Marty Robbins


Biography

Marty Robbins earned a special place in Hollywood for his large variety of musical contributions to film. Robbins had an early acting career in film, appearing in such titles as "The Ballad of a Gunfighter" (1963), "Hell on Wheels" (1967) and "Guns of a Stranger" (1973). Robbins worked in television around the start of his acting career with a role on "Dean Martin Presents Music Country,...

Biography

Marty Robbins earned a special place in Hollywood for his large variety of musical contributions to film. Robbins had an early acting career in film, appearing in such titles as "The Ballad of a Gunfighter" (1963), "Hell on Wheels" (1967) and "Guns of a Stranger" (1973). Robbins worked in television around the start of his acting career with a role on "Dean Martin Presents Music Country, U.S.A." (1972-73). During his budding acting career, Robbins also contributed music for the adaptation "The Hanging Tree" (1959) with Gary Cooper and the action movie "43, the Petty Story" (1972) with Darren McGavin. In the seventies and the nineties, Robbins devoted his time to various credits, such as "The 11th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards" (ABC, 1975-76), "The Marty Robbins Spotlite," "Honkytonk Man" (1982) starring Clint Eastwood, "The Academy of Country Music's 20th Anniversary Reunion" (NBC, 1985-86), "Late For Dinner" (1991) and "A Perfect World" with Kevin Costner (1993). Robbins had a number of different projects under his belt in the nineties through the early 2000s, including "All-Time Legends of Country Music -- A Best of Austin City Limits Special" (PBS, 1996-97), "Going All the Way" (1997) starring Jeremy Davies, "Anchorman" (2004), "Daltry Calhoun" with Johnny Knoxville (2005), "Glory Road" (2006) starring Josh Lucas and "Lucky You" (2007). Most recently, Robbins provided music for the Jim Carrey comedy sequel "Dumb and Dumber To" (2014).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Honkytonk Man (1982)
Smoky
That's Country (1978)
Nashville Story (1973)
Guns of a Stranger (1973)
From Nashville With Music (1969)
Hell on Wheels (1967)
Marty
Road to Nashville (1966)
Country Music Caravan (1964)
Tennessee Jamboree (1964)
Ballad of a Gunfighter (1963)
Marty Robbins
Buffalo Gun (1961)
Himself
Raiders of Old California (1957)
Timothy Voyle
The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957)
Felipé

Producer (Feature Film)

Road to Nashville (1966)
Associate Producer

Music (Feature Film)

The Irishman (2018)
Song
The Irishman (2018)
Song Performer
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Song Performer
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Song
Lucky You (2007)
Song
Lucky You (2007)
Song Performer
GLORY ROAD (2006)
Song
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
Song Performer
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Song
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Song Performer
Going All the Way (1997)
Song Performer
Going All the Way (1997)
Song
A Perfect World (1993)
Song
A Perfect World (1993)
Song Performer
Late for Dinner (1991)
Song
Late for Dinner (1991)
Song Performer
43, the Petty Story (1972)
Song Performer
Hell on Wheels (1967)
Composer
Road to Nashville (1966)
Composer
Ballad of a Gunfighter (1963)
Composer
Buffalo Gun (1961)
Composer

Cast (Special)

The Academy of Country Music's 20th Anniversary Reunion (1986)
The 11th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1976)
Host
Country Music Caravan (1974)
Host

Music (Special)

All-Time Legends of Country Music -- A Best of Austin City Limits Special (1997)
Song Performer ("El Paso")

Life Events

Bibliography