Martin E. Brooks
Biography
The American character actor Martin E. Brooks was best known for playing the scientist Rudy Wells in The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman from 1975 onward. Born in The Bronx and raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, he trained at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research and won an off-Broadway best actor award for Outside the Door. On stage he appeared in The Andersonville Trial in 1959 and in Burning Bright, which brought him a Theatre World Award and a Donaldson Award. On television he had a recurring role in McMillan & Wife, became a regular on both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, and returned as Wells in the television movies The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) and Bionic Ever After? (1994).
90years old at death
- Born United States
- Died Studio City
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Martin Baum and Martin Brooks
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 24 years1970 to 1994
Every film, newest first
- 1994Bionic Ever After?IMDb rating 6.2
- 1994T-ForceIMDb rating 4.8
- 1989Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic WomanIMDb rating 5.8
- 1987The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic WomanIMDb rating 6.3
- 1970Colossus: The Forbin ProjectIMDb rating 7.1
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A first
In the fall of 1977, Brooks and Richard Anderson played Oscar Goldman and another character as regulars on two networks at the same time, a first. NBC had picked up The Bionic Woman after ABC canceled it, while ABC kept airing The Six Million Dollar Man.
About the name
Brooks earned an off-Broadway best actor award for Outside the Door. Producer Richard Rodgers advised him, and he then took the name Martin Brooks.
Martin E. Brooks movies on Netflix
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Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Richard Anderson's page
Lee Majors's page
Lindsay Wagner's page
Lee Majors II's page
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 1951 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
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