Martin Huston (February 8, 1941 – August 8, 2001) was an American television and theatre actor.

Life and career

Huston was born in

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. He and his family moved to

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, where Huston attended

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

. He began his career in 1951, appearing in the anthology television series ''

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''. In 1953, Huston starred in the title role of the radio and television

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My Son Jeep ''My Son Jeep'' is an American situation comedy originally broadcast on the NBC Radio and Television networks in 1953 (radio: January 25-June 14; television: July 4-September 22, with a "sneak preview" on June 3). Set in Grove Fall, USA, the prog ...

'', In 1955 to 1956 Huston starred as Skipper in the television series ''

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''. He also starred in two more television shows, ''Too Young to Go Steady'' and '' Diagnosis: Unknown''. Huston made his theatrical debut in 1959 in the Broadway play, titled, ''Only in America''. Other theatre credits include ''

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'', ''

Take Her, She's Mine ''Take Her, She's Mine'' is a 1963 American comedy film starring James Stewart and Sandra Dee based on the 1961 Broadway comedy written by Henry Ephron and Phoebe Ephron. The film was directed by Henry Koster with a screenplay by Nunnally Johnso ...

'' and ''A Race of Hairy Men!''. Huston’s last theatre credit was in the title role of the 1970 Broadway play '' Norman, Is That You?''. He retired in 1971.

Death

Huston died in August 2001 of

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, at the age of 60.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Huston, Martin 1941 births 2001 deaths People from Lexington, Kentucky Male actors from Kentucky American male child actors American male television actors American male stage actors 20th-century American male actors Columbia University alumni Deaths from cancer in New York (state)