Denis Martin (1920 – October 1988) was a Northern Irish singer, actor and theatre producer active in the 1940s to 1980s.
Martin won the All-Ireland tenor competition at Feis Ceoil in 1944, He then moved to England where he performed as a singer in musical shows and in radio and TV broadcasts. Soon after arriving in England Denis joined the Players' Theatre, a permanent music-hall company in London. In 1949 he played the juvenile lead in King's Rhapsody with Ivor Novello. He went on to become the Director of Production at the Players' Theatre, (also available online here) developing and adapting plays for musical theatre.
Denis's brother Brendan joined him in London as a professional singer at the Windmill Theatre.
Discography
Albums
Songs of the Emerald Isle (1969)
Singles
Galway Bay / Terence's Farewell (1948) Eileen Oge / Sing Sweet Nightingale (1948) Come Back Paddy Reilly / The Last Mile Home (1949)
Stage and screen
Film and television roles
These Wonderful Shows Music for You Tonight's the Night (1954) Here and Now (TV) (1955) The Bamboo Prison (film) (1954) Happy Ever After (1954) The Good Old Days (TV) (1969–1971)
Radio
Yuletide in the Music-Hall A Christmas Box at the Players' Theatre; BBC Radio 4, 25 December 1969
Theatre roles
The Duenna Pacific 1860 (1946) Tuppence Coloured (1947) Oranges and Lemons (1947) King's Rhapsody (1949) The Punch Revue (1955)
As producer
A Little of What you Fancy (1968)
References
External links
Denis Martin at Theatricalia.com