Ross Martin

Born in Grodek Poland Ross Martin grew up on New York Citys Lower East Side He spoke Yiddish Polish and Russian before even learning English and later added French Spanish and Italian to his amazing repertoire Despite academic training and receiving honors in business instruction and law M Martin chose a career of acting His first film was the George Pal production Conquest of Space 1955 Soon after he caught the eye of Blake Edwards who cast him in a number of widely varied roles culminating with a fantastic part in The Great Race 1965