Yates Martin — Silver Dollar Character Profile

About Yates Martin

Central protagonist whose reckless pursuit of silver wealth leads to political ambition, marital breakdown, and eventual ruin when economic policies shift.

Yates Martin — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Edward G. Robinson

Appears in

Silver Dollar (1932)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (2)

• Yates Martin — Alliance Partners — Hook (Lee Kohlmar)

  Business partners who share mining profits and market intelligence.

• Yates Martin — Alliance Partners — Rische (Christian Rub)

  Business partners who share mining profits and market intelligence.

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• Lily Owens Martin (Bebe Daniels)
• Sarah Martin (Aline MacMahon)
• George, the Mine Foreman (DeWitt Jennings)
• Rische (Christian Rub)
• Colonel Stanton (Robert Warwick)
• Mark (David Durand)
• Mrs. Hamlin (Theresa Maxwell Conover)
• Mrs. Adams (Marjorie Gateson)
• Gelsey (John Marston)
• General Grant (Walter Rogers)
• A miner (Wade Boteler)
• Hook (Lee Kohlmar)