Actor
Tony Martin
December 25, 1913 · San Francisco, California, USA
Alvin Morris, known professionally as Tony Martin, was an American actor and popular singer. His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand", "Stranger in Paradise" and "I Get Ideas". He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2008.
In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and singer. He formed his first band, named "The Red Peppers," when he was in high school. After college, he went to Hollywood to try films. It was at that time that he adopted the stage name of Tony Martin.
Often works with
Cyd Charisse
5 titles together
That's Entertainment!, That's Entertainment! III, Till the Clouds Roll By
Ann Miller
4 titles together
That's Entertainment! III, Deep in My Heart, Hit the Deck
Fred Astaire
3 titles together
Follow the Fleet, That's Entertainment!, That's Entertainment! III
Gene Kelly
3 titles together
That's Entertainment!, That's Entertainment! III, Deep in My Heart
Debbie Reynolds
3 titles together
That's Entertainment!, That's Entertainment! III, Hit the Deck
James Stewart
3 titles together
That's Entertainment!, Ziegfeld Girl, The Jack Benny Program
Full filmography · 38
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19747.4
Let's Be Happy
as Stanley Smith
1957
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Linus Quincannon
1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tony Martin (uncredited)
1956
Hit the Deck
as William Clark
1955
Deep in My Heart
as Performer (segment "New Moon")
19546.7
Easy to Love
as Barry Gordon
1953
Here Come the Girls
as Allen Trent
1953
Clash by Night
as Singer of 'I Hear a Rhapsody' (voice) (uncredited)
19526.7
Two Tickets to Broadway
as Dan Carter
1951
Casbah
as Pepe Le Moko
1948