Dewey Martin

American juvenile leading man. A native of Texas, Martin entered the theatre in 1946 and within three years was tapped to play one of the young toughs in _Knock on Any Door (1949)_ (qv). After minor roles in several minor films, he was given a larger role in _The Thing from Another World (1951)_ (qv) by producer 'Howard Hawks' (qv). Hawks followed this with one of the two lead roles in his great Western _The Big Sky (1952)_ (qv). Despite this and a few other prominent parts in big pictures, Martin's appearances became more and more infrequent and less and less stellar. He did, however, become a familiar face on television into the 1970s. He was married to singer 'Peggy Lee' (qv) in the late 50s.::Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>