Jack Martin also known as Gary Dobbs (born 1965) is a writer and bit part actor.[1] Writing under his real name, as well as Jack Martin (his grandfather's name),[1] he has written a novel, and has seen publication in a number of print magazines, as well as had work on both BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Wales. As Gary Dobbs, he has appeared as a character actor in Doctor Who, Torchwood, Moonmonkeys, Lark Rise to Candleford, Casino Royale (2006) and The Big I-am. Gary also played Hughie Ferguson in the 2007 Welsh TV recreation of the famous match between Cardiff City and Arsenal in 1927.
As Jack Martin he is responsible for Robert Hale Ltd.'s fastest-selling "Black Horse Westerns" novel, The Tarnished Star.[1] In 2010, he was awarded the Small Press Award for Excellence in Blogging for his site The Tainted Archive (published as "Jack Martin/Gary Dobbs"). A second Western novel, Arkansas Smith was published March 2010 by Hale, with another on the way in 2011, The Ballad of Delta Rose. In 2010, as Gary M. Dobbs, he wrote a crime novel, A Policeman's Lot.[1] Gary was also the author of the 1988 text based adventure game for the ZX Spectrum range, Operation Thunderbowel from Sacred Scroll Software. In 2010 it was announced that Gary working with author, Terry Harknett is to bring the first Edge novel, The Loner back into print as an eBook, with plans to bring the other books in the long running series into digital print. 2011 saw the publication of a third western published with Robert Hale LTD, The Ballad of Delta Rose which Gary (Jack) calls his most hard-boiled western yet. And the same publisher will in 2012 bring Wild Bill Williams into print. Gary Dobbs also writes dark fantasy under the name of Vincent Stark and the first in The Dead Walked trilogy will appear early in 2012.
It was announced in 2011 that director Neil Jones and his company Burn Hand Films would bring The Tarnished Star to screen under the title, LawMaster. The film is expected to begin shooting during mid – late 2012.
Thunderbowel 1988 Sacred Scroll Software. A text based adventure game James Bond spoof for the ZX Spectrum home computer.
Wild Bill Williams as by Jack Martin (Forthcoming Robert Hale 2012)