In his career, he directed 39 films and television programs, and worked on 16 as a second unit director, including the chariot race in Ben Hur (1959).
After high-school graduation in 1922 he was taken by Alfréd Deésy to Vienna to work at Sascha-Film, mostly as an assistant editor.
Marton returned to Europe in 1927, and worked as the main editor of the Tobis company in Berlin, and later as an assistant director in Vienna.
In 1954, he founded his own production company with Ivan Tors, Louis Meyer and László Benedek.
Remembered for cinematic moments like the chariot race of Ben Hur, or the battle scenes of A Farewell to Arms, he worked as second unit director for Hollywood directors, including William Wyler, Fred Zinneman, Joseph Mankiewicz and Mike Nichols.