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Quinn Martin
Born May 22, 1922
Pennsylvania
Died September 5, 1987
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Occupation Television producer
Spouse Madelyn Pugh (a. k. a. Madelyn Davis); Muffet Webb
Children Michael (with Pugh); Jill, Cliff (with Webb)

Quinn Martin (May 22, 1922 – September 6, 1987[1]), born Irwin Cohn,[2] was one of the most successful American television producers. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking He had at least one program running in prime time for 21 straight years (from 1959 to 1980), an industry record. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland [3]

A 1949 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley,[2] Martin started his career in television as a film editor at MGM, but by the mid-1950's had become an executive producer for Desilu Studios. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Film editing is an art of storytelling practiced by connecting two or more shots together to form a sequence, and the subsequent connecting of sequences to form an Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. [3] His first wife, Madelyn Pugh Davis, was one half of the writing team behind Desilu's classic, I Love Lucy. Madelyn Pugh (born 15 March 1921) who is sometimes credited as Madelyn Pugh Davis, Madelyn Davis or Madelyn Martin, is a television I Love Lucy is an American Situation comedy, starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley [4]

In 1960, Martin established his own production company, QM Productions. Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of Performing arts, Film, Radio or a Television program Quinn Martin ( May 22, 1922  &ndash September 6, 1987) born Irwin Cohn was one of the most successful He sold it in 1978 and worked as an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego's Warren College,[3] where he also endowed a chair in Drama. The University of California San Diego (popularly known as UC San Diego or UCSD) is a public Research university in San Diego, California Earl Warren College is one of the six undergraduate colleges at the University of California at San Diego and is named after the three term California Governor [5] He also established a scholarship for theater arts and communications students at Santa Clara University. Santa Clara University is a private co-educational Jesuit -affiliated University located in Santa Clara, California. [6]

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QM Productions

The eponymously-named QM Productions produced a string of hit television series during the 1960s and 1970s, including The Fugitive, Twelve O'Clock High, The F.B.I., The Invaders, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, and Barnaby Jones. The Fugitive is an American Television series produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television that aired on ABC Twelve O'Clock High or 12 O'Clock High was an ABC Television series that ran for three seasons from September 18, The FBI is an American Television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974 The Invaders a Quinn Martin Production, is an ABC Science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that The Streets of San Francisco is a successful 1970s Television Police Drama filmed on location in San Francisco California, Cannon is a detective series which ran on CBS from 1971 to 1976. Barnaby Jones is a television detective series which ran on CBS from 1973 to 1980. His series were known for their highly stylized format: a prologue featuring a stern-voice narrator to establish the premise; explicitly announced Acts I, II, III, and IV; and an epilogue, again featuring the narrator. [3]

In 1979, a group of investors purchased QM Productions and subsequently sold it to Taft Broadcasting,[7] which itself has since changed hands, from Worldvision Enterprises to Republic Pictures. The Taft Broadcasting Company, also known as Taft Television and Radio Company Incorporated, was a media conglomerate based in Cincinnati Ohio. Worldvision Enterprises Inc was a Television program and Home video distributor established in 1962 as ABC Films, the syndication arm of the Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution Today, Republic and CBS Paramount Television/CBS Studios own ancillary rights to all of QM's library except The F. CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies is an American Television production CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. B. I. (which is owned by both the Martin estate and Warner Bros. Television), with CBS Television Distribution handling TV distribution and Paramount Home Entertainment/CBS DVD handling DVD distribution. Warner Bros Television is the television production and distribution arm of Warner Bros CBS Television Distribution (CTD is a United States and Global Television Distribution company, a merger of CBS Corporation 's three Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. CBS Home Entertainment is the new Home video entertainment arm of CBS Corporation. [8]

References

  1. ^ "Quinn Martin Is Dead at 65; Produced Popular TV Series", New York Times, September 7, 1987. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne  "Quinn Martin, one of Hollywood's most successful producers of action-adventure series for television, died of a heart attack Saturday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He was 65 years old. . . . Martin is survived by his wife, Muffet; three children, Jill, Cliff and Michael, and his mother. " 
  2. ^ a b Quinn Martin at NNDB. The Notable Names Database ( NNDB) produced by Soylent Communications, is an Online database of biographical details of over 33000 people
  3. ^ a b c d Quinn Martin at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. The Museum of Broadcast Communications (or MBC) is located in Chicago Illinois. Note: Aaron Spelling holds the Guinness Book of World Records for Most Prolific TV Drama Producer, having produced more than 3,800 hours of television programming. Aaron Spelling' (April 22 1923 – June 23 2006 was an American film and Television producer.
  4. ^ Madelyn Pugh Davis at Museum of Television & Radio. The Paley Center for Media, formerly The Museum of Television & Radio ( MT&R) and The Museum of Broadcasting, founded in 1975 by William S
  5. ^ UCSD Academic Affairs: Endowed Chairs.
  6. ^ Santa Clara University Awards.
  7. ^ Martin B. Boorstein profile at Walden Capital Partners.
  8. ^ Quinn Martin at TV.com

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