Martin Lev
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Martin Lev real name Musa, was a child actor
from Liverpool
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(1975) and starring as Dandy Dan in the musical film
Bugsy Malone
(1976). Martin gave up acting and worked as a designer.
, a UK group for those like him who had myalgic encephalomyelitis. As a result of his illness, he committed suicide on 11 March 1992 at the age of 32.
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
from Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
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Career
Martin started acting at the age of 16, playing David Bowen in the NBC made-for-TV movie The Day After TomorrowThe Day After Tomorrow (TV special)
The Day After Tomorrow is a 1975 British science-fiction television drama produced by Gerry Anderson between the two series of Space: 1999. Written by Johnny Byrne and directed by Charles Crichton, it stars Brian Blessed, Joanna Dunham and Nick Tate, and is narrated by Ed Bishop...
(1975) and starring as Dandy Dan in the musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 musical film, very loosely based on events in New York City in the Prohibition era, specifically the exploits of gangsters like Al Capone and Bugs Moran, as dramatized in cinema...
(1976). Martin gave up acting and worked as a designer.
Death
He was a former president of Action for MEAction for ME
Action for ME is charitable organization and self-help group based in the United Kingdom and dedicated to helping people with M.E., more commonly known in the medical profession as chronic fatigue syndrome...
, a UK group for those like him who had myalgic encephalomyelitis. As a result of his illness, he committed suicide on 11 March 1992 at the age of 32.