Martin Mullcelebrated comic actor and musician, died at the age of 80. The artist who was part of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Arrested Development and Clue He died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. His daughter, Maggie Mullconfirmed the news in an Instagram post.
“It breaks my heart to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a brave fight against a long illness. He was known for excelling in every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials. He would think that joke was funny. It never stopped being fun,” he wrote.
“My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and co-workers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and — the sign of a truly exceptional person — by many, many dogs. I loved him enormously”he added.
Martin Mull became famous in the 1970s for his role in the satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartmancreated by Norman Lear. In this series, he played Garth Gimble, a character that became so popular that it led the actor to star in the spin-off Fernwood 2-Night in 1977. There he played Barth Gimble, Garth’s twin, who was the host of a talk show.
Mull also participated in Sabrina the Teenage Witchwhere he played director Willard Kraft from 1997 to 2000, and in Roseannewhere he played gay boss Leon Carp from 1991 to 1997.
On the other hand, in Arrested Development, His character was Gene Parmesan, a private detective who often wore absurd costumes. In the cinema, one of his best-known roles was that of Colonel Mustard in the mystery film Clue: The game of suspicion.
Additionally, he is remembered as Dr. Gideon Hutton in Law and Order: SVUand for his time in the series Two and a half Menwhere he played Russell, a pharmacist involved in illegal activities.
In 2016, Martin Mull was nominated for an Emmy for the political series Veep, in which he played political advisor Bob Bradley. Two years later, she starred in the FOX series The cool kids, about a group of friends who break rules at a retirement center.
But before acting, Martin Mull was also passionate about music with a successful career as a composer. He wrote the country song “A Girl Named Johnny Cash”performed by Jane Morgan in 1970, which reached number 61 on the Billboard country music charts. He also wrote the theme song for the television series The 51st State in 1970 and was music producer of the film Fury on wheels (Jump) in 1971.
Mull released several albums throughout the 1970s, including “Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room” (1973), “Normal” (1974), and “Sex and Violins” (1978). He also scored a Billboard Hot 100 hit with the single “Dueling Tubas.”
After his death, Martin Mull He leaves his wife Wendy Mull and daughter Maggie, who has followed in her father’s footsteps into entertainment as a writer and television producer.
