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Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an United
States|American actor, comedian, recording artist
and painter from Chicago.  He is a graduate of the
Rhode Island School of Design.

Following a period of stand-up comedy perforances
and humorous song recordings, his first famous
role was as Garth Gimble and Barth Gimble in the
television nighttime absurdist soap opera Mary
Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976), which led to
spin-off comedy talk shows Fernwood 2-Night (1977)
and America 2-Night (1978), in which he played
Barth Gimble, emcee, opposite Fred Willard as
sidekick Jerry Hubbard.  He also has appeared as a
guest on the game show Hollywood Squares.

He has also acted in films, including FM (1978),
Serial (1980), My Bodyguard (1980), Take This Job
and Shove It (1981), Mr. Mom (1983), Growing Pains
(1984), Clue (1985, as Colonel Mustard),  Mrs.
Doubtfire (1993), Jingle All the Way (1996)), and
recurring roles on television series (Roseanne,
Family Dog, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and The
Ellen Show) followed. He has recently done the
voice of Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius on Danny
Phantom.

In 2004, he portrayed Gene Parmesan, a private
investigator who was better at showing up in
strange places in strange disguises than actually
finding anything out, on the FOX TV series
Arrested Development.  The episode was called
"Amigos."

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