Martin Mull, the comedian, musician and actor who played Colonel Mustard in the 1985 film “Clue” and had memorable guest-starring roles on TV comedies such as “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and “Arrested Development,” died Thursday at his home. He was 80.on social media and said he died after a long illness.
Mr. Mull, who was known for his musical comedy as well as his painting, gained initial popularity as an actor in the 1970s with roles in the TV series “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and its spinoff “Fernwood 2 Night.” He was known for his role as Principal Willard Kraft on the ’90s sitcom “Sabrina,” the disguise-addicted detective Gene Parmesan on “Arrested Development,” and for a long-running part on “Roseanne,” originally as the titular character’s boss.
Mr. Mull was known for his “dry, humorless delivery and a bland, highly conservative-looking demeanor, which masked a sly, witty and ultrahip philosophy,” according to hisBefore his film career, he was also the practice squad kicker for the Cleveland Browns, according to the film website.“My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and — the sign of a truly exceptional person — by many, many dogs.
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