Alvin Morris (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012), known professionally as Tony Martin, was an American actor and popular singer.

He formed his first band, named "The Red Peppers," when he was at Oakland Technical High School, eventually joining the band of a local orchestra leader, Tom Gerun, as a saxophone player sitting alongside the future bandleader Woody Herman.

On radio, Martin sang and was master of ceremonies on Tune-Up Time, with Andre Kostelanetz, on CBS in the early 1940s.

In films, Martin was first cast in a number of bit parts, including a role as a sailor in Follow the Fleet (1936), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

[10] In the film he played a rising singer and performed "Tenement Symphony," which was written by Hal Borne, who became his long-time musical director.

"[12] Martin was later promoted to technical sergeant in the Air Transport Command and stationed in India, where Brig.

After the war, Martin signed with Mercury Records, then a small independent label run out of Chicago, Illinois.

His rendition of "Lover Come Back to Me" with Joan Weldon in Deep in My Heart – based on the music of Sigmund Romberg and starring José Ferrer - was one of the highlights of that film.

In 1958, he became the highest paid performer in Las Vegas, signing a five-year deal at the Desert Inn, earning $25,000 a week.

[16] Martin was a stockholder in the Parvin-Dohrmann Corporation, a hotel and casino company that owned the Flamingo Las Vegas.

[20] They had one son together, Tony Martin, Jr., who predeceased his father in 2011 following injuries sustained in an auto accident.