Tony Martin Net Worth
Tony Martin Net Worth is
$200,000
Tony Martin Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Born Alvin Morris, the son of immigrants from Poland, Tony Martin received a soprano saxophone on his tenth birthday. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and soprano pop singer. When in high school, he then formed his first band called "The Red Peppers", eventually joining a local orchestra leader, Tom Gerun, as a reed ... | Full Name | Tony Martin |
| Date Of Birth | December 25, 1913 |
| Died | July 27, 2012, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
| Weight | 75 kg |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack |
| Education | Michigan State University |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Cyd Charisse, Alice Faye |
| Children | Tony Martin Jr., Nicholas Martin |
| Parents | Edward Clarence Morris, Hattie Morris |
| Music Groups | Black Sabbath, Giuntini Project |
| Movies | Till the Clouds Roll By, Ziegfeld Girl, The Big Store, Casbah, Hit the Deck, Easy to Love, Music in My Heart, Ali Baba Goes to Town, Banjo on My Knee, Deep in My Heart, Two Tickets to Broadway, Here Come the Girls, Let's Be Happy, Quincannon, Frontier Scout, Kentucky Moonshine, Life Begins in Colleg... |
| TV Shows | The Tony Martin Show |
| Star Sign | Capricorn |
| # | 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. |
| # | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Best Male Singer |
Known for movies
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as Gaylord Ravenal (segment "Show Boat") / Tony Martin
The Tony Martin Show (1954-1956)
as Himself
Music in My Heart (1940)
as Robert Gregory
The Big Store (1941)
as Tommy Rogers
