Martin Mull

Martin Mull (1943-2024) was an actor and comedian. In 1979, he attended the live event that was reworked for broadcast as The Muppets Go Hollywood, photographed solo and with his then-wife, but did not appear in the TV version. He was later a frequent guest on the revival of Hollywood Squares, including multiple episodes featuring Muppet characters. For Children's Television Workshop, he wrote songs for the 1975 health series Feeling Good (hosted by Dick Cavett).
Mull began as a songwriter, writing the country song "A Girl Named Johnny Cash." As a recording artist and musician in his own right, he was known for musical satire and oddball tunes such as "Drunkard's Waltz" and "Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope." He made his acting debut in 1973 on Norman Lear's soap opera spoof Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, recurring as wifebeater Garth Gimble. When the character was killed off, Mull played his twin brother Barth Gimble, obnoxious host of the spinoff Fernwood 2 Night (with Fred Willard). In 1985, he co-wrote the book The History of White People in America and its TV versions.
By the 1980s and beyond, Mull was often cast as stuffy foils and/or bunglers, playing a lecherous boss in Mr. Mom, Colonel Mustard in Clue, boss Leon on Roseanne, school authoritarian Mr. Kraft on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and incompetent detective Gene Parmesan on Arrested Development. Other film credits include Mrs. Doubtfire, Jingle All the Way, and Mr. Write. TV includes regular parts on short-lived series like The Cool Kids and appearances on The Golden Girls, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, Community, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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