Adolfo Larrue Martínez III (born September 27, 1948), credited as A Martinez, is an American actor and singer.
[8] Martinez began his professional career at age 12, as a singer, and earned a talent competition title at the Hollywood Bowl.
[9] Martinez has appeared in a number of feature films, including The Cowboys (1972), Starbird & Sweet William (1973), Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974), Joe Panther (1976), Shoot the Sun Down (1978), The Honorary Consul (1983), Walking the Edge (1985), Powwow Highway (1989), She-Devil (1989), The Cherokee Kid (1996), What's Cooking?
He had a significant appearance, playing the stable hand Luis, who aids Little Joe on the Bonanza episode "Gideon the Good" in 1970.
In 1979, Martinez made an appearance on Barney Miller, playing Claudio Ortiz in the sixth-season episode, "The DNA Story".
Martinez played a grape picker in 1982 on CBS's Falcon Crest, Native American 'Low Wolf' on the short-lived Born to the Wind, and a police detective in the 1983–1984 series Whiz Kids.
[11][12][13] In September 2008, Martinez joined the cast of the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live in the role of Ray Montez and was written out in June 2009.
In July 2014, he appeared on the NBC television show The Night Shift as Dr. Landry, de la Cruz's father.
[citation needed] In 1981, he was married briefly to actress Mare Winningham, who was also cast on The Young Pioneers; they divorced later that year.