Editing Martin Milner (section)

==Early years==
Milner was born on December 28, 1931,{{sfn|Willis|Monush|2006|page=368}} in [[Detroit, Michigan]], the son of Mildred (née Martin), a Paramount Theater circuit dancer, and Sam Gordon Milner, who worked as a construction hand and later a film distributor.{{sfn|Willis|Monush|1998|page=283}} Sam was a Polish-Jewish immigrant.<ref name="Jewish Journal">{{cite news|last=Tugend|first=Tom|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/lifestyle/obituaries/177676/|title=Remembering Marty Milner|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|The Jewish Journal]]|publisher=TRIBE Media Corp.|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=September 16, 2015|access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref> The family left Detroit when Milner was a young child, moved frequently, and settled in [[Seattle, Washington]] by the time he was nine. There he became involved in acting, first in school, and then in a children's theater group at the Cornish Playhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/martin-milner-dies-adam-12-route-66/|title=Adam-12, Route 66 Star Martin Milner Dies at 83|first=Adam|last=Bryant|work=[[TV Guide]]|publisher=NTVB Media {{small|(magazine)}} [[CBS Interactive]] ([[CBS Corporation]]) {{small|(digital assets)}}|location=[[New York City]]|date=September 7, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>

When Milner was a teenager, he moved with his family to Los Angeles where his parents hired an acting coach and later an agent for him.<ref name="THR"/> Milner had his first screen test and began his film career with his debut in the [[Warner Bros.]] film ''[[Life with Father (film)|Life with Father]]'' (1947). Less than two weeks after that film was completed in August 1946, Milner contracted [[polio]].<ref name="LAT"/> He recovered within a year and had bit parts in two more films, then was graduated from [[North Hollywood High School]] in 1949. He immediately landed a minor role in the film ''[[Sands of Iwo Jima]]'' starring [[John Wayne]].<ref name="THR">{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martin-milner-dead-adam-12-820849|title=Martin Milner, Star of 'Adam-12' and 'Route 66,' Dies at 83|first1=Mike|last1=Barnes|first2=Duane|last2=Byrge|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Eldridge Industries]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=September 7, 2015|access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>