Martin Gabel
Biography
Martin Gabel was an American actor, director and producer who began in radio, playing Neil Williams on the serial comedy Easy Aces in the 1930s and later narrating and hosting the CBS broadcast of Norman Corwin's On a Note of Triumph in 1945. He joined Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, taking roles such as Javert in Les Misérables, Cassius in Caesar and Danton in Danton's Death. He directed a single film, The Lost Moment (1947), and acted mostly in supporting parts, including crime boss Tomas Rienzi in Deadline U.S.A. (1952), a Russian spy in The Thief (1952), and businessman Mr. Strutt in Hitchcock's Marnie (1964). He won a 1961 Tony Award for Big Fish, Little Fish and appeared on Broadway in Baker Street as Professor Moriarty and The Rivalry as Stephen A. Douglas. Later films included Lady in Cement (1968), The Front Page (1974) and The First Deadly Sin (1980). He died in 1986.
73years old at death
- Born Philadelphia
- Died New York City
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 29 years1951 to 1980
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Behind the camera
Gabel directed just one film in his career. That film was The Lost Moment, and it came out in 1947.
Big break
Gabel was one of the original members of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre repertory company, after playing Javert in Welles's radio Les Misérables in 1937.
Beyond film
For CBS Radio on May 8, 1945, Gabel hosted and narrated Norman Corwin's On a Note of Triumph, an epic dramatic poem commemorating the Nazi regime's fall in Germany. Its popularity led CBS, NBC, Blue and Mutual to air the program live again on May 13.
First role
Gabel took the part of Professor Van Helsing in "Dracula" on radio. That 1938 broadcast was the first episode of The Mercury Theatre on the Air.
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Most often with
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Films together
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Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1961 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Won | |
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