'Adam 12' Star Martin Milner Dies at 83

[IDemo]

Source: TMZ

Martin Milner, who started in the huge hit '60s and '70s show "Adam 12" -- which spawned generations of kids who wanted to become cops -- has died.

Milner also starred in another enormous show -- "Route 66" -- which was a big hit in the '60s.

The actor had roles on several other big hit shows, like "Columbo," "Swiss Family Robinson," "Valley of the Dolls" and "Murder She Wrote."

We're told he died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2015/09/07/martin-milner-adam-12-dead-dies/

[avaistheone1]

1. He was the Route 66 star too I think?

Milner was just on a Columbo rerun I watched last evening.

RIP

[Omaha Steve]

6. Yes he was Marta and I got his and George Maharis autographs on a Route 66 publicity photo

We had several things Martin signed. He loved the photo of him next to John Wayne in "Operation Pacific".

We met Martin in 2002 at the first Twilight Zone cast and fan reunion. Our page of the event: http://www.steveandmarta.com/graveyards/tzcon2002.htm

Here is the 2004 reunion: http://www.steveandmarta.com/tzcon2004.htm

Martin Milner was next, who was also there only on Saturday. We'd taken a screenshot of him from his role in the William Castle classic "Thirteen Ghosts," and he just about died laughing when he saw it, and told Steve he needed a class upgrade if that was his favorite film.

[KT2000]

15. that's great!

big Route 66 fan here - they are still playing that show on TV and I can't believe the sophistication of some of the stories. They still hold up!

[Omaha Steve]

22. We have the collection on DVD

Marta never cared for it.

There was a big controversy over the first season when the picture on the screen was altered for widescreen TV's: https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/86-this-66-the-tv-classic-route-66-hits-a-dead-end-on-the-hi-def-highway/

The difference below. Look at the space above Darin's head or to the left side.

[KT2000]

24. My flat screen

distorts - probably like this - unless the picture is really small. But hey - I remember watching TV shows through the "snow" as a kid.

[SoapBox]

32. Everyone has got to read OS's site...

Steve...thank you for sharing the link to your site...I had to bookmark it because there is so much story there.

I hope all of you OS and Mrs. OS fans can get around to reading it.

Wonderful of you to share.

[Adsos Letter]

2. "1-Adam-12, 1-Adam-12, see the lady at..."

[yuiyoshida]

7. here ya go

Personally, though he wasn't in it, i loved the opening to Police Squad!

[cpwm17]

3. 83! I can't imagine him being 83.

Adam 12 showed how a cop should act. I liked that show when I was a kid.

[LiberalArkie]

11. I think that if they had police shows like Adam 12 and Dragnet still on

that police violence would not be as prevalent. But instead we go Cops and such showing how to be a "bad ass". Us boomers learned from Bonanza, Adam 12, and a lot of others that told us how to be good people.

[Mnpaul]

34. "showed how a cop should act"

That was the whole idea. I was watching a show on the 60's counter culture and they claimed Adam 12 was done to put a positive light on the police. The police in Oakland were out of hand. This also gave rise to the Black Panthers. The Panthers had to carry arms in the streets to protect their people from the police.

[Tom_Foolery]

4. RIP...

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Oh no!

A favorite show. That whole generation is leaving us.

One-Adam 12, One-Adam 12.. R.I.P.

[PSPS]

8. Good guy, also in many movies

Along with his prolific TV career before Adam-12 and Route 66, Milner was also in many movies including:

"Life with Father" when he was 16, co-starring William Powell, Irene Dunne and Elizabeth Taylor.
"Dial M for Murder" when he was 22 (uncredited non-speaking)
"Mister Roberts" when he was 24 (Henry Fonda, James Cagney)
"The Sweet Smell of Success." when he was 27 (Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis)

[spiderpig]

25. Also one of my guilty pleasures "Too Much Too Soon"

with Dorothy Malone as Diana Barrymore & Errol Flynn as her father John.

MM was her original sweetheart & she met him again at the end of the film after she'd been through the wringer with drugs & booze. I always think of him taking off his hat to show he was bald.

[IrishEyes]

29. Mister Roberts

That is one of my favorite films. It had a wonderful cast.

[PoliticAverse]

9. Back before the police got militarized. n/t

[Paladin]

10. Jeez! I just saw him in a "Columbo" episode, last night!

An episode directed by a young Steven Spielberg, by the way.

If you're lucky enough to have access to a vintage TV show channel, check out "Route 66." It's a series that's really held up well, over the years. RIP, Mr. Milner.

[Doctor_J]

33. That was basically the pilot of Colombo

He wasn't in it very long.

[Paladin]

36. Yeah, Jack Cassidy rubbed him out, early in the show. (nt)

[Kaleva]

12. He, David Janssen and Clint Eastwood were Army buddies

" During his Army days, Janssen became friends with fellow enlistees Martin Milner and Clint Eastwood while posted at Fort Ord, California."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Janssen

RIP Martin Milner

[shenmue]

13. Rest in peace

[Duckhunter935]

14. Sad news

That was one of my favorite shows as a kid

[IDemo]

17. I loved nearly all the shows from that era when I was a kid

What the heck happened?

[Duckhunter935]

19. Very good question

[Kath1]

16. Watched that as a kid.

RIP.

Feeling old.

[HomerRamone]

18. Never watched ADAM 12 but ROUTE 66 has become one of my favorites

to see in reruns

[johnp3907]

20. This is worse than a 211 in progress!

[Kelvin Mace]

21. Brings to mind a gag from "Laugh In"

when McCord and Milner were guests and in their Adam-12 gear and car. They got the lady who played the radio dispatcher to come on:

"1-Adam-12, 1-Adam-12, be advised your new designation is 1-Adam-13. Happy birthday!"

I nearly wet myself laughing at the time.

[mountain grammy]

23. He was a hunk in Rt. 66.

One of my all time favorites. Rest in peace.

[djean111]

26. I used to live in Bloomington, Il - took 66 up the Chicago all the time.

I loved that TV show. Although i can assure you nothing as interesting ever seemed to happen in Bloomington, Il.

[IrishEyes]

27. My condolences to his family.

His twilight Zone episode "Mirror Image" was one of my favorites.

[classof56]

28. "Route 66" was one of my all-time favorite series.

Loved that show--the actors and the 'Vette they tooled around in were just too cool (that's the 60s me talking). And to this day, I can't get that theme song outa my mind.

Rest in peace, Martin. You left a lotta good memories!

[GP6971]

30. RIP

[SoapBox]

31. Oh my...

RIP Mr. Milner.

And thanks to all that put up bits of his history.

[Faygo Kid]

35. Route 66 was one of the all time great TV shows

RIP.

[passiveporcupine]

37. 16 minute teaser from Route 66

Boy does this take me back.

[CanonRay]

38. Me as well

I've been trying to find it on Hulu and Netflix. Always loved that show. Always wanted the 'Vette.

[Dont call me Shirley]

39. Martin...

One Adam 12...

[valerief]

40. He was the good guy Mel in Valley of the Dolls.

[HassleCat]

41. So long, Buzz

I remember him from Route 66, which was considered very, very cool at the time.

[Skittles]

42. Valley of the Dolls

yes indeed

[Reter]

43. Huge hit?

Never heard of it, I'll have to look it up.