Martin Milner, Star of Adam-12 and Route 66, Dead at 83
Veteran TV actor Martin Milner, best known for his starring roles in Adam-12 and Route 66, has died. He was 83.
After launching his career in such war-themed films Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949), Operation Pacific (1951) and Halls Of Montezuma (1951), Milner began his gradual transition to the small screen with a recurring role in Dragnet and guest stints on Wagon Train and The Twilight Zone.
In 1960, he scored his big break opposite George Maharis in Route 66, which ran for four seasons and nearly 120 episodes on CBS. He followed that up with a co-starring role NBC’s long-running cop drama Adam-12.
Milner’s other TV credits included Murder, She Wrote, Diagnosis Murder, Police Story, Fantasy Island, MacGyver and Life Goes On.
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