Martin Mull
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Martin Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an 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's recenty doing the voice of Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius on Danny Phantom.