{"id":72567,"date":"2024-06-29T00:06:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T04:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=72567"},"modified":"2024-06-29T00:31:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T04:31:10","slug":"martin-mull-veteran-character-actor-known-for-roles-in-roseanne-and-mary-hartman-mary-hartman-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/29\/martin-mull-veteran-character-actor-known-for-roles-in-roseanne-and-mary-hartman-mary-hartman-dies-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Mull, veteran character actor known for roles in \u201cRoseanne\u201d and \u201cMary Hartman, Mary Hartman,\u201d dies at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Martin Mull, a veteran character actor who appeared in more than a hundred films and television shows has died, his daughter Maggie, a TV writer and producer, announced his death on Instagram, writing,<\/p>\n

\u201cI am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness, He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials. He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and\u2014the sign of a truly exceptional person\u2014by many, many dogs. I loved him tremendously.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mull, who was also a guitarist and painter, came to national fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical soap opera \u201cMary Hartman, Mary Hartman,\u201d<\/em> and the starring role in its spinoff, \u201cFernwood Tonight,\u201d<\/em> on which he played Barth Gimble, the host of a satirical talk show.<\/p>