Kurt Wayne
February 3rd, 2006, 05:03 PM
I'd never seen this:
Ian Martin, an actor who appeared in seven Broadway shows and on 700 television programs, died of a heart ailment in Doctors Hospital last Saturday. He was 69 years old.
Mr. Martin, who lived in New York and Westport, Conn., began his acting career in plays by Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He appeared in the lead role in ''Finian's Rainbow'' for a year on Broadway. Daytime television viewers saw him as Mr. Higbee in ''Search for Tomorrow.'' In recent yeaars, he was chief writer of ''The Nurses.''
Mr. Martin was born in Glasgow, the son of George Martin, a composer, and Violet Robertson, an English actress. A child actor in Scotland, he came to the United States in 1928, graduated from Harvard College, and then entered radio as an actor, announcer and writer.
He was first married to the late Inga Martin, an actress. He is survived by his wife, Joen, an actress; two sons, Toby and Christopher; two daughters, Jolie Stopanoff and Liz Martin, and three grandchildren.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E7DB173BF932A05754C0A9679482 60
Ian Martin, an actor who appeared in seven Broadway shows and on 700 television programs, died of a heart ailment in Doctors Hospital last Saturday. He was 69 years old.
Mr. Martin, who lived in New York and Westport, Conn., began his acting career in plays by Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He appeared in the lead role in ''Finian's Rainbow'' for a year on Broadway. Daytime television viewers saw him as Mr. Higbee in ''Search for Tomorrow.'' In recent yeaars, he was chief writer of ''The Nurses.''
Mr. Martin was born in Glasgow, the son of George Martin, a composer, and Violet Robertson, an English actress. A child actor in Scotland, he came to the United States in 1928, graduated from Harvard College, and then entered radio as an actor, announcer and writer.
He was first married to the late Inga Martin, an actress. He is survived by his wife, Joen, an actress; two sons, Toby and Christopher; two daughters, Jolie Stopanoff and Liz Martin, and three grandchildren.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E7DB173BF932A05754C0A9679482 60