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John McMartin

Acting

Born August 21, 1929 · Warsaw, Indiana, USA

Died July 6, 2016

Biography

John Francis McMartin was an American actor of stage, film, and television. He made his off-Broadway debut in Little Mary Sunshine in 1959, and acted on Broadway for more than 50 years. He won a Theatre World Award in 1960 and was nominated for a Tony for his role in Sweet Charity in 1966. On television, McMartin appeared on the soap opera As the World Turns, and the TV shows East Side West Side, Beauty and the Beast, The Golden Girls,The Bob Newhart Show, and Murder, She Wrote. He also had film roles in All the President's Men (1976), Blow Out, and Legal Eagles.

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Awards & recognition

  • Theatre World Award · 1960
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Musical · 2002 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Musical · 1995 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 1973 · nominated

Filmography37 titles

Oz

1997as Lars Nathan

Frasier

1993as Fletcher Grey

All the President's Men

1976as Foreign Editor

The Golden Girls

1985as Frank Leahy

Cheers

1982as Dr. Lawrence Crandell

The Rockford Files

1974as Timson Farrell

Lincoln

1988as Salmon P. Chase

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Jason Bryan

The Bob Newhart Show

1972

Beauty and the Beast

1987as Charles Chandler

Blow Out

1981as Lawrence Henry

Law & Order

1990as Defense Attorney Larry Webber

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Bill Campbell

Touched by an Angel

1994as Earl Gray

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Ron Nicholson

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

2015as Grant

Roots: The Gift

1988as Edmund Parker, Sr.

Brubaker

1980as Senator Hite

The Greatest Man in the World

1981as Ames Herbert

The Partridge Family

1970as Larry Metcalfe

Sweet Charity

1969as Oscar

Hart to Hart

1979

No Reservations

2007as Mr. Peterson

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

1968as The Mayor

Kinsey

2004as Huntington Hartford

Coach

1989as Judge Watkins

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as John Ambrose

A Shock to the System

1990as George Brewster

Three Businessmen

1998as Liverpool Businessman

Legal Eagles

1986as Forrester

Pennies from Heaven

1981as Mr. Warner

Great Performances

1971as Leone Gala

Separate but Equal

1991as Governor James F. Byrnes

Little Sweetheart

1989as Uncle David

Falcon Crest

1981as Julian J. Roberts

Who's That Girl

1987as Simon Worthington

Dream Lover

1986as Martin