Martin Eugene Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor and
comedian who has appeared in many television and film roles. He is
also a painter and recording artist. As an actor, he first became
known in his role on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spin-off
Fernwood 2 Night. Among his other notable roles are Colonel Mustard in
the 1985 film Clue, Leon Carp on Roseanne, Willard Kraft on Sabrina,
the Teenage Witch, Vlad Plasmius on Danny Phantom, and Gene Parmesan
on Arrested Development. He had a recurring role on Two and a Half Men
as Russell, the drug-using, humorous pharmacist.Mull was born in
Chicago, the son of Betty, an actress and director, and Harold Mull, a
carpenter. He moved with his family to North Ridgeville, Ohio, when he
was two years old. They lived there until he was 15 years old, when
his family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut. There he attended and
graduated from New Canaan High School. He studied painting and
graduated in 1965 from the Rhode Island School of Design with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts; in 1967 he earned a Master of Fine Arts in
painting, also from RISD.Mull broke into show business as a
songwriter, penning Jane Morgan's 1970 country single, "A Girl Named
Johnny Cash", which peaked at No. 61 on Billboard's country charts.
Shortly thereafter, he began his own recording career.Throughout the
1970s, and especially in the first half of the decade, Mull was best
known as a musical comedian, performing satirical and humorous songs
both live and in studio recordings. Notable live gigs included opening
for Randy Newman and Sandy Denny at Boston Symphony Hall in 1973;
Frank Zappa at Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters in 1973; Billy
Joel in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1974; and for Bruce Springsteen
at the Shady Grove Music Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in October
1974. His self-titled debut Album, released by Capricorn in 1972,
featured many noteworthy musicians, including Ramblin' Jack Elliott,
Levon Helm from The Band, Keith Spring of NRBQ and Libby Titus. Elvis
Costello and Gary Sperrazza attribute the remark, "Writing about music
is like dancing about architecture" to Martin Mull.
comedian who has appeared in many television and film roles. He is
also a painter and recording artist. As an actor, he first became
known in his role on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spin-off
Fernwood 2 Night. Among his other notable roles are Colonel Mustard in
the 1985 film Clue, Leon Carp on Roseanne, Willard Kraft on Sabrina,
the Teenage Witch, Vlad Plasmius on Danny Phantom, and Gene Parmesan
on Arrested Development. He had a recurring role on Two and a Half Men
as Russell, the drug-using, humorous pharmacist.Mull was born in
Chicago, the son of Betty, an actress and director, and Harold Mull, a
carpenter. He moved with his family to North Ridgeville, Ohio, when he
was two years old. They lived there until he was 15 years old, when
his family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut. There he attended and
graduated from New Canaan High School. He studied painting and
graduated in 1965 from the Rhode Island School of Design with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts; in 1967 he earned a Master of Fine Arts in
painting, also from RISD.Mull broke into show business as a
songwriter, penning Jane Morgan's 1970 country single, "A Girl Named
Johnny Cash", which peaked at No. 61 on Billboard's country charts.
Shortly thereafter, he began his own recording career.Throughout the
1970s, and especially in the first half of the decade, Mull was best
known as a musical comedian, performing satirical and humorous songs
both live and in studio recordings. Notable live gigs included opening
for Randy Newman and Sandy Denny at Boston Symphony Hall in 1973;
Frank Zappa at Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters in 1973; Billy
Joel in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1974; and for Bruce Springsteen
at the Shady Grove Music Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in October
1974. His self-titled debut Album, released by Capricorn in 1972,
featured many noteworthy musicians, including Ramblin' Jack Elliott,
Levon Helm from The Band, Keith Spring of NRBQ and Libby Titus. Elvis
Costello and Gary Sperrazza attribute the remark, "Writing about music
is like dancing about architecture" to Martin Mull.
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