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# Martin Casella

Actor. Born 16 June 1957 in Schenectady, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 June 1957, Schenectady, New York, USA

## Biography

Martin Casella is an American actor, screenwriter and playwright. Born on 16 June 1957 in Schenectady, New York, he graduated from the California Institute of the Arts and worked as an assistant to Steven Spielberg on films including *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981).

He began acting in the early 1980s and is known for his role as Marty, a paranormal investigator, in *Poltergeist* (1982). Other acting credits include *RoboCop 2* (1990) and *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983).

Casella has written screenplays optioned or produced for directors including Spielberg and Lasse Hallström, and his plays include *The Irish Curse*, performed in New York, London and elsewhere.

*Sources: imdb.com, martincasella.weebly.com, concordtheatricals.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Poltergeist* (1982), Fi1m 84, as Dr. Marty Casey — [page](https://film.one/film/poltergeist.md)

## Also known for

- *RoboCop 2* (1990), Yuppie
- *Eli Roth's History of Horror* (2018), Self

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