Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/25/1913
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
Anthony MartinAlvin Morris
Tony Martin
Biography
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 ti...
Known For
Pigskin Parade
as Tommy Barker
Kentucky Moonshine
as Jerry Wade
The Big Store
as Tommy Rogers
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self
Let's Be Happy
as Stanley Smith
Music in My Heart
as Robert Gregory
Casbah
as Pepe Le Moko
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Yusuf/Tony Martin
Banjo on My Knee
as Chick Bean
You Can't Have Everything
as Bobby Walker
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Tony Martin (uncredited)
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Man with Violet (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Frank Merton
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Linus Quincannon
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Tommy Reynolds
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
Here Come the Girls
as Allen Trent
Follow the Fleet
as Sailor (uncredited)
Up the River
as Tommy Grant
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
Career Timeline
1956
1938
1937
1936
Banjo on My Knee
as Chick Bean
Pigskin Parade
as Tommy Barker
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Tony Renaldo
Back to Nature
as Tom Williams
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Radio Baritone Soloist (uncredited)
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Man with Violet (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet
as Sailor (uncredited)