1. Martin Eugene Mull was an American comic actor whose career included contributions as a musician and painter.
24 Facts About Martin Mull
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Martin Mull became known on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, its spin-off Fernwood 2 Night, and America 2 Night.
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Martin Mull had a recurring role on Two and a Half Men as Russell, a drug-using, humorous pharmacist.
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Martin Mull moved with his family to North Ridgeville, Ohio, when he was two years old.
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Martin Mull attended and graduated from New Canaan High School.
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Martin Mull studied painting and graduated in 1965 from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts; in 1967, he earned a Master of Fine Arts in painting, from RISD.
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Martin Mull broke into show business as a songwriter, penning Jane Morgan's 1970 country single, "A Girl Named Johnny Cash", which peaked at No 61 on Billboards country charts.
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Rather than use the stage trappings of most musical acts, Martin Mull decorated his stage with comfortable thrift store furniture.
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Martin Mull's self-titled debut album, released by Capricorn in 1972, featured many noteworthy musicians including Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Levon Helm from The Band, Keith Spring of NRBQ, Jack Bone, and Libby Titus.
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Martin Mull appeared as the neurotic, libidinous disc jockey Eric Swan in the 1978 movie FM, his feature film debut.
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In 1979, Martin Mull appeared in the Taxi episode Hollywood Calling.
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Martin Mull created, wrote, and starred in the short-lived 1984 CBS sitcom Domestic Life, with Megan Follows playing his teenaged daughter.
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Martin Mull starred in a series of commercials for Michelob and Pizza Hut, and in a series of television and radio commercials for Red Roof Inn with Willard.
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Martin Mull had a long-running role from 1991 to 1997 as Leon Carp, Roseanne Conner's gay boss on the TV series Roseanne.
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Martin Mull appeared as a guest star on the game show Hollywood Squares, appearing as the center square in the show's final season, from 2003 to 2004.
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In late 2004 and in 2013's Netflix-produced Season 4 of Arrested Development, Martin Mull portrayed Gene Parmesan, a private investigator.
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Martin Mull starred in the Fox television sitcoms Dads and The Cool Kids, the latter with David Alan Grier, Vicki Lawrence, and Leslie Jordan.
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In 2016, Martin Mull appeared as guest star in the satirical TV series Veep, a role that earned him an Emmy nomination.
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Martin Mull began painting in the 1970s, and his work has appeared in group and solo exhibits.
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Martin Mull participated in the June 15,1971 exhibit "Flush with the Walls" in the men's room of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to protest the lack of contemporary and local art in the museum.
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Martin Mull published a book of some of his paintings, titled Paintings Drawings and Words, in 1995.
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Martin Mull was divorced twice and then married singer Wendy Haas.
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Martin Mull and Haas had a daughter, Maggie, who as of 2021 is a co-executive producer for Family Guy.
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Martin Mull died from a long illness at his Los Angeles home on June 27,2024, at the age of 80, less than two months before his 81st birthday.