John McMartin Overview:

Actor, John McMartin, was born on Nov 18, 1929 in Warsaw, IN. As of December 2025, John McMartin was 96 years old.

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McMartin was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame .

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Aide: Mister Mayor, eighty-two percent not only stop brooding, they stop smoking. Ninety-three percent stop drinking.
The Mayor: What's wrong with that?
Aide: In terms of dollars and cents, it's disastrous. Our city is facing a drastic loss in income from sales tax.
The Mayor: That's ridiculous. Forty-seven people? A drop in the bucket.
Aide: But if this goes unchecked for a month, by mathematical progression, half of New York will have the virus. You know what that means? It means a loss in cigarette and liquor taxes more than one hundred and eighty million dollars.
The Mayor: [voice hoarse] A hundred and eighty million... Brady, what are you sitting there for? Get that bird!


Dr. Shapiro: What this particular virus evidentally does is cause changes in our behavior patterns. People infected become euphoric, have a sense of well-being.
The Mayor: Well, I'm not going to order the Police Commissioner to call out twenty-eight thousand cops to find some bird that makes people feel good.
Dr. Shapiro: But we have no way of knowing what it may lead to. People could feel so good they'd quit their jobs, fly kites in Times Square, block traffic, uh... stop voting...
The Mayor: Stop voting!
[picks up the phone]
The Mayor: Get me the Police Commissioner.


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John McMartin Facts
In 1962, he was cast in Stephen Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" but was cut from the show. Nine years later, he starred in Sondheim's hit show "Follies."

Alternated between classical and musical roles.

Has been nominated for Tony Awards five times: as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical), in 1966 for "Sweet Charity," a role he recreated in the film version of the same name, Sweet Charity (1969); as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic), in 1973 for "Don Juan;" as Best Actor (Musical), in 1995 for a revival of "Show Boat" and in 2002 for a revival of "Into the Woods;" and as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical), in 1998 for "High Society."

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