Editing Quinn Martin (section)

==Early life==
Born on May 22, 1922,<ref>{{cite book
| title = Quinn Martin, Producer: A Behind-the-scenes History of QM Productions and Its Founder
| last = Etter
| first = Jonathan
| others = Walter Grauman, contributor
| page = 7
| publisher = [[McFarland & Company]]
| location = [[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]], [[North Carolina]]
| year = 2003
| isbn = 978-0-7864-1501-4}}</ref> in [[New York City]], Martin was the second of two children. His father, [[Martin G. Cohn|Martin Goodman Cohn]], was a film editor and producer at the studios of [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]; his mother was Anna Messing Cohn. He was of [[Jewish]] descent. From the age of 4, he was raised in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He graduated from [[Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)|Fairfax High School]], then served five years in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]], enlisting in the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|Signal Corps]] at [[Fort MacArthur]] in [[San Pedro, California]] on September 10, 1940, and achieving the rank of sergeant. He later changed his name to Quinn Martin.

While attending the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]],<ref name="MBC"/> Martin majored in [[English studies]] but did not graduate. Martin started his career in television as a [[film editor]] at [[MGM]], joining his father and also worked as manager of post-production for various organizations, including [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] (1950–1954). By the mid 1950s he had become an [[executive producer]] for [[Desilu Productions|Desilu Studios]], founded by [[Lucille Ball]]  and [[Desi Arnaz]]. His first wife, [[Madelyn Pugh|Madelyn Pugh Davis]], was one half of the writing team behind ''[[I Love Lucy]]''.<ref>[http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=94 Madelyn Pugh Davis] at [[Museum of Television & Radio]].</ref> In 1959, he produced "The Untouchables", a two-part special that appeared in season 1 of the ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]''. ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'' later became a weekly television show on the ABC television network, which would win two [[Emmy Award]]s in 1960.