He started his career as a disc jockey on KFWB radio in Los Angeles in the 1950s (upon graduation from Memphis State University) and also had many numerous radio jobs into the 1980s. Martindale's first break into television was at WHBQ-TV in Memphis, Tennessee, as the host of Mars Patrol, a Saturday morning science-fiction themed children's television program that featured skits and syndicated action serials to a live studio audience. Martindale also hosted primetime WHBQ programs. It was at his tenure with WHBQ that Martindale became a close friend of Elvis Presley and following Presley's sudden death in 1977, Martindale aired a nationwide tribute radio special in his honor.
His rendition of the spoken-word song "Deck Of Cards" went to #7 on the Billboard charts and sold over a million copies in 1959.
After a divorce from his first wife in 1971, he successfully battled alcoholism. He married Sandy Ferra in 1975 and has four children.
He has appeared in various TV commercials and has a slot on the radio network Music Of Your Life.
As of 2005, Martindale has capitalized on his camp appeal by doing television commercials promoting for Orbitz.
On June 2, 2006, Martindale received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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