Skip Martin (actor)

Skip Martin , actually Derek George Horowitz (born March 28, 1928 in London , † November 4, 1984 ibid) was a British actor .

Skip Martin, who was born in London as the son of a Belarusian and an Englishwoman, made his film debut in 1957 in the historical film Die Heilige Johanna directed by Otto Preminger . He showed one of his best performances in the Edgar Allan Poe film adaptation of Satanas - The Castle of the Bloody Beast . In the German-speaking countries, the short mime was best known for Harald Reinl's two -part film adaptation of the Nibelungen , in which he was given the role of Alberich . He later worked in horror films such as Circus der Vampire (1972) and Frankenstein's Horror Clinic (1973), as well as in some television series. In order to keep himself financially afloat between the engagements, he also worked as a tobacco merchant.

Martin died in 1984 in his hometown of London, aged 56.

Filmography

• 1957: Saint Joan ( Saint Joan )
• 1958: Corridors of Blood
• 1961: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ( The Avengers , TV series) - Episode 6: The girl on the trapeze
• 1961: The Red Duke ( The Hellfire Club )
• 1964: Satanas - The Castle of the Bloody Beast ( The Masque of the Red Death )
• 1966: The Sandwich Man
• 1966: The Mystery of the Silver Triangle ( Circus of Fear )
• 1967: The Nibelungs , Part 1 - Siegfried
• 1967: The Nibelungs, Part 2 - Kriemhild's Revenge
• 1967: Adam Adamant Lives! (TV series) - Episode: Wish You Were Here
• 1967: I am what I am ( Col cuore in gola )
• 1969: Where's Jack?
• 1969: Canterbury Tales (TV series) - episode: The Wife of Bath's Tale / The Clerk's Tale
• 1971: Shirley's World (TV series) - Episode: Follow That Rickshaw
• 1972: Circus of the Vampires ( Vampire Circus )
• 1973: Frankenstein's Horror Clinic ( Horror Hospital )
• 1974: Son of Dracula
• 1975: The Goodies (TV series) - episode: South Africa

Web links

• Skip Martin in the Internet Movie Database (English)