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In 1968 Martin broke his leg and then suffered a near-fatal heart attack forcing The Wild Wild West to replace him with other actors including Charles Aidman William Schallert and Alan Hale Jr for nine episodes. Martin's first film was the George Pal 1955 production Conquest of Space followed by a brief but memorable appearance in The Colossus of New York (1958) as the scientist father of Charles Herbert. Later that same year he appeared as the famed Asian detective Charlie Chan The Return of Charlie Chan.

Martin is known for portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBS Western series The Wild Wild West which aired from 1965 to 1969.