Henry Martinson
Actor
Henry Martinson appears in 5 titles on CineTonight, including American Playhouse and Northern Lights. Known on screen for roles such as Henry Martinson.
5Titles
1977Earliest
2.6Avg. rating
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Known For
6.6American Playhouse
1982 6.6
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
American Playhouse
1982
6.2Northern Lights
1978 6.2
The bittersweet story of young lovers caught up in a political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, the banks, and the railroads. Set in 1915–16 North Dakota, a largely forgotten era of American history.
Northern Lights
1978
0.0Rebel Earth
1980 0.0
Henry Martinson accompanies a young North Dakota farmer searching for the sites of his past. The second part of John Hanson and Rob Nilsson's Prairie Trilogy.
Rebel Earth
1980
0.0Prairie Fire
1977 0.0
The first segment of what would eventually be the Prairie Trilogy, about veteran North Dakota poet and socialist organizer Henry Martinson, who fought against economic exploitation. Martinson recounts the 1916 birth of the Socialist Nonpartisan League, his narrative accompanied by images shot by Nilsson’s own grandfather, Frithjof Holmboe.
Prairie Fire
1977
0.0Survivor
1980 0.0
The final segment of the Prairie Trilogy, about a veteran North Dakota poet and socialist organizer, who fought against economic exploitation. Finished the year before Martinson’s death, it focuses on the biography of its subject, here found in a funny and expansive mood.
Survivor
1980