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Adam-12 and Route 66 star Martin Milner dies at age 83

Published: 14:15 EST, 7 September 2015 | Updated: 16:20 EST, 7 September 2015

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One of the biggest stars of television's first few decades, Martin Milner, has died.

The actor - who starred in Route 66 in the 1960s and Adam-12 in the 1970s - died peacefully at home on Saturday.

Although boasting hundreds of on-screen credits over a six-decade acting career, Martin was best-known for playing honourable patrol officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12.

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Passed away: TV actor Martin Milner - above on Adam-12 in the 1970s - died on Saturday at the age of 83

'Milner's depiction of a professional and tough yet compassionate cop led to thousands of men and women applying to become LAPD officer, including me,' Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck told TMZ on Sunday.

Adam-12 ran from 1968 to 1975 on NBC and starred Martin as the senior officer of a two-man police team, co-starring with Kent McCord.

Veteran actor: Beginning as a teenager in the 1940s, Martin (left in 1990 with wife Judith Bess Jones) acted for decades, winning starring roles in Route 66 and Adam-12

Biggest role: Martin's most famous role was playing Officer James A. Reed in the cop show, Adam-12

'I had a long, long friendship with Marty and we remained friends up till the end,' Kent told the Associated Press on Monday.

'He was one of the really true great people of our industry with a long, distinguished career.'

Martin was so popular that his character of Officer Pete Malloy crossed-over to five other shows as a guest star.

On the job: Along with co-star Kent McCord (left), Martin starred in the 1968-1975 show about uniformed officers patrolling the streets of Los Angeles

Enduring popularity: Martin and Kent staged an Adam-12 reunion at the Creative Arts Emmys in 1997

Even before the success of Adam-12, Martin was well-known for playing Tod Stiles in the 1960-1964 series, Route 66.

Following two men - Martin and co-star George Maharis - as they got into adventures while driving around the country, Route 66 was popular enough to lead to a reunion special in 1989.

The travelling nature of Route 66 allowed for big stars like Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre, as well as up-and-coming actors like Gene Hackman, Robert Redford, and Alan Alda.

Multi-show stardom: Before Adam-12, Martin (left, with Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, and George Maharis) also starred in the 1960-1964 series, Route 66

Early-TV classic: The show about two young men travelling the US in a sports car was popular enough to merit a reunion of Martin and co-star George (right) in 1989

Martin got his start in acting at the age of 15, when he was cast as the second of three sons in 1946's Life With Father.

He played small parts in movies throughout the 1950s and 1960s before concentrating on television after hitting it big with his shows.

Film debut: Martin's first acting job came in the movie, Life With Father, when he was 15

The actor continued to work throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, appearing on shows like Swiss Family Robinson (as family patriarch Karl), MacGyver, Life Goes On, and Murder, She Wrote.

With a final guest-starring role on Diagnosis Murder, Martin retired from acting in 1997.

He died while surrounded by his family - wife of 64 years Judy Jones and children - at his home in Carlsbad, California.

Early career: The actor (on the ground) worked steadily in both movies and TV for the fist part of his career - appearing in the classic 1957 western, Gunfight At The O.K. Corral as a doomed man