Denis Martin
Northern Irish singer, actor, producer (1920–1988)
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Denis Martin (1920 – October 1988) was a Northern Irish singer,[1] actor and theatre producer[2] active in the 1940s to 1980s.
1920
Denis Martin | |
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| Also known as | Denis Martin |
| Born | Lorenzo Denis Martin 1920 |
| Died | October 1988 (aged 67–68) |
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| Years active | 1940s–1980s |
| Label | Parlophone |
Martin won the All-Ireland tenor competition at Feis Ceoil in 1944,[citation needed] He then moved to England where he performed as a singer[3] in musical shows and in radio and TV broadcasts. Soon after arriving in England Denis joined the Players' Theatre,[4][5][6] a permanent music-hall company in London. In 1949 he played the juvenile lead in King's Rhapsody[7] with Ivor Novello. He went on to become the Director of Production at the Players' Theatre,[8][9][10] developing and adapting plays for musical theatre.[11]
Denis's brother Brendan joined him in London as a professional singer at the Windmill Theatre.
Discography
Albums
- Songs of the Emerald Isle (1969)
Singles
- Galway Bay / Terence's Farewell (1948)
- Eileen Oge / Sing Sweet Nightingale (1948)
- Come Back Paddy Reilly / The Last Mile Home (1949)
Stage and screen
Film and television roles
- These Wonderful Shows
- Music for You
- Tonight's the Night (1954)
- Here and Now (TV) (1955)
- The Bamboo Prison (film) (1954)
- Happy Ever After (1954)[12]
- The Good Old Days (TV) (1969 - 1971)
Radio
- Yuletide in the Music-Hall A Christmas Box at the Players' Theatre; BBC Radio 4, 25 December 1969[13]
Theatre roles
- The Duenna[14]
- Pacific 1860 (1946)[15]
- Tuppence Coloured (1947)
- Oranges and Lemons (1947)
- King's Rhapsody (1949)[7][16][17]
- The Punch Revue (1955)[18]
As producer
- A Little of What you Fancy (1968)