Name: Martain Milner
Born: 28 December 1931
Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Spouse: Judith Bess Jones (February 1957 - present) 4
children
Children: Amy, Molly, Stuart, and Andrew
His father, Sam, was a film distributor. His mother, Jerre Martin, was a dancer with
the Paramount Theater circuit. The Milners moved to Seattle when Martin was a baby and to
Los Angeles soon after. At age 15 Martin's father got him an agent and he was chosen to
play the role of "John Day" in Life
with Father (1947), Warner Bros.' version of C'larence Day, Jr.''s popular Broadway play. Milner contracted polio
shortly after filming was completed and his career was put on hold for a year as he
recovered from the illness. After graduating from North Hollywood High School and studying
for one year at the University of Southern California, Milner worked steadily in films
during the years 1949-1960. He appeared in films such as Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Marjorie Morningstar (1958) and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). He put his
career on hold again when he was inducted into the Army in 1952 for two years. Shortly
after joining the Army, he was assigned to the Human Research Division, where he directed
military training films and served as Master of Ceremonies for a touring show based at
Fort Ord, California. While at Fort Ord Milner met actors David Janssen and Clint Eastwood. Janssen and Milner
encouraged Eastwood, who was serving as a swimming instructor at the base, to go into
acting. Milner married television actress and singer Judy Jones in 1957.
Milner met Jack Webb during the filming
of _Halls of Montezuma (1951)_ and later worked with him on his "Dragnet" radio
show as well as the TV series "Dragnet"
(1951). Milner appeared as 17-year-old high school student "Stephen Banner" in
the episode "The Big Producer" in 1952. According to Webb's biography "Just
the Facts, Ma'am", Webb owed Milner money from a card game. When Webb called him to
the studio to pay him back, he offered Milner a role in the "Dragnet" radio
show. After that, Webb continued to find roles for Milner until he offered him the role of
"Pete Malloy" on "Adam-12"
(1968). Milner continued to appear in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s and made many
guest appearances on television shows such as "Murder, She Wrote" (1984), the
"Columbo" made-for-TV movies, "MacGyver"
(1985), and "Diagnosis Murder"
(1993). Milner is an avid fisherman and has been co-host of the syndicated radio talk show
"Let's Talk Hook-up" since 1993. He also hosts fishing trips through "Let's
Talk Hook-Up."
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