菲利普·马丁，Phil Martin was born on June 9, 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father, Phil, Sr., owned the first "nickelodeon" in Pittsburgh in the early 1900's and later became Supervising Engineer and Inspector of the U.S. Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C. where Phil, Jr. spent his boyhood days along with his sisters Lydia, Cecilia and Lillian.