Desc: Orlando Martins: Africa's First Hollywood Star: With Orlando Martins. Orlando Martins is Hollywood's first Nigerian/African actor by all accounts. He was born on December 8, 1899 and died September 25, 1985. Martins was a stage and film actor who was listed among England's top 15 favorite actors in a 1947 poll. The documentary explores his extra ordinary achievements in film in Hollywood's golden era. Talent he worked with included Audrey Hepburn, Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Tyrone Power and Robert Mitchum among several others.