The Martin Milner thread

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Longtime fave.

Wish he'd had more of a career after Adam-12.

I need to find Route 66 on streaming so I can watch him on that with another of my faves, Glenn Corbett.

Very cute and good looking guy.

He was one of my partners when I was on Password. Amazingly striking looking man, and I got to sit just a couple feet away.

R4 = Joyce Bulifant

Ooooh,R4 please tell us more!

Weird, just caught some of him in what I think was his first role, one of the redhead sons in Life With Father on TCM!

Thought he looked familiar there and confirmed on IMDb. Good timing.

[quote]Ooooh,[R4] please tell us more!

He was on with Greg Morris of " Mission Impossible." The thing I remember the most is that was very friendly, unlike some of the others. We spoke through the commercial breaks; he didn't ignore me, as " Timmy's mother" had done on a previous show. I remember his very attractive eyes and, most importantly, we won.

Oh, no, R4/R8! Don't tell me my beloved June Lockhart wasn't rude/cold to you!

Before my time but I sometimes catch the show on MeTv (it's on right now) Him and his partner were so hot in there uniforms

He was on a Twilight Zone episode, Mirror Image, with Vera Miles.

Come-hither pose.

Dan R8. Greg Morris was fine as hell, too.

A while ago, I watched "Adam-12" all the way through. That's my favorite time period nostalgia-wise. I loved looking at all the places and people of LA at that time. Both of the men were hot.

Shame on you Queens...

Mel : You're spending a lot more time than necessary with that fag.

Neely O'Hara : Ted Casablanca is NOT a fag... and I'm the dame who can prove it.

R8. Cool. That’s more than I could ever say about spending several days with Alex Trebek—he was a dick until my 4th of 5 days. I felt like saying—oh, now you’re friendly ;)

Kent McCord, Randolph Mantooth & me = a teen-age wet dream 🤤

R14. I love looking at those areas of LA. They seemed to film in areas that rarely get seen in TVMovies.

Love him and Kent on Adam 12 and watch it daily on MeTV. He was a BABE in his day.

For those who like feet...

I'm convinced that his "Pete Malloy" held a torch for Kent McCord's "Jim Reed" in Adam 12. It was all in the care and concern that he showed for Reed in several episodes. Malloy rarely had a serious girlfriend, and would often rebuff the advances of several women, including those who Jim and his wife attempted to fix him up with.

R2, season 1-4 are available on Crackle.

The dirty secret of Adam-12, and Dragnet…a full-on PR campaign by William Parker, long-time LAPD chief (he created the modern LAPD in the image of the Marine Corps—literally). He was not a good guy, and there was long-lasting damage from his “reign.”

Nothing against Martin Milner, but Sharon Tate was the only person in that movie who came across as a real human being.

Season 1-4 of Route 66 are also available on Amazon Prime.

Later years

I used to fantasize about him doing his Route 66 co-star, George Maharis

When I was a lot younger, I went to the San Diego-area house where Martin Milner lived. His son (who was living with Martin Milner) was a friend of a friend. No, I didn't go inside the house, but I do remember looking into the house (through a window or an open door) and seeing dog shit on the floor (not carpeted), inside the house. The son was talking about the housekeeper or something. I just remember not liking that there was dog shit on the floor.

[quote] "Nothing against Martin Milner, but Sharon Tate was the only person in that movie who came across as a real human being."

And her performance is so endearing because it's similar to her own story. She was the natural choice for the role. I've never heard anyone say anything bad about Sharon Tate as a person (outside of tabloids blaming her for her own murder, suggesting it was due to nefarious activities).

And I don't think they would have even if she hadn't been a victim in one of the most brutal crimes of the Twentieth Century. By all accounts, she was as beautiful internally as she was externally. I mourn her when I watch this film.

One of his best roles was in "The Sweet Smell of Success," with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis.

That fish is four days old; and I ain’t buying it.

[quote] By all accounts, she was as beautiful internally as she was externally. I mourn her when I watch this film.

Mary.

He can't handle the dialogue in Sweet Smell of Success as well as Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis but he looks good.

In the musical version of "Sweet Smell", Milner's part was played by former (WHET) DL fave Jack Noseworthy. It starred John Lithgow, Brian D'Arcy James, and a very young Kelli O'Hara.

He was also in 'The Private Lives of Adam and Eve' and 'Sex Kittens Go to College' opposite Mamie Van Doren from cornball producer Albert Zugsmith.

He was in the William Castle production '13 Ghosts' and child actor Charles Herbert said Marty was mean to him and jealous because Charles got top billing.....

Bump because I’m watching Adam-12 as I type. Marty was showing VPL in this episode.

I watch Route 66 every morning on Me TV+. Episodes now are currently airing ffrom Season 3.

Route 66 also streams on Amazon's FeeVee. However, they do have commericials in them.

Milner is luscious in Route 66.

I watch him with Kent McCord every afternoon in ADAM-12 on ME TV.

^Me too.

[quote]I used to fantasize about him doing his Route 66 co-star, George Maharis

So did I.

I wonder of our Sally got to sample Marty's Great Kahuna while working with him on "Gidget".

Showing off his Great Kahuna.

^Hes commando under those shorts, isn’t he? All I see is pink skin showing through.

R44 = Andorian

[quote] [R4] = Joyce Bulifant

r5 Lol. I'm embarrassed that I even know who that is.

Wait a second. Isn't Martin Milner the guy who killed George Floyd?

R46, she is a DL fave.

I was a contestant on Password and Martin Milner was one of my partners, the other one being Greg Morris of " Mission Impossible." Martin was an absolutely beautiful person in looks and personality. At times, I found it difficult to concentrate, because I was just thinking," Take me right here, right now." The best part about it was that we won.

r23 Parkers legacy was far more complicated than you mention. He actually cleaned up the rampant corruption in the department as was the mandate given him by the LACC.

Sorry, Charlie…quoting the LAT on Parker is a non-starter.

Ask anyone who actual historical experience directly with the LAPD…’cause you clearly don’t.

LAPD has never been clean. Parker > Rampart > Rodney > Riots. A continuum that’s lasted decades and still goes on.

R51 so you have nothing....

r53 No police department (or any other governmental agency) is completely clean. But Parker did get rid of organized crimes influence in the LAPD.

Apostrophe

On the DL would you find a nutter bigot posting in . defense of Parker.

Now do his contemporary Bull .Connor

Read a few chapters of this book and come back and tell us how the LAPD cleaned-up. Ignorant fool posters above .^

r56 Your moronic comparison tells me so much about your IQ...

Keep defending the bigot Parker…it suits you

Yeah, Mike Davis. He is a one trick pony. I didnt say that Parker was perfect by any means but he isnt defined by only race relations and the 60s. lets not be binary thinkers.

Less of the corrupt LAPD and more of Marty's Kahuna!

Boys! Let’s not lose sight of the subject at hand here!

Marty was major league beautiful back in the day. I've always been partial to hairy chested blonds. They are so scarce. Him paired with the staggeringly gorgeous Kent McCord set my young loins afire in the 60s and 70s. The thought of them pulling off into an alley when they called in for a code 7, and having a go at each other was fodder for many a wet dream back in the day.

Darryl Gates’ ghost is lurking in this thread trying to defend his mentor…deep-seated hatred there.

Yea what's all this political talk?

Show us the dick and balls!

As a 9 year old boy, rushing home from school every afternoon to catch Milner in Adam-12. I wasn't able to understand it or have the vocabulary to express it- but, yeah, I lusted after that man.

He was a true beauty. I remember crushing on him watching reruns of Route 66 and Adam 12. Years later I saw the film Life With Father (1947) for the first time and I recognized him as one of the teenage sons. He was probably 14-15 in the attached photo, upper left. He had a pretty good career, and by all accounts he was an around good guy.

Malloy would've been the bottom, Jim the top.

I don't know, I think they both would have been vers.

Jim was so innocent and naive at times. Malloy definitely could have hit that if he’d have worked the angle right.

He was ute, but Kent McCord did it for me...

^^^cute...Sorry.

Kent McCord at 80 and he's still a fine, sexy hunk of man.

I met Kent several years back at a convention, and he is not only still very handsome, but he gives quite a strong handshake.

A friend sent me a video - yes it was that long ago - of Marty and Kent playing on Bowling With the Stars or some such nonsense.

Their opponents were Angie Dickinson and Joseph Campanella.

Marty and Kent were both smoking like chimneys even when the were throwing the balls. They were hilarious in their comments and were both very handsy with Angie which she didn't mind at all.

Angie & Joe won!

I've posted this before but it's hilarious......Reed & Malloy on Laugh-IN.

That Bowling with Celebs episode used to be available for streaming. I don't remember Kent smoking (or either of them being handsy), but Marty was definitely lighting 'em up.

Here's the episode of Celebrity Bowling with Kent and Marty.

And here's another episode.

[quote]I'm convinced that his "Pete Malloy" held a torch for Kent McCord's "Jim Reed" in Adam 12. It was all in the care and concern that he showed for Reed in several episodes. Malloy rarely had a serious girlfriend, and would often rebuff the advances of several women, including those who Jim and his wife attempted to fix him up with.

I 100% agree and have always felt the same. My personal theory has always been that Malloy was closeted and secretly in love with Reed. (And on some level, perhaps Reed was in love with him, too, particularly given how badly he and his wife got along sometimes.) All of which is just fanfic, I realize, but that's the way I saw it.

R79, I agree, and there is a fanfic out there that has a similar scenario in which you've described. If I can find it, I'll post the link here.

Reed helped a little boy get out of a tree once - I think this was around the time his wife gave him a son.

That protective daddy stuff always turns me on.

I happened to watch part of this today. Haven't finished watching it yet. Not sure how true it is.

Thanks R77....love it.

How the hell did I get Angie Dickinson in there? Crazy.

Miss Angie Dickinson.

Marty Milner's giggles in the Laugh In video is about the cutest thing I've seen in a long time.

r85 Miss Angie Dickinson Miss Thaaang.

Malloy & Reed can frisk me anytime.

three way anyone?

[quote] Malloy & Reed can frisk me anytime.

Reed can. Malloy can’t.

Route 66 had a TON of homoerotic content. The evil Rod Steiger kidnaps Martin Milner, ties him up, gags him and leers at him. In another, Marty and George Maharis rent an expensive hotel room where there's only a single, queen size bed, George lays down and motions for Marty to join him.

Martin Milner's The Twilight Zone episode, "Mirror Image", is on tonight on MeTV. Also starring Hitchcock fave Vera Miles.

Marty drew me to the show, but it was Kent McCord who grabbed my attention- such glossy hair, white teeth, and an awesome chin.

I’d transfer this lust to Richard Hatch during the BattleStar Galactica years and welcome Kent back for a B G tv movie.

McCord couldn't act for shit, but who cared? I never listened to him anyway, as I was picturing him naked.

So did he get the gig because Jack Webb had a hard on for him?

[quote]Marty drew me to the show, but it was Kent McCord who grabbed my attention

I read an article about the show recently in which someone said the producers must have been crazy. Why on earth did they choose to make Reed played by Kent McCord -- who would no doubt be the main draw for female viewers -- the boring family man and make Malloy played by the older Martin Milner the single one? Given the obvious sex appeal of the younger McCord, you'd think they'd have done the opposite.

By the way, I don't think they meant it as an insult to Milner, who was quite handsome in his own right, just saying that from a producer's viewpoint, it made no sense.

It was written with Malloy as a bachelor, and since Malloy was the lead character and Milner had better acting chops, they probably decided not to switch the character backstories.

Milner was really good in the Route 66 episode "The Thin White Line." His character goes nuts after accidentally downing a drink laced with a psychedelic drug, which was meant for someone else.

Martin Milner was cute on Adam-12 (see below), but I much prefer how he looked on Route 66.

Well, he was younger in Route 66, which ended in 1964. Adam 12 began four years later, and he still had that youthful look.

[quote] George lays down and motions for Marty to join him.

And since Maharis was a well known lover of the peen I can just guess what was going through his mind during the filming of that scene.

R31 and R75 make me chuckle, because right this minute on FETV (streaming) is an episode where Malloy didn't realize his driver's license had expired (his Sgt. busted him during the shift lineup/inspection), and Reed gets to drive.

Malloy is PISSSSSED!

[quote] Marty drew me to the show, but it was Kent McCord who grabbed my attention- such glossy hair, white teeth, and an awesome chin. I’d transfer this lust to Richard Hatch during the BattleStar Galactica years and welcome Kent back for a B G tv movie.

You're a fickle girl.

McCord was one of Ricky Nelson's friends, he was an usher in his wedding to Kris Harmon. I think he appeared on Ozzie and Harriet, as natch, Ricky's pal.

Yes and on the O/H show he was credited under his real name Kent McWhorter.

McWhirter.

Ok, now it’s just me pronouncing “water” badly, R105. Just stop.

Just watched 13 Ghosts last night. It’s silly, but Martin was effective as the villainous lawyer with ulterior motives.

Is Joyce Bulliphant a women -person?, is that ok to be that on Data Lounge?

If Kent hadn't gotten Adam-12, he would have eventually found work at LeSalon with the likes of Dick Fisk, Al Parker, Will Seagers, Sky Dawson, etc.