"It changed what I believe and what I think about everything. Inspired by his philosophy classes, Martin considered becoming a professor instead of an actor-comedian. Sherk enrolled at UCLA, about an hour's drive north, and the distance eventually caused them to lead separate lives. Sherk's influence caused Martin to apply to the California State University, Long Beach, for enrollment with a major in Philosophy. Later, he met budding actress Stormie Sherk, and they developed comedy routines and became romantically involved. He joined a comedy troupe at Knott's Berry Farm. In his free time, he teamed up with friend and Garden Grove High School classmate Kathy Westmoreland to participate in comedies and other productions at the Bird Cage Theatre. ComedyĪfter high school graduation, Martin attended Santa Ana College, taking classes in drama and English poetry.
In his authorized biography, close friend Morris Walker suggests that Martin could "be described most accurately as an agnostic he rarely went to church and was never involved in organized religion of his own volition". There he perfected his talents for magic, juggling, and creating balloon animals in the manner of mentor Wally Boag, frequently performing for tips. By 1960, he had mastered several of the tricks and illusions and took a paying job at the Magic shop in Fantasyland in August. While working at Disneyland, he was captured in the background of the home movie that was made into the short-subject film Disneyland Dream, coincidentally becoming his first film appearance. During his free time, he frequented the Main Street Magic shop, where tricks were demonstrated to potential customers. Martin's first job was at Disneyland, selling guidebooks on weekends and full-time during the school's summer break. He was proud but critical, with Martin later recalling that in his teens his feelings for his father were mostly ones of hatred. Expressing his affection through gifts, like cars and bikes, Martin's father was stern, and not emotionally open to his son. During World War II, in the United Kingdom, Martin's father had appeared in a production of Our Town with Raymond Massey. One of his earliest memories is of seeing his father, as an extra, serving drinks onstage at the Call Board Theatre on Melrose Place. Martin was a cheerleader of Garden Grove High School. Martin was raised in Inglewood, California, and then later in Garden Grove, California, in a Baptist family.
Martin was born on August 14, 1945, in Waco, Texas, the son of Mary Lee (née Stewart 1913–2002) and Glenn Vernon Martin (1914–1997), a real estate salesman and aspiring actor.
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