Martin King (actor)

{{Short description|British actor and continuity announcer (1933–2019)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Martin King

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1933|3|10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gerryanderson.com/this-week-in-gerry-anderson-news-march-11th-2023/|title=This week in Gerry Anderson news (March 11th 2023)|date=11 March 2023|first1=Chris|last1=Dale|website=gerryanderson.com|access-date=23 August 2023}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|04|15|1933|03|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = London, United Kingdom

| burial_place = Our Lady of Lourdes & St Joseph Catholic Church, Leigh-on-Sea, United Kingdom

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|continuity announcer}}

| years_active = 1961–1990

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Martin King was a British actor{{cite book|last1=Cornell|first1=Paul|last2=Day|first2=Martin|last3=Topping|first3=Keith|title=The Guinness book of classic British TV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06YHAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 August 2012|date=1996-09-13|publisher=Guinness|isbn=9780851126289|pages=326–7}} and continuity announcer.

His television credits included Dixon of Dock Green (1961), Crossroads (1964), Detective (1968) and The Troubleshooters (1969). He also appeared in the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Power of the Daleks.

King was associated with the productions of Gerry Anderson, having provided voices for the Supermarionation series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967–68) and Joe 90 (1968–69). He also had an uncredited role in the film Doppelgänger (1969). Other film appearances included Poor Cow (1967).

King also served as a continuity announcer for both ITV Southern Television and the BBC. He also worked in radio, including the BBC World Service.

King died of stomach cancer on 15 April 2019 aged 86. His funeral was held at Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Maiden Lane, also known as the Catholic Actors' Church, on 20 May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://showreel.thetvroom.com/talent-profiles/6610/king-martin/|title = King, Martin|date = 22 June 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://maidenlaneblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/newsletter-4th-sunday-of-easter-2019.pdf|title = Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane Newsletter|date=12 May 2019}}