---
name: "Martin Starger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-starger"
fi1m_id: "martin-starger"
imdb_id: "nm0823097"
tmdb_id: 30592
wikidata_id: "Q6776657"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 May 1932"
died: "31 May 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:21:57.268487+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Martin Starger

## Identity

Martin Starger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-starger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-starger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0823097
- **TMDB ID:** 30592
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6776657
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Starger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776657, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30592

Producer. Born 8 May 1932 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 31 May 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 May 1932, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 31 May 2024
- **Active:** 1975–1985
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (2), 1980s 58 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Action 1, Family 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $142m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Starger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776657, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0823097/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30592

## Biography

Martin Starger (1932–2024) was an American film and television producer. He served as the first president of ABC Entertainment in the 1970s, where he oversaw the development of series including *Happy Days* and *Marcus Welby, M.D.*, the *ABC Movie of the Week* franchise, and miniseries such as *Roots* and *Rich Man, Poor Man*.

Starger moved into feature films as executive producer of Robert Altman’s *Nashville* (1975). He later partnered with Lew Grade at Marble Arch Productions and produced or executive produced films including *The Muppet Movie* (1979), *Sophie's Choice* (1982), *The Last Unicorn* (1982) and *Mask* (1985). He also produced several television films, among them *Friendly Fire*, *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1979) and *Escape from Sobibor* (1987). Starger was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Mask* (1985), Fi1m 81, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Fi1m 36, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md)
- *Nashville* (1975), Fi1m 89, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/nashville.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love Letters* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair* (1988), Executive Producer
- *Earth Star Voyager* (1988), series, Executive Producer
- *Escape from Sobibor* (1987), Executive Producer
- *Mask* (1985), Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Consenting Adult* (1985), Executive Producer
- *Sophie's Choice* (1982), Executive Producer
- *The Last Unicorn* (1982), Executive Producer
- *Barbarosa* (1982), Executive Producer
- *The Elephant Man* (1982), Executive Producer
- *Red Flag: The Ultimate Game* (1981), Executive Producer
- *The Legend of the Lone Ranger* (1981), Executive Producer
- *Hard Country* (1981), Executive Producer
- *Friendly Fire* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Executive Producer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Saturn 3* (1980), Executive Producer
- *All Quiet on the Western Front* (1979), Executive Producer
- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppet-movie.md)
- *Sanctuary of Fear* (1979), Executive Producer
- *Jennifer: A Woman’s Story* (1979), Executive Producer
- *Movie Movie* (1978), Executive Producer
- *The Domino Principle* (1977), Executive Producer
- *Nashville* (1975), Executive Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/nashville.md)

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