Martin Cherrington — Four Men and a Prayer Character Profile

About Martin Cherrington

Lynn's father and a major arms dealer. Initially suspected by the Leigh brothers of orchestrating Loring Leigh's murder, he is later cleared of involvement after the boys uncover the true culprit.

Character Facts

Played by

Berton Churchill

Appears in

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Martin Cherrington — Conflict Political Rival — Furnoy (Alan Hale)

  Cherrington and Furnoy exist in overlapping political circles, with Furnoy's actions inadvertently implicating Cherrington.

• Martin Cherrington — Conflict Suspected Mastermind — Loring Leigh (C. Aubrey Smith)

  Cherrington is wrongly suspected by the family as the mastermind behind the framing and murder.

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More characters from Four Men and a Prayer

• Lynn Cherrington (Loretta Young)
• Geoffrey Leigh (Richard Greene)
• Wyatt Leigh (George Sanders)
• Loring Leigh (C. Aubrey Smith)
• Christopher Leigh (David Niven)
• Rodney Leigh (William Henry)
• Douglas Loveland (Reginald Denny)
• Furnoy (Alan Hale)
• Mulcahay (Barry Fitzgerald)
• General Torres (J. Edward Bromberg)
• Defense Attorney (Frank Baker)
• Piper (Cecil Cunningham)