Martin Sam Milner (1931 - 2015)

Born 28 Dec 1931 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

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Died 6 Sep 2015 at age 83 in Carlsbad, San Diego County, California

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Martin Sam Milner (December 28, 1931 – September 6, 2015) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Milner is best known for his performances in two popular television series: Route 66, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and Adam-12, which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.

Martin Milner was born on December 28, 1931, to film distributor Sam Gordon Milner and Paramount Theater circuit dancer Mildred (née Martin) in Detroit, Michigan.

The family left Detroit when he was a young child and moved frequently before settling in Seattle, Washington, by the time he was nine. There he became involved in acting, first in school, and then in a children's theater group at the Cornish Playhouse.

When Martin Milner was a teenager, he moved with his family to Los Angeles where his parents hired an acting coach and later an agent for him. Milner had his first screen test and began his film career with his debut in the 1947 film Life with Father in the role of John Day, the second oldest son of Clarence Day played by William Powell.

By 1955, Martin lived in an apartment in North Hollywood with his mother and step-father (his mother had married Guglielmo "Bill" Cini, a jewelry designer, in 1954).

In May 1956, Martin Milner met singer and actress Judith Bess Jones at a Hollywood dinner party. They were married on February 23, 1957, in Waukegan, Illinois. They had four children together:

1. Amy,
2. Molly,
3. Stuart and
4. Andrew.

In February 2003, Milner's eldest daughter Amy, who appeared in an episode of Adam 12, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. She died in December 2004.

On September 6, 2015, Martin Milner died of heart failure at his home in Carlsbad, California, at the age of 83.

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• Wikipeddia article: Martin Milner
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• Ancestry.com. 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 2149; Sheet Number: 79; Enumeration District: 66-191.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151972756/martin-milner: accessed 24 January 2023), memorial page for Martin Milner (28 Dec 1931–6 Sep 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151972756; Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend; Maintained by Find a Grave.