauty 
1977 Police Story 
1977 SST: Death Flight 
1976 Flood! 
1975-1976 Swiss Family Robinson
1972-1976 Emergency!
1968-1975 Adam-12
1974 Hurricane
1973 Runaway!
1971 The D.A.
1971 Columbo
1968 Dragnet 1967
1968 Three Guns for Texas
1968 Land's End 
1967 Valley of the Dolls 
1967 Insight
1967 Felony Squad
1967 Sullivan's Empire 
1967 Run for Your Life 
1967 The Rat Patrol
1966 Ski Fever 
1966 12 O'Clock High
1965-1966 The Virginian
1966 A Man Called Shenandoah
1965-1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1965 Laredo
1965 Gidget
1965 Starr, First Baseman 
1965 Zebra in the Kitchen
1965 Memorandum for a Spy
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre 
1965 Slattery's People
1964 The DuPont Show of the Week
1960-1964 Route 66
1960 The Private Lives of Adam and Eve 
1960 Sex Kittens Go to College 
1960 13 Ghosts 
1960 Twilight Zone
1959 U.S. Marshal
1959 Hotel de Paree
1958-1959 The Millionaire
1959 Steve Canyon
1959 Playhouse 90
1959 Compulsion 
1958-1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959 Rawhide
1958 Marjorie Morningstar
1958 Too Much, Too Soon
1958 Wagon Train
1957 Sweet Smell of Success
1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 Desk Set
1956-1957 West Point
1957 Man Afraid
1953-1958 The Life of Riley
1956 Navy Log
1956 Crossroads
1956 Science Fiction Theatre
1956 Telephone Time
1956 Pillars of the Sky 
1956 The Charles Farrell Show
1956 Screaming Eagles
1956 Navy Wife 
1956 TV Reader's Digest
1956 On the Threshold of Space 
1955 Francis in the Navy 
1955 Pete Kelly's Blues 
1955 Mister Roberts
1952-1955 Dragnet
1954-1955 Schlitz Playhouse
1955 The Long Gray Line
1955 The Great Gildersleeve
1954 Dial M for Murder
1953 Destination Gobi 
1953 Last of the Comanches
1952 Torpedo Alley 
1952 Battle Zone 
1952 Springfield Rifle 
1952 My Wife's Best Friend 
1952 Belles on Their Toes 
1952 The Captive City
1951 I Want You 
1950-1951 The Stu Erwin Show 
1951 The Bigelow Theatre
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
1951 Operation Pacific 
1950 Halls of Montezuma 
1950 Our Very Own 
1950 Louisa 
1950 The Lone Ranger
1949 Sands of Iwo Jima 
1948 The Wreck of the Hesperus 
1947 Life with Father