Martin, Dean
(1917–1995)> SINGER · ACTOR
Dean Martin Singer and actor Steubenville, Ohio, June 17, 1917; Los Angeles, California, December 25, 1995. He started working with Jerry Lewis as a comedy-singing act in nightclubs in 1946. The duo appeared on Ed Sullivan’s TV show in 1948 and costarred on the Colgate Comedy Hour two years later. Martin and Lewis made sixteen movies (1949–1956) before breaking up their partnership. As a single, Martin acted in many films and had his own television show from 1965 to 1974. He was noted for a…