Biography for
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Date of Birth

27 September 1948, Glendale, California, USA

Birth Name

Adolph Larrue Martinez

Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse

Leslie Bryans	(1982 - present) 3 children
Mare Winningham	(1981 - 1981) (divorced)

Trivia

Two daughters (Devon Makena, Ren Farren) and one son (Dakota Lee)

A native Californian of blended heritage (Mexican and Apache on his father's side, Piegan Blackfeet and Northern European on his mother's) he played Native Americans in several of his early western films.

Made his singing debut at age 12 at the Hollywood Bowl where he won a talent competition.

Played five seasons on a semi-pro baseball team.

Was in a rock-and-roll band in high school and ran track.

Won a daytime Emmy award for his hunky role as Cruz in the soap opera "Santa Barbara" (1984).

When he was a child, his family referred to him as "A" or "Little A" to distinguish him from his father and grandfather, also named Adolpho. The nickname stuck and he eventually took "A Martinez" as his stage name.