Quinn Martin - Der Creator der Serie

[Theo Kojak]

Quinn Martin gehörte in den 60ger und 70ger Jahren zu DEN kreativen Köpfen in Sachen TV-Serien, besonders bei Kriminalserien. Zu seinen bekanntesten Serien gehören natürlich "Die Strassen von San Francisco", dann auch "Cannon", "Dan Oakland", "Superstar", "Die Unbestechlichen-Chicago 1939" und "Auf der Flucht"

Sein Markenzeichen bei den 70ger serien: Eine Voice-Stimme im Hintergrund des Intros, der Titel, Hauptdarsteller un d Gaststars der Folge aufzählt. leider bleiben der deutschsprachige Raum damit oft aussen vor, da entweder ein eigenes Intro verwendet wurde, oder die Off Stimme "ausgeschaltet" wurde.

wikipedia über Quinn Martin - in englisch:

Steckbrief:
Quinn Martin
Born May 22, 1922 (1922-05-22)
New York City
Died September 5, 1987 (1987-09-06)
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Occupation Television producer
Spouse(s) Madelyn Pugh (a.k.a. Madelyn Davis); Marianne Muffet Webb
Children Michael (with Pugh); Jill, Cliff (with Webb)


Quinn Martin (22 May 1922 – 5 September 1987), born Irwin Martin Cohn, was one of the most successful American television producers. He had at least one series running in prime time for 21 straight years (from 1959 to 1980), an industry record.

He was born in New York, the second of two children. His father Martin G. Cohn was a film editor and producer at MGM; his mother was Anna Cohn. From age four he was raised in Los Angeles. He graduated from Fairfax High School. He served five years in the U.S. Army during World War II – enlisting in the Signal Corps at Fort MacArthur in San Pedro, California on September 10, 1940. He achieved the rank of sergeant.

He would change his name to Quinn Martin – the Quinn came from the pronunciation his friends gave of Cohn – as Co-Inn.

He majored in English but did not graduate from the University of California, Berkeley,[3] Martin started his career in television as a film editor at MGM and also worked as manager of post production for various organizations including Universal Studios (1950-1954), but by the mid-1950's had become an executive producer for Desilu Studios. His first wife, Madelyn Pugh Davis, was one half of the writing team behind Desilu's classic, I Love Lucy.

During 1959, he produced for Desilu Productions a two part special that appeared in season 1 of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse that became a weekly television show The Untouchables that would go on to win Emmy Awards.

During 1960, Martin established his own production company, QM Productions. He sold it during 1978 and worked as an adjunct professor at the University of California, San Diego's Warren College, where he also endowed a chair in drama. He also established a scholarship for theater arts and communications students at Santa Clara University.

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. His series were known for their highly stylized format: a prologue featuring a stern-voice narrator to establish the premise and introduce the cast for that episode; explicitly announced Acts I, II, III, and IV; and an epilogue, again featuring the narrator.

Besides producing sixteen one-hour network series, he also produced twenty motion pictures, including Attack on Terror, Brinks: The Great Robbery, Face of Fear, House on Greenapple Road, and Murder of Mercy.

During 1979, a group of investors purchased his wholly owned QM Productions and sold it subsequently to Taft Broadcasting, which itself has since changed ownership, from Worldvision Enterprises to Republic Pictures. Nowadays, Republic and CBS Paramount Television/CBS Studios own ancillary rights to all of QM's library except Twelve o'Clock High (owned by 20th Television), Banyon and The F.B.I. (the latter two of which are 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.

After selling QM Productions he moved to Rancho Santa Fe where he became president of the La Jolla Playhouse and the Del Mar Fair Board. He was also involved with business activities developing motion pictures for Warner Bros. with a new company, QM Communications.

A fan of Thoroughbred horse racing, Quinn Martin owned several racehorses alone and in partnerships. Among his racing wins were the 1975 and 1978 editions of the Carleton F. Burke Handicap at Santa Anita Park.

[Theo Kojak]

1987 - ein engl. Bericht zum Tode von Quinn Martin:

Quinn Martin Is Dead at 65; Produced Popular TV Series
By WOLFGANG SAXON
Published: Monday, September 7, 1987
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.

Mr. Martin's company, Q.M. Productions, turned out a total of more than 2,000 hours of television programming, including the long-running series ''Streets of San Francisco,'' ''The Fugitive,'' ''Barnaby Jones'' and ''Cannon.'' He sold his company to the Taft Broadcasting Company in 1979, moved to Rancho Santa Fe, north of San Diego, and became involved in a number of education, drama and sports activities.

He was an adjunct professor of drama at Warren College of the University of California at San Diego, where he endowed a chair of drama. He also served as president of one of the country's best-known regional theaters, the La Jolla Playhouse, and as president of the Del Mar Fair Board.

After the sale of his independent production company, Mr. Martin remained in business as the head of Q.M. Communications and was developing two motion-picture properties for Warner Brothers at the time of his death. Started as Film Editor

Mr. Martin was born in New York City. His family moved to Los Angeles, where his father, Martin G. Cohn, was a film editor and producer. He graduated from Fairfax High School and, in 1949, from the University of California at Berkeley, after having served in the Army for five years during World War II.

He started his career as a film editor, writer and head of post-production at various studios. His first producing job was at Desilu Production's ''Jane Wyman Show,'' for which he had been the principal writer.

He then produced ''The Desilu Playouse'' and, also at Desilu, the two-part version of ''The Untouchables,'' which he then turned into a series.

The show was one of a number of action features denounced at Congressional hearings in 1961 for excessive violence.

The year before, Mr. Martin formed his own company and signed a two-year contract with ABC for a number of half-hour and hourlong programs. By 1964, he had created ''12 O'Clock High,'' the saga of a bomber group flying daytime raids over Germany. In 1965, his company produced ''The F.B.I.''

Altogether, Mr. Martin's company produced 16 one-hour prime-time series and 20 movies of the week.

Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Muffet; three children, Jill, Cliff and Michael, and his mother.

Quelle: www.nytimes.com

[Goliath]

Das sind mal gute Infos. Er ist echt früh gestorben.

Mach mal eine Zusammenfassung und dann eine Übersetzung ins Deutsche. Vielleicht hilft mir ja Farbenhexe aus dem Klugman-Forum!!

[Theo Kojak]

Farbenhexe ist ja auch hier als Mitglied tätig Hatte vor ein paar tagen ihre ersten Postings geschrieben

Barnaby Jones hatte er ja auch gemacht....stimmt. Ein Skandal, dass einer der bekanntesten 70s Serien aus den USA nie in Deutschland gelaufen war!!!!!