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 Les ruelles du malheur (1949). After minor roles in several minor films, he was given a larger role in La chose d'un autre monde (1951) by producer Howard Hawks. Hawks followed this with one of the two lead roles in his great Western La captive aux yeux clairs (1952). 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 in the late 50s.
