<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1951 - 1981 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Muriel Weiss (1941 - 1965 (her death)) 1 daughter Olavee Parsons (1967 - 1981 (his death)) </Td> </Tr> <P> Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, March 22, 1920--July 3, 1981) was a Polish - born American radio, voice, stage, film and television actor . Martin was known for portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBS' Western series The Wild Wild West, which aired from 1965 to 1969 . He was the voice of Doctor Paul Williams in 1972's Sealab 2020, additional characters in 1973's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, and additional character voices in 1978's Jana of the Jungle . </P> <P> Martin was born to a Polish Jewish family in Gródek, Poland . He and his parents, emigrated to New York City when he was an infant . Recorded as Izak and Sara Rosenblat and infant son Marcus, they boarded the steamship New Rochelle at Danzig, which was then a Free City under the League of Nations; the ship sailed on 29 August 1920 and arrived at the Port of New York on 18 September . As they were steerage passengers they were obliged to go to Ellis Island to undergo U.S. Immigrant Inspection . They settled in The Bronx . Martin spoke Polish, Yiddish and some Russian before learning English and later added French, Spanish and Italian to his repertoire . </P>

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