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Martin Mull

Martin Mull

Birthday: 1943-08-18 | Place of Birth: 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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
The Cool Kids

as    Charlie

2018
A Futile and Stupid Gesture

as    Modern Doug

2013
Dads

as    Crawford

2013
Tim's Vermeer

as    Himself

2012
Oliver's Ghost

as    Clive

2011
And They're Off

as    Ken

2010
Killers

as    Holbrook

2006
Relative Strangers

as    Jeffry Morton

2005
Come Away Home

as    Barney

2004
A Boyfriend for Christmas

as    Martin Grant

2002
The Year That Trembled

as    Wayne Simonelli

2001
The Ellen Show

as    Ed Munn

1998
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish

as    Richard Rich

1996
Jingle All the Way

as    D.J.

1994
How the West Was Fun

as    Bart Gafooley

1993
The Day My Parents Ran Away

as    Norman Roberts

1993
Family Dog

as    Skip Binsford (voice)

1992
Dance with Death

as    Art

1992
Miracle Beach

as    Donald Burbank

1992
The Jackie Thomas Show

as    Doug Talbot

1990
His & Hers

as    Doug Lambert

1990
Far Out Man

as    Psychiatrist

1989
Cutting Class

as    William Carson III

1985
Clue

as    Colonel Mustard

1985
California Girls

as    Elliot

1984
Domestic Life

as    Martin Crane