Dick Martin
Highest Rated: 57% The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Lowest Rated: 21% Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
Birthday: Jan 30, 1922
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Over the course of his 25 years in television, comedian Dick Martin created an enviable legacy as an actor, director, and co-host of the top-rated comedy show "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In." Born in 1922, Martin teamed up with fellow comedian Dan Rowan in 1952, and the two played the nightclub circuit across America off and on for the next 15 years. In 1967 they were recruited by NBC to replace "The Dean Martin Show" with their own hour-long comedy program. "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" featured a cast of young unknowns such as Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin, and Arte Johnson. The show was fast-paced, colorful, and obviously derived from the far-out spirit of the times. Martin and Rowan played themselves off against the swinging '60s energy of the show as straight-men from another era. After "Laugh-In" went off the air in 1973, Martin appeared as a panelist on a number of celebrity-staffed comedy game shows such as "Match Game" and "Password Plus." He also started his second career as a director. He first worked with Bob Newhart in 1977 on the original "The Bob Newhart Show" and later directed 32 episodes of the very successful '80s version, "Newhart." Martin also helmed filming of "Family Ties," "Mama's Family," and "Webster." He died in Santa Monica, California, in 2008.
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Dick Martin
Filmography
Movies
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36% |
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Bartleby | Mayor (Character) | $141.4K | 2001 |
21% |
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Air Bud: Golden Receiver | Phil Phil (Character) | $10.2M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North of Pittsburgh | Irving Kent III (Character) | - | 1992 |
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Carbon Copy | Victor Bard (Character) | - | 1981 |
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Zero to Sixty | Arthur Dunking (Character) | - | 1978 |
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The Maltese Bippy | Ernest Grey (Character) | - | 1969 |
57% |
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The Glass Bottom Boat | Zack Molloy (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Once Upon a Horse | Doc Logan (Character) | - | 1958 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Unknown (Character) | 1968-1973 2024 |
33% | No Score Yet | Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Nanny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
70% | No Score Yet | George & Leo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baywatch | Ed (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The John Larroquette Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dave's World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Heat of the Night | Director | 1993 |
14% | No Score Yet | Drexell's Class | Director | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coach | Peter Plunkett (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Director | 1982-1990 |
40% | No Score Yet | The Bradys | Director | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Password |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
1985-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Password 79 |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
1979-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flo | Director | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Semi-Tough | Director | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Match Game | Self | 1977 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tattletales | Guest | 1975-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Director | 1977-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1969 1971 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lucy Show | Unknown (Character) | 1962-1963 |