Another serious loss hits the American entertainment world, with the actor Martin Mull died at 80 years old. Known to the general public for playing the preside Kraft in the TV series Sabrina, life as a witchMull was 80 years old and had been ill for some time.
Farewell to Martin Mull, the family’s announcement
The news of the actor’s death was broken by the family, with Martin Mull’s daughter, Maggie, who on social media underlined how her 80-year-old father passed away “after a valiant fight against a long illness“.
“My father will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, his friends and colleagues, fellow artists, comedians and musicians, and, in a sign of a truly exceptional person, many, many dogs. I loved him dearly,” his daughter said.
Martin Mull, centre, with Leslie Jordan (left) and Vicki Lawrence (right)
The memory of “Sabrina”
Martin Mull is also among the first to remember Melissa Joan Hartthe actress who played the role of Sabrina in the TV series Sabrina, the witch’s life.
On social media, in fact, the woman remembered Mull as an “artist who liked to paint and build things with his hands, a musician and a wonderful man”.
And he also recalled an anecdote from the time of the TV series: “He once told me that he would take any job that was offered to him in case the train ran out, which in this business tends to stop quickly”.
Martin Mull’s Career
Everyone remembers him for Principal Willard Kraft of Sabrina, life from witcha successful TV series aired from 1997 to 2000, but Martin Mull has also been an actor in the cinema. Among his roles on TV, we remember that of Leon Carp, the gay boss and friend of Roseanne Connor in Mush and fat (1991 to 1997) and Detective Gene Parmesan in the series Arrested Development – Meet my parents.
He earned his only Emmy nomination in 2016 for playing political operative Bob Bradley on the series Veep – Incompetent Vice President.
He had recently appeared in series on TV The Ranch e I’m not dead yet.
In the cinema, however, his face was lent to the role of Colonel Mustard in Gentlemen, the crime is served by Jonathan Lynn and comedic roles in films Don’t play with the cactus in Robert Altman, Brian’s Return by Rospo Pallenberg e Miracle in Santa Monica di Scott Snider.
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