Vale: Martin Mull
US actor Martin Mull, best known for Roseanne and Arrested Development, has died.
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US actor Martin Mull, best known for Roseanne and Arrested Development, has died aged 80.
His daughter, TV writer and comic artist Maggie Mull, said her father died at home on Thursday, after “a valiant fight against a long illness”.
Mull came to fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and a starring role in its spin-off, Fernwood 2 Night.
In the 1980s he appeared in films including Mr Mom and Clue.
In the 1990s had a recurring role in Roseanne as her boss Leon Camp. He later played private eye Gene Parmesan on Arrested Development, Principal Willard Kraft in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and a guest role on Veep as Bob Bradley.
His daughter remembered said in an Instagram post, he was never not funny.
“My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and — the sign of a truly exceptional person — by many, many dogs.”
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RIP Colonel Mustard from “Clue” :'( Mull’s eccentric and deadpan performance was fantastic, almost taking leadership of the gang alongside Tim Curry’s butler role. One of my all-time favourites and watch it annually. A classic with an all-star cast from the 80s, based of the famous American Parker Bros worldwide boardgame smash hit (still popular amongst families today!) Wish the film was played on TV, can’t even recall when the last time would’ve been even if, perhaps a modern transfer hasn’t been produced for broadcasters by Paramount or they don’t want to licence that title.
I’ll always remember him as the principal Mr Kraft in Sabrina, which I enjoyed as a kid.
Mull also guest starred as one of the two hippies (opposite George Carlin) in a Season 10 episode of The Simpsons, and also appeared in Wonder Woman as a rock star, opposite The Brady Bunch’s Eve Plumb, though I had no idea it was Mull in the role until I had watched the credits.
I mixed up my cast members. Martin did not appear in the Christopher Guest films.
This is so sad. I loved Martin’s film and TV work. One of my favourites was on The Golden Girls. A guest appearance as a shut in who Dorothy coaxes out of reclusivity. Funny and tragic in equal measure. His films with Christopher Guest were brilliant. He will be missed.