
Martin Mull
Born August 18, 1943 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Offbeat funnyman Martin Mull was born in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of three children, and raised in Ohio. The blond-maned, blue-eyed comedian with the sad, droopy mustache first came in contact with the arts by honing in on his innate talents as a painter. In order to pay his art school tuition, he started organizing bands. At around the same time, he discovered that stand-up comedy was another way to allow his creative juices to flow. Martin's early recognition as a humorist led to a recording contract, and, over the years, he would be Grammy-nominated several times for a number of eccentric comedy albums. His gimmick and allure came in the form of a dry, humorless delivery and a bland, highly conservative-looking demeanor, which masked a sly, witty and ultra-hip philosophy. Gaining popularity in the 1970s, he finally broke into TV with the cult soap opera parody "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1976) in which he played Garth Gimble, a volatile wife abuser whose comeuppance occurred in the form of an aluminum Christmas tree (impaled) in his home closet. Martin was so popular on the show that he was resurrected in the spin-off series "Fernwood 2 Night" (1977) as twin brother Barth Gimble, who was a co-host of the town's television program along with Fred Willard's Jerry Hubbard character. After this peak, Martin became a sought-after guest on the talk show circuit, not to mention variety specials and TV movies. He tried his hand at producing and starring in his own sitcom "Domestic Life" (1984) but the series failed. He also added his special brand of merriment to films over the years, some of them being decent, such as FM (1978), Serial (1980), Mr. Mom (1983) and Clue (1985) in the role of the tweedy-looking Colonel Mustard, while most have been either formula schtick or just plain drivel, as in Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Rented Lips (1988), which he produced and wrote, Cutting Class (1989), Far Out Man (1990) with Cheech & Chong, and Mr. Write (1994). Martin's first passion has always been art and the distinguished multi-media artist's work has been showcased in galleries throughout the world. He also authored the book "Painting, Drawing and World," which is a compilation of ten years of his work. Mull is married to a composer and musician, Wendy, and they have a daughter. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh
Movies

Mrs. Doubtfire

Jingle All the Way

Clue

The Player

Killers

Private School

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Zack & Reba

Mr. Mom

The Aristocrats

Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

Ski Patrol

Cutting Class

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

My Bodyguard

O.C. and Stiggs

Magic with the Stars

Serial

Relative Strangers

A Boyfriend for Christmas

The History of White People in America

And They're Off

The Boss' Wife

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

Miracle Beach

Dance with Death

Sister Mary Explains It All

Portrait of a White Marriage

Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy

The Day My Parents Ran Away

Take This Job and Shove It

How the West Was Fun

Who Done It: The Clue Documentary

Edie & Pen

The Year That Trembled

Who Is Martin Mull?

The History of White People in America: Volume II

Ted & Venus

Mr. Write

Bad Manners

Come Away Home

Think Big

Home Is Where the Hart Is

Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge

The T.V. Show

California Girls

Tim's Vermeer

Rented Lips

Beverly Hills Family Robinson

Flicks

FM

The Water Is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs

Far Out Man

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Twilight Theatre

Lots of Luck

An All-Star Toast to the Improv

Oliver's Ghost

A Different Approach

Sunset Limousine

Attention Shoppers

The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special II

The Jerk, Too

Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio

Martin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday

Pecos Bill

Twilight Theater II

The Brown Blues

Melons
TV Shows

Late Show with David Letterman

American Dad!

The Mike Douglas Show

Hollywood Squares

NCIS: Los Angeles

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Two and a Half Men

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Bob's Burgers

Psych

L.A. Law

Community

The Nanny

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Dexter's Laboratory

Arrested Development

The Drew Carey Show

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Taxi

The Golden Girls

Reno 911!

Intimate Portrait

Veep

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Franklin & Bash

The Wild Thornberrys

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

Dinah!

America's Funniest Home Videos

The Larry Sanders Show

Just Shoot Me!

Life in Pieces

Reba

Danny Phantom

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Half & Half

Dream On

Less than Perfect

'Til Death

Twice in a Lifetime

The Ranch

The Afterparty

Wonder Woman

Burke's Law

The War at Home

Life with Bonnie

Rock Concert

Eastwick

Gary Unmarried

Not Dead Yet

Get a Life

Tall Tales & Legends

Inside Comedy

TV 101

My Boys

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Geena Davis Show

Bless This Mess

The Cool Kids

Roseanne

Teamo Supremo

Norm Macdonald Live

3-South

Maggie

America 2-Night

George Burns Comedy Week

Cher

The Jackie Thomas Show

















