A classically trained artist, Martin fell into acting by stages.
While still a student and struggling artist, Martin began writing songs and performing. First as part of a group called Soop, he performed on one album called In the Soop. Subsequent albums were under his own name, although pianist Ed Wise (who was with MM in the previous group) continued to perform with him.
His break into acting came when Norman Lear offered him a role on the soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. After this character was killed off (followed quickly by the assassination of Mary Hartman itself because star Louise Lasser burned herself out), Lear cast him in another parody, Fernwood 2Night, which poked fun at small-town talk shows. This was set in Fernwood, Ohio, the fictional home of Mary Hartman. For the second season, the show was renamed America 2Night. The locale was changed to a small town near Los Angeles so that big stars could appear on the show from time to time.
After America 2Night, Martin appeared in numerous movies and had a recurring character on Roseanne. Currently he can be seen as the Principal on Sabrina, the Teenaged Witch.
But as far as MM was concerned, this was just a side trip. His real love was, and is, in his painting. If he got some money from his acting or singing/songwriting (one of his songs was covered by Sonic Youth), it was more to buy "more tubes of paint" than anything else.
While still a student and struggling artist, Martin began writing songs and performing. First as part of a group called Soop, he performed on one album called In the Soop. Subsequent albums were under his own name, although pianist Ed Wise (who was with MM in the previous group) continued to perform with him.
His break into acting came when Norman Lear offered him a role on the soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. After this character was killed off (followed quickly by the assassination of Mary Hartman itself because star Louise Lasser burned herself out), Lear cast him in another parody, Fernwood 2Night, which poked fun at small-town talk shows. This was set in Fernwood, Ohio, the fictional home of Mary Hartman. For the second season, the show was renamed America 2Night. The locale was changed to a small town near Los Angeles so that big stars could appear on the show from time to time.
After America 2Night, Martin appeared in numerous movies and had a recurring character on Roseanne. Currently he can be seen as the Principal on Sabrina, the Teenaged Witch.
But as far as MM was concerned, this was just a side trip. His real love was, and is, in his painting. If he got some money from his acting or singing/songwriting (one of his songs was covered by Sonic Youth), it was more to buy "more tubes of paint" than anything else.
Martin Mull's first love is art.
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Martin Mull has released seven albums.
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Martin Mull has appeared in several commercials for Michelob and the Red Roof Inn.
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Martin Mull has been married four times.
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Martin Mull is an actor, songwriter, author, producer, writer, and a comedian.
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Martin Mull was married to Kristin Johnson from 1972 until 1978.
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Martin Mull wrote a book called Painting, Drawing and World.
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Martin Mull has written and produced three movies called Mr. Write, Far Out Man and Cutting Class.
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Martin Mull played "Colonel Mustard" in the 1985 hit movie Clue.
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Martin Mull produced and starred in his own short-lived sitcom called Domestic Life.
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Martin Mull's first television appearance was on the soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. He played "Garth Gimble."
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Martin Mull has been nominated for several Grammy awards for his comedy albums.
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Martin Mull organized bands to pay for his art school tuition.
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Martin Mull is 5'10" tall.
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He wrote a lacerating series of satirical "cultural studies" books and TV specials under the blanket title "The History of White People in America."
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In 1968, Martin Mull wrote songs for Warner Brothers Records. He only had one hit called "A Girl Named Johnny Cash" which was a parody to Johnny Cash's hit "A Boy Named Sue."
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Martin Mull graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Masters in Fine Arts.
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Martin Mull was the narrarator on a Ziplock container comercial, 2005.
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Martin Mull: The town where I grew up has a zip code of E-I-E-I-O.
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Martin Mull: Human beings are seventy percent water, and with some the rest is collagen.
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Martin Mull: Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Martin Mull: I don't jog. It makes the ice jump right out of my glass.
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