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name: "Quinn Martin"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 May 1922"
died: "5 September 1987"
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updated: "2026-09-16T16:02:18.704526+00:00"
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# Quinn Martin

Producer. Born 22 May 1922 in The Bronx. Died 5 September 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 May 1922, The Bronx
- **Died:** 5 September 1987

## Biography

Quinn Martin (born Irwin Martin Cohn, 22 May 1922 – 5 September 1987) was an American television producer. He began his career as a film editor and writer before becoming an executive producer at Desilu Productions, where he worked on series including *The Untouchables*.

In 1960 he founded QM Productions. The company produced numerous prime-time series, among them *The Fugitive* (1963–1967), *The F.B.I.* (1965–1974), *Cannon* (1971–1976) and *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972–1977). Martin maintained at least one series in prime time every year from 1959 to 1980.

He was posthumously inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1997.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), Executive Producer
- *The Mephisto Waltz* (1971), Producer
- *Cannon* (1971), Executive Producer

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