

Cast & creator
Best known for Columbo, The Love Boat, The Love Boat
Jared Christopher Martin was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Steven "Dusty" Farlow in the 1978 series Dallas and for roles on two science fiction TV series, The Fantastic Journey and War of the Worlds. Martin was born in Manhattan to Charles Elmer Martin, a cover artist and cartoonist for The New Yorker, and his wife, Florence Taylor, an artist and homemaker. He began acting at the age of ten in a local children's theater group. After graduating from the Putney School and Columbia University, where his roommate was Brian De Palma, he spent a summer apprenticing with Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park. After graduating, he worked for a couple of years at The New York Times as a copy boy and thumbnail book reviewer for the Sunday edition. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Also known as: Jared Christopher Martin
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film credits
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television credits
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1968–2016 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 54 of 54 credits

Harry Alexander
1971
Paul Reese
1977
Jim Tipton
1977
Arthur Houston
1984
Spencer Langley
1984
Dusty Farlow
1978
Arthur Houston
1980
Attorney Fein
1986
Dr. David Halston
1982


Torg
1974
James Graydon
1984



Garth Carlson
1991


Tony Bolt / David Blessington (segment "Tell David...")
1970
Recording Engineer
1970
Harrison Blackwood
1988
Todd
1975
David Gurney / Leon Gurney
1975
Bright
1977

Evan Selman
1984

Lenny Phillips
1973
Dr. Emory Paulson
1977

Varian
1977

Technician
1973

Frank Hillhurst
1994
Drake
1984
George Ballantine
1983
Robert Anderson
1987
Chris
1968
Senator Nelson Dunning
1980
Homer Barron
1983
Paul Scott
1987
Mike Prior
1986
First Mate Lemaris
1985
Producer
2016
Director
2016
Self
2008
Jan Kimbro
1974
Film Maker
1974
Varian
1977
Dana Ryan
1980