# RIP Martin Milner **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267 "2015-09-07T18:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/1 "2015-09-07T18:47:42Z")
> **[Martin Milner, Star of ‘Adam-12,’ ‘Route 66,’ Dies at 83](https://variety.com/2015/film/news/martin-milner-dead-adam-12-route-66-1201587461/)** > > Martin Milner, who starred on TV on “Adam-12” with Kent McCord and, earlier, on “Route 66” with George Maharis, died Sunday night, Diana Downing, a representative for his fa… “1-Adam-12, see the man about an entertaining actor who passed away.” :-(. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/2 "2015-09-07T18:58:36Z")
Read his name just last night. Reference to a Twilight Zone ep he was in. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/3 "2015-09-07T19:11:24Z")
Ironically, I watched his character get murdered on Columbo just last night. RIP, Marty. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/4 "2015-09-07T19:13:46Z")
We watched him grow up on television. He played Riley’s daughter’s boyfriend and then husband on “The Life of Riley” for heaven’s sake…then went on to the hugely popular, “Route 66” of course. Adam 12, followed. He never seemed to be out of work. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/5 "2015-09-07T19:30:06Z")
Now getting his kicks on Route 666. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/6 "2015-09-07T19:31:33Z")
End of watch for Officer Pete Malloy. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/7 "2015-09-07T22:51:58Z")
Anyone want to try explaining how Milner made that Jack Webb purple prose sound so good on Adam-12? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/8 "2015-09-07T23:59:32Z")
He was also in the _original_ William Castle film **13 Ghosts**. I was surprised when I finally saw the film and recognized him. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/9 "2015-09-08T00:06:21Z")
I remember him! He’s the guy who drove west on Route 66, and liked it out there, so he became a cop. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/10 "2015-09-08T00:43:44Z")
He was terrific in a lot of different shows. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/11 "2015-09-08T02:42:38Z")
My husband goes through periods of binge-watching _Adam 12_ and that’s where I was first really introduced to Mr. Milner, and I came to truly adore him. He was very understated with a subtle charisma that was incredibly endearing. I wish I’d have seen in him more things. May he enjoy his eternal break in the great, big donut shop in the sky. Rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/12 "2015-09-08T02:49:42Z")
I watched him in a 1950 episode of _The Lone Ranger_ and recognized him right away. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/13 "2015-09-08T03:22:16Z")
RIP, Martin. ☹ Seems to be a bad week for '60s TV icons. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/14 "2015-09-08T03:41:12Z")
Oh my. I saw him in person when _Route 66_ came to Niagara Falls, NY, to film an episode in the fall of 1963. It never aired because it was about an assassination, and President Kennedy was killed between the time it was filmed and before its scheduled air date in March 1964. I’ve since watched the episode, [“I’m Here to Kill a King”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0690457/?ref_=ttep_ep11) on Amazon. It was a classy program, filmed on location all over the country. Tackled some heavy themes. Enjoy that eternal open road, Marty. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/15 "2015-09-08T16:38:44Z")
I watched Adam-12 every week without fail. “One-Adam-12, no wants. Lincoln, X-Ray, Ida 483.” Dispatch, show Mr. Milner 10-98, returned to station. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/16 "2015-09-08T18:37:45Z")
I also binge-watched the whole _Adam-12_ series recently. Milner really sold the stylized, _Dragnet_-like feel for the series. There was one episode from Season4 called “The Search” that I found genuinely suspensful and affecting. Malloy is injured and has a broken leg, and his radio mike doesn’t work. And the squad car is crashed in a park in LA. Almost all the scenes with Milner are in or near the car, and it has a dark, claustrophobic feel where Malloy is struggling to get free, or contact someone to get help. A homeless crook who stumbles across him steals his shotgun (that he is using as a splint) and leaves him to die unassisted. But Jim Reed will not give up the search, and Malloy figures out how to use the broken radio to signal his location. And the last scene is Reed calling for help, and trying to comfort Malloy and let him know how desperately glad he is to have found him. And Malloy, who can barely speak, reaches up and grips Reed by the arm, and whispers one word. “Partner.” Their whole relationship summed up. Not just friends, not just colleagues. They are there for each other, no matter what. Good series, good actor. I see from his Wiki that he was married to the same woman from 1956 until she died in 2004. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/17 "2015-09-08T18:46:27Z")
His biggest movie role was probably as Steve Dallas in [Sweet Smell of Success](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051036/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_68). Great film! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/18 "2015-09-08T19:36:25Z")
I grew up with Adam-12 but missed Rte 66, so all I knew is Pete Malloy. So it was a surprise recently to see him in a pre A12 Gidget episode as a surf bum. I never knew he could do comedy! [The great Kahuna](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/askville/6666639_11794423_mywrite/gidget.jpg) A good episode! ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/19 "2015-09-08T19:49:31Z")
He was also a decent Password player; as an exception to the “one male and one female celebrity” rule, he and Kent McCord would usually both appear for a week. (This was on the old ABC version, of which very few, if any, episodes exist - one version I heard was, they re-used the tapes for _Family Feud_; I don’t remember either of them being on either Password Plus or Super Password on NBC.) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267/20 "2015-09-09T00:39:39Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I also binge-watched the whole _Adam-12_ series recently. Milner really sold the stylized, _Dragnet_-like feel for the series. > > There was one episode from Season4 called “The Search” that I found genuinely suspensful and affecting. Malloy is injured and has a broken leg, and his radio mike doesn’t work. And the squad car is crashed in a park in LA. > > Almost all the scenes with Milner are in or near the car, and it has a dark, claustrophobic feel where Malloy is struggling to get free, or contact someone to get help. A homeless crook who stumbles across him steals his shotgun (that he is using as a splint) and leaves him to die unassisted. > > But Jim Reed will not give up the search, and Malloy figures out how to use the broken radio to signal his location. And the last scene is Reed calling for help, and trying to comfort Malloy and let him know how desperately glad he is to have found him. And Malloy, who can barely speak, reaches up and grips Reed by the arm, and whispers one word. > > “Partner.” > > Their whole relationship summed up. Not just friends, not just colleagues. They are there for each other, no matter what. > > Good series, good actor. I see from his Wiki that he was married to the same woman from 1956 until she died in 2004. > > Regards, > Shodan That was a very good episode. In Griffith Park. The aforementioned “Route 66” episode “I’m Here to Kill a King” showed that Milner was a _great_ actor. Tod Stiles found himself face to face with a monstrous assassin who was his own dopppelganger. But you _believed_ they were different people. One of the powers that be looked at them side by side and remarked, “Amazing - only the eyes are different”. Later, held hostage, Tod said to the assassin something like, “What are you? Every nightmare I’ve ever had?” I don’t know much about acting, but it must be really tough to play a role that convincingly scares yourself. On screen. RIP Martin Milner. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-martin-milner/730267.md?page=2)