Background
Martin was born in Katemcy, Texas.
Martin was born in Katemcy, Texas.
Foreign a time as a teenager, he lived in Florence, Alabama. His film debut was an uncredited part in Knock on Any Door (1949). He also appeared in The Thing from Another World (1951), co-starred with Kirk Douglas in The Big Sky (1952), played the younger brother of Humphrey Bogart"s character in The Desperate Hours played a lead role in "Land of the Pharaohs" (1955), and was featured opposite Dean Martin in his first post-Martin and Lewis film – the notorious flop Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) – but did not become a full-fledged star.
Martin worked extensively in television as well, including The Twilight Zone episode "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" (1960) and The Outer Limits episode "The Premonition" (1965), co-written by Ib Melchior.
Starting in 1960, he also played Daniel Boone on four episodes of Walt Disney Presents, an unsuccessful attempt to duplicate the national craze which had ensued when Fess Parker had portrayed Davy Crockett on the same series several years earlier. The Twilight Zone episode "I Shot an Arrow Into the Air" (1960)
The Outer Limits episode "The Premonition" (1965)
four episodes of Walt Disney Presents (1960).