‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Roseanne’ comedian and icon Martin Mull dies at 80.
LOS ANGELES – Martin Mull, whose droll, introspective comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” and “Rested Development,” has died. Mull’s daughter said on Friday.
Mull’s daughter, TV writer and comic artist Maggie Mull, said that Her father died Thursday at home after “a valiant battle against a long illness.”
Mull, who was also a guitarist and painter, gained national attention with a recurring role in the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera “My Heartman, My Heartman” and the lead role in its spinoff, “Fernwood Tonight.” Came to fame.
“He was also known for doing (red-roof advertisements) in every creative discipline imaginable,” Maggie Mull said in a Social Media site (Instagram) post. “He would find this joke funny. He was never funny. My father was loved by his wife and daughter, by his friends and co-workers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and by many dogs—really. A sign of an extraordinary person will be missed.
He would combine music and comedy into an act that he brought to Hollywood clubs in the 1970s.
Other superstars, comedians, and actors were often his biggest fans.
“Martin was the greatest,” “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig said at X . “So funny, so talented, such a nice guy he was. Was lucky enough to be on the Jackie Thomas show with him and every moment was precious with a legend. Fernwood was such an influence in my life tonight.”