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Portrays:	3rd German Officer
Date of Birth:	February 11, 1927
Date of Death:	June 02, 2015
Age at Death:	88
Nationality:	USA
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Todd Martin (February 11, 1927 – June 2, 2015) was an American character actor with a five-decade career in film and television. He portrayed 3rd German Officer in the Galactica 1980 episodes "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II" and "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III."

Biography

Early life

Martin was born on February 11, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York. Standing 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall, his imposing physical presence would become one of his distinguishing characteristics throughout his acting career.

Career

Martin's acting career began in the early 1960s, predominantly in film roles. His early film work included the Jean-Paul Belmondo crime drama Magnet of Doom (1963), the science fiction film Crack in the World (1965) where he played Simpson, and the Steve McQueen heist film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).

During the 1970s, Martin continued to build his filmography with notable roles in Bad Company (1972) with Jeff Bridges, the crime feature Hit! (1973) starring Billy Dee Williams, the western Jory (1973), and the drama Alex & the Gypsy (1976) with Jack Lemmon.

Martin's television career was equally extensive, with appearances in numerous prominent series throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He had recurring roles in Columbo (1971), playing Sergeant Burke in two episodes between 1977 and 1978. His television credits also included appearances in The Rockford Files (1974–1979), Mission: Impossible, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, McCloud, and Ironside.

Martin also appeared in several television movies and miniseries during this period, including "Haunts of the Very Rich" (ABC, 1972–73), "Drive Hard, Drive Fast" (NBC, 1973–74), "The Barbary Coast" (ABC, 1974–75), "Cover Girls" (NBC, 1976–77), the miniseries "Captains and the Kings" (1976–77), and "Aspen" (1977–78).

In 1979, Martin appeared in the television miniseries The French Atlantic Affair as Freuling, appearing in three episodes. In 1980, he appeared in Galactica 1980 as 3rd German Officer in the time-travel storyline "Galactica Discovers Earth," which featured the Colonial Warriors traveling back to Nazi Germany during World War II.

Martin continued working through the 1980s, with appearances in Vega$ (1979), Knight Rider (1984), Automan (1983), Simon & Simon (1983), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982), and the television movie "Cave-In!" (NBC, 1982–83). His final credited role was in the 1985 film Deadly Intruder, where he played Mr. West.

Martin was occasionally credited under the alternative name "Todd Martens" during his career.

Martin died on June 2, 2015, in New York City of natural causes, at the age of 88.

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Zach Martin is an actor who portrayed Marine Strohmeyer in Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome.

Career

Martin's primary known role in the Battlestar Galactica universe was his portrayal of Marine Strohmeyer in the 2012 web series Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. The production, which served as a prequel to the Re-imagined Series, chronicled the adventures of a young William Adama during the tenth year of the First Cylon War.

Blood & Chrome was originally produced as a two-hour pilot that was later divided into ten shorter episodes for online release through Machinima's YouTube channel, beginning November 9, 2012. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, utilizing cutting-edge CGI and virtual technology.

Martin's role as Marine Strohmeyer placed him among the supporting cast members who portrayed Colonial Marines during the intense wartime setting of the series. The production featured extensive space battle sequences and practical military elements that required careful coordination between cast and the visual effects team.

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Martin

For subjects with a similar name, see: Martin (disambiguation).

Martin was a Colonial Warrior of unknown rank marooned on the planet Equellus after a quarrel with Cylon fighters in the Hatari sector, similar to the situation facing Apollo several yahren later.

Martin was injured when he crash landed on the planet and subsequently nursed back to health by Vella, a local oviner (rancher). During this, Vella and Martin fell in love, were married, and had their only child together, Puppis. According to the best recollections of Vella and her brother Bootes, Martin had started to relax into the local lifestyle, though he never quite managed to get the stars out of his head. From recollections of others, he used to gaze up at them from their yard with the infant Puppis on his chest.

Martin told very little of his past life as a warrior; the only time he ever opened up was on the eve of his wedding night, when he and his future brother-in-law Bootes had too much to drink. Apparently either omitted or forgotten from these stories were the existence of the Cylons.

However, Martin's past came back to haunt him when a Cylon Raider crash landed on their planet. Two Centurions were destroyed in the crash, but one survived, although its memory was severely damaged. When Martin saw the Cylon, later to be known as "Red-Eye," Martin retrieved his laser pistol in order to destroy the Cylon. This attempted failed and Red-Eye felled Martin with an unknown weapon, appropriating Martin's laser pistol thereafter ^{(TOS: "The Lost Warrior")}.

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