- Film Editor Jon Poll is Martin's son
- Actors who made their feature film debuts in films produced by Poll include: Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Dalton and Don Johnson (The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970)).
- Martin H. Poll was subscribed and was sworn in as commissionor of Motion Picture Arts of the City of New York July 21, 1959 by the borough president of the Bronx, James J. Lyon. Certificate was signed by Martin H. Poll and James J. Lyon and filed in the office of the City Clerk, July 23, 1959 and signed by the city clerk. Martin is the only individual ever to have that title. He was given that title because of being president of the largest studio outside of Hollywood and the title enabled him to speed up red tape for productions at Gold Medal Studios or anywhere in the city until New York City set up its own one-stop film office.
- He opened the Gold Medal Studios on East 175th Street in the Tremont section of the Bronx in New York City in 1956. It was formerly the Biograph studios. He was head of the studios from 1956 to 1961. In 1959, he was proclaimed "Borough Commissioner of Motion Picture Arts." He sold the studios in 1961 and moved to Los Angeles, California. Production at the site in the Bronx ceased in the 1970s and studio was destroyed by fire in 1980. An apartment building occupies the site.
- He is survived by his son, Jon Poll; his wife, the former Gladys Peltz Poll; another son Mark Poll; a stepson, Tony Jaffe; and three grandchildren.
- Son of David Poll and Faye Tamber. He served in the United States Army after graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in business in 1943 from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began working with his aunt Selma Tamber, a Broadway producer, in New York City.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [Producers Branch].
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