New York. People knew him from series like “Roseanne” or “Sabrina – Totally Bewitched!”. Actor Martin Mull died at the age of 80.
American actor and comedian Martin Mullknown for his work on TV series “Roseane” It is “Sabrina – totally bewitched!“, has died at age 80. Mull, who also starred in the 1985 comedy “Clue,” died Thursday at his home after a “valiant battle with a long illness,” his daughter Maggie Mull said on social media.
In an Instagram tribute, Mull wrote that her father was “known for excelling in every creative discipline imaginable and for making commercials for the Red Roof Inn.” “He was always funny.”
Mull played the boss on “Roseanne”
Mull’s first notable role was as Garth Gimble in the 1976 soap opera parody Mary Hartman, which led to two more spin-off roles, including in the series Fernwood 2 Night. He then landed the role of army officer Colonel Mustard in the black comedy Clue, inspired by the board game of the same name. Around this time, he also began voicing the Red Roof Inn commercial that his daughter mentioned in his honor on Instagram.
Fans of 1990s television will love Mull from the series “Roseane” know where he played the title character’s boss, Leon Carp, or from “Sabrina – Totally enchanted!“, where he played director Willard Kraft. Mull also appeared in the critically acclaimed satirical sitcom Arrested Development, playing private investigator Gene Parmesan.
Guest appearances on “The Simpsons” or “Two and a Half Men”
He has guest starred on several other well-known television shows, including “The Simpsons“, “Family Guy” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, “Golden Girls” and “Two and a half Men“. Mull was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for an appearance in four episodes of HBO’s political satire “Veep” in 2016.
Born in Chicago to an actress mother and a carpenter father, Mull began his career in show business as a songwriter and became known as a musical comedian. In the early 1970s he appeared at numerous live performances by Frank Zappa and Bruce Springsteen about.
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