Martin Gabel

Birth Name:

Martin Gabel

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Director

In 1961, he won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Drama for "Big Fish, Little Fish․"
In 1981, he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting actor for his work on 1980's "The First Deadly Sin" by the U․S․ Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
Attended acting training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Majored in English at Lehigh University, a private research university in Bethlehem, Pa
One of the original members of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre Company
He and the late voice actor Jim Backus were once roommates together
Most frequent guest on classic CBS game show "What's My Line?" during its 17-year run on TV; he appeared 114 times in total

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