Martha Hyer

Martha Hyer

1924-08-10 Fort Worth, Texas, USA 75 Credits

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Martha Hyer (August 10, 1924, Fort Worth, Texas - May 31, 2014, Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American actress. She attended Northwestern University and was a member of Pi Beta Phi fraternity. After completing her education, she next appeared in The Locket in 1946. She had roles in So Big (1953), Sabrina (1954), The Delicate Delinquent in 1956 (Jerry Lewis' first film without Dean Martin), Houseboat (1958), Ice Palace (1960), Desire in the Dust (1960), The Carpetbaggers (1964), First Men in the ...

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Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn

1975

Writer

6.4
Writing

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the ai...

The Day of the Wolves

The Day of the Wolves

1971

as Maggie Anderson

6.7
Acting

A group of six thieves selected from different areas are sent a letter that promises them a minimum of $50,000 and includes a plane ticket. The letter...

Crossplot

Crossplot

1969

as Jo Grinling

5.5
Acting

A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination...

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

1969

as Lee Marshall

4.4
Acting

A woman seduces a professional golfer, then offers to kill his opponent if the golfer will kill her psychiatrist, who wants her committed.

Another Man's Wife

Another Man's Wife

1967

as Ana María

1.0
Acting

Ana and Andres meet again after many years. They are no longer two youngsters, both are married with children. Andres insists, but Ana has trouble in ...

House of 1,000 Dolls

House of 1,000 Dolls

1967

as Rebecca

5.2
Acting

When a vacationing couple in Tangiers runs into an old friend there, they discover that he is searching for his missing girlfriend who has been kidnap...

Catch As Catch Can

Catch As Catch Can

1967

as Luisa Chiaramonte

5.8
Acting

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!

The Happening

The Happening

1967

as Monica Delmonico

6.2
Acting

A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. They keep him captive, demanding a ransom for his safe release. How...

Some May Live

Some May Live

1967

as Kate Meredith

3.5
Acting

During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.

Picture Mommy Dead

Picture Mommy Dead

1966

as Francene Shelley

5.2
Acting

Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a ne...

Cuernavaca in Spring

1966

5.0
Acting

Three romantic-comedy sketches in a movie financed by Cuernavaca's Dept. of Tourism.

The Night of the Grizzly

The Night of the Grizzly

1966

as Angela Cole

5.7
Acting

Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces oppos...

The Chase

The Chase

1966

as Mary Fuller

7.1
Acting

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

War Italian Style

War Italian Style

1965

as Lt. Inge Schultze

5.1
Acting

It's May 1943, and two Italian American soldiers, Joe and Frank, are searching the North African desert for a Nazi general called Von Kassler. Von Kas...

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

as Mary Gordon

7.0
Acting

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of ...

Blood on the Arrow

Blood on the Arrow

1964

as Nancy Mailer

3.7
Acting

In this western, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush rides out to save a young boy who has been captured. The hero was a captured outlaw en route to...

Bikini Beach

Bikini Beach

1964

as Vivien Clements

5.7
Acting

A millionaire sets out to prove his theory that his pet chimpanzee is as intelligent as the teenagers who hang out on the local beach, where he is int...

First Men in the Moon

First Men in the Moon

1964

as Kate Callender

6.3
Acting

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts di...

The Carpetbaggers

The Carpetbaggers

1964

as Jennie Denton

5.8
Acting

Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face

1964

as Laura Blanco

5.0
Acting

A married man has a brief affair, then goes back to his wife and children. His jilted mistress, believing that if he had no more family he'd come back...

Wives and Lovers

Wives and Lovers

1963

as Lucinda Ford

4.6
Acting

Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford b...

The Man from the Diners' Club

The Man from the Diners' Club

1963

as Lucy

5.0
Acting

Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads ...

A Girl Named Tamiko

A Girl Named Tamiko

1962

as Fay Wilson

5.0
Acting

A photographer based in Tokyo, who's in love with local beauty Tamiko, begins to court an embassy official so she can help him gain entry into the Uni...

The Last Time I Saw Archie

The Last Time I Saw Archie

1961

as Peggy Kramer

5.7
Acting

Two Air Force friends have fun during their enlistment.

The Right Approach

The Right Approach

1961

as Anne Perry

Acting

An opportunistic young Hollywood singer, loyal only to himself, steps on everyone he meets in order to achieve success and fame.

Desire in the Dust

Desire in the Dust

1960

as Melinda Marquand

4.0
Acting

Lonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile ac...

Mistress of the World - Part II

Mistress of the World - Part II

1960

as Karin Johanson

5.0
Acting

Karin is now continuing her father's research and is also caught in the cross hairs of the mysterious opponents. Johanson himself retreats to a Cambod...

Mistress of the World - Part I

Mistress of the World - Part I

1960

as Karin Johanson

6.2
Acting

Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a co...

Ice Palace

Ice Palace

1960

as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy

5.8
Acting

Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon...

The Best of Everything

The Best of Everything

1959

as Barbara Lamont

6.4
Acting

An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.

The Big Fisherman

The Big Fisherman

1959

as Herodias

4.6
Acting

Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.

Some Came Running

Some Came Running

1958

as Gwen French

6.9
Acting

A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes ...

Houseboat

Houseboat

1958

as Carolyn Gibson

6.4
Acting

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

Once Upon a Horse...

Once Upon a Horse...

1958

as Miss Amity Babb

8.5
Acting

Two zany cowboys steal a herd of cattle only to discover it costs more to feed them than they are worth.

Paris Holiday

Paris Holiday

1958

as Ann McCall

5.2
Acting

Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is targeted for death by a powerful European counter...

My Man Godfrey

My Man Godfrey

1957

as Cordelia Bullock

6.3
Acting

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and notic...

The Delicate Delinquent

The Delicate Delinquent

1957

as Martha Henshaw

6.4
Acting

Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney wor...

Kelly and Me

Kelly and Me

1957

as Lucy Castle

10.0
Acting

Failing vaudeville performer, Len, is taken under the wing of the German Shepherd wonder dog, Kelly, and a new act is born. Len hopes all his dreams a...

Mister Cory

Mister Cory

1957

as Abby Vollard

5.7
Acting

An opportunistic young man from the slums gambles his way to wealth, power and high society.

Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn

1957

as Mary Hess

6.5
Acting

Dean Hess, who entered the ministry to atone for bombing a German orphanage, decides he’s a failure at preaching. Rejoined to train pilots early in th...

Showdown at Abilene

Showdown at Abilene

1956

as Peggy Bigelow

5.2
Acting

Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave...

Red Sundown

Red Sundown

1956

as Caroline Murphy

6.1
Acting

When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding int...

Paris Follies of 1956

Paris Follies of 1956

1955

as Ruth Harmon

Acting

Trouble ensues when a new theatre-restaurant owner discovers the backer to be a harmless and moneyless lunatic.

Kiss of Fire

Kiss of Fire

1955

as Felicia

3.0
Acting

In 1700, a Spanish princess travels from New Mexico to California with ruthless outlaw El Tigre as guide.

Francis in the Navy

Francis in the Navy

1955

as Betsy Donevan

5.5
Acting

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note ...

Trouble on the Trail

Trouble on the Trail

1954

as Kidnapped Singer

Acting

"Trouble on the Trail" is two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" television series edited together and released as a feature film by Allied Artists.

Cry Vengeance

Cry Vengeance

1954

as Peggy Harding

5.9
Acting

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one d...

Sabrina

Sabrina

1954

as Elizabeth Tyson

7.5
Acting

Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for...

Down Three Dark Streets

Down Three Dark Streets

1954

as Connie Anderson

5.7
Acting

An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.

Battle of Rogue River

Battle of Rogue River

1954

as Brett McClain

5.7
Acting

In 1850 Oregon is trying to gain statehood, but a truce is needed with the Indians before it can be accomplished. A new Army commander, Major Archer, ...

Lucky Me

Lucky Me

1954

as Lorraine Thayer

6.7
Acting

Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promi...

Wyoming Renegades

Wyoming Renegades

1954

as Nancy Warren

5.8
Acting

Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoo...

The Scarlet Spear

The Scarlet Spear

1954

as Christine

Acting

In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and...

Riders to the Stars

Riders to the Stars

1954

as Dr. Jane Flynn

5.5
Acting

Three men gamble their lives in space to change the history of the world

So Big

So Big

1953

as Paula Hempel

5.6
Acting

A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953

as Janie Howe

5.5
Acting

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They are then forced ...

Yukon Gold

Yukon Gold

1952

as Marie Briand

4.0
Acting

In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and encounters a female gambler. Action ensues, but jus...

Geisha Girl

Geisha Girl

1952

as Peggy Burns

Acting

Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magic...

Wild Stallion

Wild Stallion

1952

as Caroline (as an adult)

6.5
Acting

A young orphan grows into adulthood, all the while searhing for his beloved white horse that disappeared years earlier.

Oriental Evil

Oriental Evil

1951

as Cheryl Banning

Acting

Set in post war Japan, the film tells the tale of a woman looking for her missing brother. Her brother operated a small export business and has sudden...

The Kangaroo Kid

The Kangaroo Kid

1950

as Mary Corbett

6.0
Acting

A 19th-century San Francisco detective named Tex Kinnane is sent "Down Under" to nab shyster lawyer Vincent Moller. Several comparisons are made betw...

Frisco Tornado

Frisco Tornado

1950

as Jean Martin

6.0
Acting

U.S. marshal sets out to end an insurance scam: salesmen provide cow town folk with insurance against outlaw activity, outlaws who work for the insura...

The Lawless

The Lawless

1950

as Caroline Tyler

5.8
Acting

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

Salt Lake Raiders

Salt Lake Raiders

1950

as Helen Thornton

6.0
Acting

A man is sent to jail for murder escapes while being transferred, Rocky is sent to bring him in. When he catches him in a ghost town the man claims to...

Outcasts of Black Mesa

Outcasts of Black Mesa

1950

as Ruth Dorn

Acting

Our Hero is accused of a crime he didn't commit. Once again, he breaks jail to find the real culprits. And once again, he dons his Durango Kid disguis...

Roughshod

Roughshod

1949

as Marcia

5.3
Acting

Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him b...

The Clay Pigeon

The Clay Pigeon

1949

as Miss Harwick

5.5
Acting

Jim Fletcher, waking up from a coma, finds he is to be given a court martial for treason and charged with informing on fellow inmates in a Japanese pr...

Rustlers

Rustlers

1949

as Ruth Abbott

5.3
Acting

A group of Arizona ranchers, trying to learn the identities of the Salt River Gang and prevent any further rustling, marks the currency that rancher F...

Gun Smugglers

Gun Smugglers

1948

as Judy Davis

Acting

A young boy threatens to follow in his outlaw brother's footsteps.

The Velvet Touch

The Velvet Touch

1948

as Helen Adams

6.2
Acting

After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.

The Judge Steps Out

The Judge Steps Out

1947

as Catherine Bailey Struthers III

7.0
Acting

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

The Woman on the Beach

The Woman on the Beach

1947

as Mrs. Barton (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain

1947

as Ellie Jorth

5.0
Acting

Marvin Hayden returns to find his ranch is about to be sold at auction and the Hayden Jorth feud still going strong. Carson wants the Hayden ranch and...

Born to Kill

Born to Kill

1947

as Maid (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

The Locket

The Locket

1946

as Bridesmaid (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.