Steve Martin took full advantage of man's ability to remain fertile well into their later years when he it was revealed in February this year that he became a father for the first time at the ripe old age of 67. He and his 41-year-old wife Anne Stringfield welcomed their first child together in December 2012, but managed to keep it quiet for a number of weeks, with the details finally emerging in February.

Steve Martin
Martin has had to take up a new profession after becoming a father

Martin, for his own reasons, wanted to keep the birth of his first child out of the media spotlight for as long as he could, but there is one older father who couldn't wait to tell everyone that he is finally a father.

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