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Martin Short

Short hosting Broadway on Broadway, September 2006
Born Martin Hayter Short
March 26, 1950 (1950-03-26) (age 59)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Comedian, actor, screenwriter, singer, producer
Years active 1972–present
Spouse(s) Nancy Dolman (1980-present)
.Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer.^ Filmography Biography Worked With Photos Born: March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Occupation: Actor, Screenwriter Biography: The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work.
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 ^ Born: March, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada .
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 ^ Versatile Canadian comedian Martin Short plays a 10-year old boy in this comedy aimed at younger audiences.
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 .He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live.^ Saturday Night Live: Season 10 .
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 ^ He may be best known for his work on Saturday Night Live , where he created such characters as Ed Grimly, Jackie Rogers Jr., and lawyer Nathan Thurm.
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 ^ His talent for improvisation, dead-on impressions and gift for physical comedy won him a regular spot on "Saturday Night Live" in 1984.
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 He has also starred in several popular comedic films such as The Three Amigos, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mars Attacks! and Father of the Bride and also its sequel, Father of the Bride Part 2.

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Early life

.Short, youngest of five children, was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, the son of Olive (née Hayter), a violinist, and Charles Patrick Short, a corporate executive with Stelco, a Canadian steel company.^ Born: March, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada .
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 ^ Filmography Biography Worked With Photos Born: March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Occupation: Actor, Screenwriter Biography: The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work.
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 ^ The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work.

 [1][2] .Short's father came to North America as a stowaway Roman Catholic refugee from Crossmaglen, South Armagh, Northern Ireland, during the Irish War of Independence.^ Synopsis: The ugly conflict between Irish and British forces in Northern Ireland provides the backdrop for this drama set in the early 1970s.
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 ^ Himself Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985) (TV) ....
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 [3][4] His mother, who was the concertmaster of the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, encouraged his early creative endeavours.[5] His eldest brother, David, was killed in a car accident in 1962, when Short was 12. His mother died of cancer when he was 17; two years later, his father died of complications from a stroke in 1970.[6]
.Short attended Westdale Secondary School and graduated in 1972 from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work.^ The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work.

 ^ Filmography Biography Worked With Photos Born: March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Occupation: Actor, Screenwriter Biography: The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work.
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 ^ Daughter Katherine Elizabeth Short currently attends New York University...
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 [7]

Career

Early career

.When Short graduated from McMaster University, he intended to pursue a career in social work, but he became interested in acting once he was cast in a Toronto production of Godspell in 1972 (among the other members of that production's cast: Victor Garber, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas and Andrea Martin, with Paul Shaffer as musical director.^ At one point, he played in a 1972 Toronto production of Godspell that seemed, in its endless choruses of "Day By Day," to contain the future of North American comedy: Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin and Paul Shaffer were all part of the show.
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 ^ Short began his theatrical career in the Toronto production of Godspell.
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 ^ Filmography Biography Worked With Photos Born: March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Occupation: Actor, Screenwriter Biography: The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work.
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 ) He was subsequently cast in several television shows and plays, including an intense topical drama, Fortune and Men's Eyes. (He worked solely in Canada from 1972 through 1979.)
.In 1979, Short starred in the TV sitcom The Associates about a group of young novice lawyers working at a Wall Street law firm.^ He returned to TV in 1994 to star in his own sitcom, "The Martin Short Show" (NBC).
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 ^ Two years later, Short made his first film, Lost and Found , and also co-starred on the critically lauded but little-seen American sitcom The Associates.

 ^ Martin Short talks about doing comedy at the age of 59, "I still love doing this and it keeps me very young and limber."
.Short then joined the cast of I'm a Big Girl Now, a sitcom vehicle for Diana Canova in 1980. Canova was offered the sitcom due to her success playing Corinne Tate Flotsky on ABC's Soap, and she left the cast of the latter show in the fall of 1980 in order to accept the offer shortly before Short's newlywed wife Nancy Dolman joined it.^ Somewhere along the way, filmmaker David Lynch (played by Short) happens along, offering his theories on the controversial murder of Lana Turner's paramour Johnny Stompanato.

 ^ In the fall of 1999 he hosted the daily "The Martin Short Show" (nine Emmy nominations).
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 ^ Either shortly before or soon after the trials were terminated due to an “imbalance of deaths,” Milken’s ProQuest Investments and Domain Associates sold their stock in Novacea.
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SCTV

Main article: Second City Television
.Short was encouraged to pursue comedy by McMaster classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas, both notable comedians in their own right.^ But classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas drew him into performing.
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 ^ At one point, he played in a 1972 Toronto production of Godspell that seemed, in its endless choruses of "Day By Day," to contain the future of North American comedy: Short, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin and Paul Shaffer were all part of the show.
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 ^ If you haven't spotted Short at your local youth center or settlement house, it's because he decided to pursue a performing career, encouraged by his fellow McMasters classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas .

 .He joined Levy and Thomas at improv troupe The Second City in 1977. Short came to public notice when the troupe produced a show for television, called Second City Television or SCTV, which ran for several years in Canada and the United States.^ Making his professional debut in a 1973 Toronto production of Godspell, Short joined Levy and Thomas at the Second City improv troupe in Edmonton, Alberta in 1977.
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 ^ Synopsis: The second and final season of NBC's 90-minute comedy-variety series SCTV Network finds the show's familiar acting troupe short of three members: Dave Thomas , Rick Moranis , and Catherine O'Hara .
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 ^ Martin's comeback after the sitcom was cancelled was a 90 minute special (airdate: 20 May 1995) called The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show.
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 .Short was a cast member and performed several recurring characters.^ The show opens with Kermit the Frog talking with Martin Short's agent , who is just Martin performing one of his characters.
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 .He was a member of the troupe for several years before moving on to Saturday Night Live for the 1984-1985 season.^ Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title) ...
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 ^ Saturday Night Live: Season 10 .
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 [8] At SCTV, Short developed many characters which he later used at SNL:
  • Talk show host Brock Linehan, based on the Canadian interviewer Brian Linehan.
  • Aged songwriter Irving Cohen, loosely based on American composer Irving Caesar.
  • Spurious albino entertainer Jackie .Rogers, Jr.
  • Current-events commentator Troy Soren
  • Industrialist and art patron Bradley P. Allen
  • Defensive attorney Nathan Thurm
  • Oddball man-child Ed Grimley.^ He may be best known for his work on Saturday Night Live , where he created such characters as Ed Grimly, Jackie Rogers Jr., and lawyer Nathan Thurm.
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     ^ A quick catalog of his cast of characters — from the oily attorney Nathan Thurm to the living (barely) legend songwriter Irving Cohen to the hyper kewpie doll Ed Grimley — reveals his inventiveness.
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     ^ Ed Grimley lives there, and Jackie Rogers and, you know, 'That's the ticket,' the liar kid.
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     This character was later featured in his own animated television series, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley.

Saturday Night Live

Main article: Saturday Night Live
.At SNL, Short helped revive the show with his many characters after Eddie Murphy left.Short's SNL characters included the Wheel of Fortune fan Ed Grimley which he borrowed from his SCTV days.^ And fans of Ed Grimley and Jiminy Glick won’t leave disappointed.
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 ^ Short also has a long resume of credits as a voice actor on several animated projects, including "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley" (NBC, 1988-1989), "We're Back!
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 ^ From there he went on to a memorable run on SNL playing characters like Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers, my favorite Jerry Lewis, and also Katharine Hepburn.
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 .The Grimley character became perhaps Short's best known original character.^ He may be best known for his work on Saturday Night Live , where he created such characters as Ed Grimly, Jackie Rogers Jr., and lawyer Nathan Thurm.
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 .He also was recognized for his impersonations of celebrities, notably Jerry Lewis and Katharine Hepburn, and for the character of Nathan Thurm.^ His equally dead-on imitations of Katharine Hepburn, all feisty and aquiver, and the smugly virtuous Jerry Lewis of the infamous telethons were cutting without being unduly cruel.
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 ^ He may be best known for his work on Saturday Night Live , where he created such characters as Ed Grimly, Jackie Rogers Jr., and lawyer Nathan Thurm.
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 ^ From there he went on to a memorable run on SNL playing characters like Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers, my favorite Jerry Lewis, and also Katharine Hepburn.
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 SNL proved to be the springboard to a long career in film & TV.

9am with David & Kim

Main article: 9am with David & Kim
On Monday, May 25 2009 Short filled in for David Reyne on Australian morning show "9am with David & Kim".

Film

After doing sketch comedy for several years, Short focused on film roles, appearing in many films, including ¡Three .Amigos!, Innerspace, The Big Picture, Captain Ron, Clifford, and the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride as well as the sequel.^ Just as the original 1950 version of Father of the Bride spawned a sequel, so did the 1991 remake; like its counterpart four decades earlier, this story concerns a father who learns that his anxieties are just beginning after his daughter takes the big walk down the aisle.
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 ^ Robin Williams did the same thing in 1996's JACK. Short also performed awesomely in FATHER OF THE BRIDE(the 1991 remake) and FATHER OF THE BRIDE PART II. .
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 ^ His most memorable film performances came with his uncredited cameo as the smarmy agent in "The Big Picture" (1989) and in the scene-stealing turn as Franck Eggelhoffer, the gonzo European wedding coordinator in the remake of "Father of the Bride" (1991) and its 1995 sequel, "Father of the Bride Part II" (this time as a decorator).
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 In 1996, he appeared in Tim Burton's All star cast blockbuster sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks! as image obsessed, hormonally driven Press Secretary Jerry Ross. .In 2004 he wrote and starred in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, with Jan Hooks as his wife, Dixie Glick.^ Short co-wrote, co-produced and stars in his newest film project, Jimmy Glick in Lalawood .
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 ^ Tavis: 'Jiminy Glick in Lalawood' opened last weekend, in theaters now.
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 ^ Here now, a scene from 'Jiminy Glick in Lalawood.'
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 Also in 1997 he appeared as Wall Street broker Richard Kempster in Jungle 2 Jungle which starred Tim Allen. .He starred in another movie with Tim Allen in 2006, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.^ Scott Calvin ( Tim Allen ), who doubles as Santa Claus, has settled into his home at the North Pole with his new wife, Carol ( Elizabeth Mitchell ), and is preparing for another Christmas  Read More .
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 ^ Age 5+ The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Magical (if mindless) family holiday fun.

 ^ Synopsis: Tim Allen returns as a regular guy-turned-Jolly Old Elf in the second sequel to the 1994 hit The Santa Clause .
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 .Short was also in Pure Luck directed by Nadia Tass with Danny Glover and Sheila Kelley,[9] and in Three Fugitives directed by Francis Veber with Nick Nolte and James Earl Jones.^ Neil Sussman - Nick's Agent Three Fugitives (1989) ....
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 ^ Pure Luck VHS Usually ships in 24 hours Martin Short Average CassBeth Info A+ Read more about this title...
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 ^ Actors: Nick Nolte , Martin Short , Sarah Rowland Doroff , James Earl Jones , Alan Ruck .
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 He also played Thimbletack the Brownie from the Spiderwick Chronicles.

Live performances

.Short also resumed work in the theater, taking a role in the 1993 musical version of the Neil Simon work The Goodbye Girl, receiving a Tony Award nomination as well an Outer Critic Circle Award.^ In 1998 Short played a multitude of characters in the Broadway revival of "Little Me," musical by Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh and he subsequently won the Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical).
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 ^ He worked in musical theater and cabaret before joining Toronto's Second City troupe, where he perfected his lovably grotesque comic creations and inspired impressions.
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 ^ Short impressed theatergoers in the 90s with his accomplished musical comedy work in Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl", first in Chicago and later on the Broadway stage.
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 .He had the lead role in the 1999 revival of the musical Little Me, which earned him a Tony Award and another Outer Critic Circle Award.^ In 1998 Short played a multitude of characters in the Broadway revival of "Little Me," musical by Neil Simon, Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh and he subsequently won the Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical).
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 ^ SNL25: 25 Years of Laughs (USA: DVD title) The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999) (TV) ....
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.Short performed in his satirical one-man show (with a full cast of six), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway.^ Martin Short: Sally was on the show.
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 ^ Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me bills itself as a one-man show, but the former star of Saturday Night Live and scads of movies has surrounded himself with a juicy bunch of second bananas.
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 ^ Martin Short: And you know normally most stars just have this one period of success.
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 .The show toured several cities in the spring of 2006, began previews on July 29, 2006, opened on August 17 and closed on January 7, 2007. In it, he performed his aforementioned classic characters Grimley, Cohen, and Glick.^ September 2008 August 2008 May 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 Meta .
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 ^ The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition (International: English title: cut version) - Episode dated 24 August 2006 (2006) TV episode ....
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 ^ I heard that you killed on 'Larry King' last week--last week, so the character Jiminy Glick was the host of the 'Larry King' show?
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 .As Glick, Short brought a member of the audience (usually a celebrity) on stage and interviews him or her.^ Martin Short: [Explaining to the audience] Friends call him "Rick."
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 ^ His latest character is the fictional celebrity interviewer Jiminy Glick.
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 .Jerry Seinfeld was the guest on opening night and the subjects have included Bill Maher, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Burg, Regis Philbin, Neil Simon, Diane Keaton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Kind, David Schwimmer, David Hasselhoff and many more.^ Himself ( 4 more ) "Real Time with Bill Maher" ....
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 .The show also featured parodies of many celebrities including Celine Dion, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Tommy Tune, Joan Rivers, Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, Renée Zellweger, Jodie Foster, Rachel Ray and Short's wife, actress Nancy Dolman.^ Gorgeous Nicole Parker has brought over her wicked Mad TV impersonations of Ellen DeGeneres, Britney Spears and Celine Dion.
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 ^ Himself "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" ....
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.The cast album was released on April 10, 2007 and is available from Ghostlight Records, an imprint of Sh-K-Boom Records.^ Himself - Episode dated 10 April 2007 (2007) TV episode ....
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.During 2008 and 2009 Short continues to tour his comedy show, which features many of his best loved characters and skits.^ Emmy- and Tony-winning actor Martin Short has created many memorable characters.
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 ^ Home Past Shows Blogs About the Show Tell Tavis Features Published May 12, 2005 © 2004-2009 The Smiley Group, Inc.
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 ^ Just for Laughs Comedy Festival (Canada: English title: long title) - Martin Short (2009) TV episode ....
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Personal life

Relationships

Short met Canadian comic actress Nancy Dolman during the run of the 1972 production of Godspell. After that production, Short dated costar Gilda Radner, then began dating Dolman (Radner's understudy) in 1974. The couple married in 1980.
Dolman retired from show business in 1985 to be a homemaker..March 2007" style="white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] Short and Dolman have three children: Katherine Elizabeth (born December 2, 1983), Oliver Patrick (born April 29, 1986), and Henry Hayter (born August 4, 1989).^ Daughter Katherine Elizabeth Short currently attends New York University...
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 ^ September 2008 August 2008 May 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 Meta .
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 ^ Where we left off, we had learned that on March 29, 2007, an FDA advisory panel voted overwhelmingly that Dendreon’s promising treatment for prostate cancer should be approved.
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 .Short and his family make their home in Pacific Palisades, California, and Short has become a naturalized U.S. citizen, as well as a citizen of the United Kingdom.^ Short: Well, I guess because there's never really been, uh, a real dry spell to make you go to that place.
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 ^ Martin Short: Well, 'cause you jump off cliffs, that's the mistake you're making.
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 The Shorts also have a home on Lake Rosseau in Ontario, Canada.[10]
.Short has two stars on Canada's Walk of Fame.^ Two years later, Short made his first film, Lost and Found , and also co-starred on the critically lauded but little-seen American sitcom The Associates.
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 [11] He is a Roman Catholic.[5] .His brother, Michael Short, is a comedy writer and twice winner of the Emmy Award for comedy sketch writing.^ Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is a 2009 Emmy Award winner!
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Extended family

.Dolman's brother, screenwriter/director Bob Dolman (who served as a part of SCTV's Emmy-winning writing team alongside Short), married their close friend and colleague Andrea Martin, also in 1980. Dolman and Short are aunt and uncle to the couple's two sons, Jack (born 1981) and Joe (born 1983).^ Martin Short: It's wisdom, my friend.
  • Archive - Martin Short Television Interview / (The Martin Short Show '00) 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC rdanderson.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Martin Short: This was two years ago.
  • Archive - Martin Short Television Interview / (The Martin Short Show '00) 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC rdanderson.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Filmography Biography Worked With Photos Born: March 26, 1950 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Occupation: Actor, Screenwriter Biography: The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work.
  • Martin Short Filmography 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.fandango.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 Bob Dolman and Andrea Martin have since divorced.[12] Short is the first cousin of Clare Short, a member of the British Parliament and a former British cabinet minister.[citation needed]

Awards and honors

Filmography

Actor
Year Film Role Other notes
1972 Cucumber Smokey the Hare TV series
Right On Regular TV series
1975 Peep Show ???? TV series
1976 The David Steinberg Show Johnny Del Bravo TV series
1978 For The Record Weepy TV series
1979 Lost & Found Engel
The Associates Tucker Kerwin TV series (Unknown episodes)
The Family Man Louie (TV)
1980 The Love Boat Melvin TV series
I'm A Big Girl Now Neal Stryker TV series
1981 Second City TV Pancho TV series
Taxi Mitch Harris TV series
1982 Miss Peach of the Kelly School (Voice) TV series
1982-1983 SCTV Network 90 Various TV series
1983 Sunset Limousine Bradley Z. Coleman (TV)
1983-1984 SCTV Channel Various TV series
1986 Tall Tales and Legends Johnny Appleseed TV series
¡Three Amigos! Ned Nederlander
1987 Really Weird Tales Shucky (TV)
Innerspace Jack Putter
Cross My Heart David Morgan
1988 The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley Ed Grimley / Emil Gustav/Various (voice) TV series
1989 The Making of Me
Andrea Martin... Together Again Dr. August Allwoman / Kennedy (TV)
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood Lawrence Orbach / Bradley P. Allen / Ed Grimley / Jackie Rogers, Jr./ Dale O'Day / 'Baby' Estelle O'Day / Troy (TV)
Three Fugitives Ned Perry
The Big Picture Neil Sussman, Nick's Agent (Uncredited)
1989-1990 The Tracey Ullman Show Lou, Football fan / Doc The Elvis Presley Freak TV series
1990 The Dave Thomas Comedy Show TV series
1991 Pure Luck Eugene Proctor
Maniac Mansion Eddie O'Donnell TV series
Father of the Bride Franck Eggelhoffer
1992 Captain Ron Martin Harvey
1992 The Real Story of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Mozart (voice)
1993 Money For Nothing Harrison Kilray TV Film (BBC Screen One series)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Stubbs the Clown (voice)
1994 Clifford Clifford Daniels
The Martin Short Show Marty Short TV series (Unknown episodes)
1995 The Pebble and the Penguin Hubie (voice) Animated Film
Father of the Bride Part II Franck Eggelhoffer
1996 Creature Crunch (Voice) (VG)
Mars Attacks! Press Secretary Jerry Ross
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Richard Kempster
A Simple Wish Murray
1998 Akbar's Adventure Tours Akbar
Merlin Frik (TV)
The Prince of Egypt Huy (voice)
1999 Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter / Chinless Idiot (TV)
Mumford Lionel Dillard
2001 Get Over It Dr. Desmond Forrest Gates
Prince Charming (TV film) Rodney (TV)
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Ooblar (voice)
2002 CinéMagique George
Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself
Treasure Planet B.E.N. (voice)
2003 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure Lars (voice) (V)
2001-2003 Primetime Glick Jiminy Glick / Miss Gathercole / Various TV series
2004 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Jiminy Glick / David Lynch
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper Preminger (V)
2005 Arrested Development Uncle Jack TV series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sebastian Ballentine / Henry Palaver TV series
1984-2005 Saturday Night Live Jiminy Glick /Host / Various TV series
2006 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Jack Frost
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Thimbletack (voice)
2010 Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil The Woodsman (voice) Completed
The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! The Cat in the Hat TV series
Damages Leonard Winstone TV series
Writer
Year Film Other notes
1981 Second City TV TV series
1982-1983 SCTV Network 90 TV series
1983-1984 SCTV Channel TV series
1985 Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (TV)
1984-1985 Saturday Night Live TV-series
1988 The Best of SCTV (TV)
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley TV series
1989 The 1989 Gemini Awards (TV)
I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (TV)
1994 The Martin Short Show TV series (Unknown episodes)
1995 The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show (TV)
1999 The Martin Short Show TV series (Unknown episodes)
2001 Primetime Glick TV series (Unknown episodes)
2003 Martin Short Shorts (TV)
2004 Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
Producer
Year Film Other notes
1994 The Martin Short Show TV series (Unknown episodes), (executive producer)
1999 The Martin Short Show TV series (Unknown episodes), (executive producer)
2001 Primetime Glick TV series (Unknown episodes), (executive producer), (producer)
2003 Martin Short Shorts (TV) (producer)
2004 Jimmy Glick in Lalawood (Producer)
Director
Year Film Other notes
1993 Friends of Gilda (TV)

In-character quotes

.
  • As Irving Cohen: "What hell kind of name is Roy!?"
  • As Irving Cohen: "Give me a C, a bouncy C."
  • As Irving Cohen (as his standard conclusion to an improvised song, of which he's sung a few bars, accompanied by replacing his cigar in his mouth): "...a dot dot dot, dee dee dee, and whatever the hell else you want to put in there."
  • As Ed Grimley (indrawn breath): "I must say...".
  • As Ed Grimley (clutching his burning fingers after removing a batch of cookies from the oven without using an oven mitt): "That's a pain that will tend to linger."
  • As Bradley Allen: "You can't tell me that a woman who plays the tuba doesn't have a boyfriend somewhere...^ "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley" (story editor) (13 episodes, 1988) - The Irving Who Came to Dinner (1988) TV episode (story editor) - Eddy, We Hardly Knew Ye (1988) TV episode (story editor) - Eyewitness Ed (1988) TV episode (story editor) - Blowin' in the Wind (1988) TV episode (story editor) - Driver Ed (1988) TV episode (story editor) ( 8 more ) Soundtrack: .
    • Martin Short (I) 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Whitaker, Arthur: "The Adventure of the Man Who Was Wanted" (Richard Lancelyn Green (ed.
    • Sherlock Holmes Pastiche Characters - Short Stories 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.schoolandholmes.com [Source type: News]

     ^ Himself / Montgomery Clift / Doug Henning / Jackie Rodgers Jr. Pierre Trudeau / Jerry Lewis / Billy Fenton / Nathan Thurm / Irving Cohen / Martina Navritilova / Ed Grimley Archive Footage: .
    • Martin Short (I) 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]

     .I mean who's going to carry the damn thing?"
  • As Bradley Allen (drinking Scotch and declining tissues after a productive cough): "No, I got it."
  • As Franc Eggelhoffer..."Every party has a pooper, that's why we invited you, party pooper, GEORGE BANKS! That's who!"
  • As Jack Frost (talking to a little girl who told him to chill) : "I invented chill!"
  • As Jack Frost (talking to the other members of the Legendary Council) "Excuse me!^ Louis who had always loved travelling did not usually go far in those days, but when he was invited by the curate at his Parish Church to accompany him on a tour of central Europe he agreed to go.
    • Parents of St. Th�r�se 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.sttherese.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Louis was overjoyed and wrote to a friend to tell him of Thrse’s recovery: ‘I must tell you that Thrse, my little Queen – I call her that, for I assure you she is a fine, tall girl – is completely cured!
    • Parents of St. Th�r�se 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.sttherese.com [Source type: Original source]

     Did you accuse me of being skillful and delicious? Guilty as charged!    "
  • As Huy.... "You're playing with the big boys now!"

References

  1. ^ "Martin Short Biography". filmreference. 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/65/Martin-Short.html. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  2. ^ Olivia Stren (June 2006). "Laugh Track". torontolife. http://www.torontolife.com/features/laugh-track. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  3. ^ http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/martin-short/
  4. ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/474238031.html?dids=474238031:474238031&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+22%2C+1988&author=Eirik+Knutzen&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=%5B+Three+tykes+dressed+up+as+Ed+Grimley+-+trousers+...%5D&pqatl=google
  5. ^ a b Amy Lennard Goehner (6 August 2006). "10 Questions For Martin Short". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223360,00.html. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  6. ^ "Fame Becomes Martin Short". CBS News The Showbuzz. 17 September 2006. http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/17/theater/main2015701.shtml. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  7. ^ Carmela Fragomeni (24 February 2006). "Westdale grads found stardom". The Hamilton Spectator. http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/about_us/newsroom/v_2_0_1/news_detail.aspx?newsid=729. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  8. ^ Allmovie. "Martin Short Biography". The New York Times. http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=65439&inline=nyt-per. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  9. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102729/
  10. ^ Denny Lee (16 September 2005). "Muskoka: The Malibu of the North". The New York Times. http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/realestate/16muskoka.html?ex=1156132800&en=3fd55bc83dc4844e&ei=5070. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  11. ^ "Martin Short: 2000 Inductee". Canada's Walk of Fame. 2000. http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/00_martin_short.xml.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 
  12. ^ "Andrea Martin Biography". The Internet Movie Database. 2008. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551908/. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 

External links

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Quotes

Up to date as of January 14, 2010

From Wikiquote

.Martin Hayter Short, CM (born 26 March 1950) is a Canadian actor, writer, comedian, impressionist, singer and dancer.^ "Martin Hayter Short, CM" (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer.

 ^ Martin Short is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer and producer.
  • Martin Short 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.mahalo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Martin Short, comedian, actor, (b at Hamilton, Ont 26 Mar 1950).

 He is also a naturalized American citizen.

Sourced

.
  • When my dad died at the end of my sophomore year [at university], I stopped and took stock of my life.^ My senior year in high school we rented one night for god knows what reason and we all ended up loving it.
    • Clifford (Charles Grodin, Martin Short) [Archive] - Movie Fan Central Discussion Forums 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.joblo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ "I am sorry," said Mr. Ends, "but I paid the printer not an hour ago, and he took my ready change.
    • Martin Eden by Jack London - Chapter XXXIII :: American Literature, Classic Books and Short Stories 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.americanliterature.com [Source type: Original source]

     There was this real sense that my childhood was officially over. I decided I wanted to be an actor. I knew I was loved as a kid. .The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family's attention and love.^ Love your work, always have!
    • Martin Short on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.myspace.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ 'I love that thing you did,' you know?
    • Tavis Smiley . Shows . Martin Short . May 12, 2005 | PBS 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Martin can be a bit shy in new places, but once he feels safe he is a love - always wants to see what you are doing.
    • Adopted Domestic Short Hair-black: Martin $69: Petfinder 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.petfinder.com [Source type: General]

     .When my mother got sick, and I'd see her fight to survive, it gave me an early view of bravery and what life was about.^ My ongoing interest in Keeler and company is due in part to the fact that my own mother – Julia Callan-Thompson – was a part of their set in the early 1960s.

     ^ I think someone upstairs was trying to tell me something about what I should be doing with my life.
    • John V. Martin (author) on AuthorsDen 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

     ^ A Mary Christmas Gift by John V. Martin A TRUE STORY ABOUT A VERY SPECIAL PERSON IN MY LIFE...
    • John V. Martin (author) on AuthorsDen 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

     I was able to prepare for it. .Your mother dies, and you're eighteen, and you face a choice.^ Short: If you start adapting your odd sensibility to what you think will play in Peoria, um, you're usually frozen.
    • Tavis Smiley . Shows . Martin Short . May 12, 2005 | PBS 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ You made a joke--'cause you're a comedian-- you made a joke about the fact that your career has kinda been like this, up and down.
    • Tavis Smiley . Shows . Martin Short . May 12, 2005 | PBS 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ How do you in modern-day Broadway come out and say 'I'm here' and they're saying 'Not enough where's your pain?
    • Martin Short suffers -- suffers! -- for his art. Cue the music -- he'll tell you all about it. - SFGate 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC articles.sfgate.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .Are you going to take drugs?^ "People who are monologists, who go up there and talk for 70 minutes, take you through their childhood and philosophies.
    • Isthmus | The Daily Page - Martin Short: One-man variety show 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.thedailypage.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Wake up America...oh & Martin...go back to Canada and take Joy with you!
    • Sneak peek at tonight's interview with Martin Short – The Joy Behar Show - CNN.com Blogs 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC joybehar.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: General]

     Become a drunk? .Or are you going to try to become more spiritual?^ However, by the following Summer the whole family had become more accustomed to coping with Louis’ needs and they decided to try to take him to La Musse.
    • Parents of St. Th�r�se 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.sttherese.com [Source type: Original source]

     Why not go with the thing that seems more positive? [pause] Why do I tend to be optimistic? .Because the alternative is just crushing to my soul.^ You know, as a Canadian actor, I learned early, which was great because it was the way--I mean, it was the way I spent my first 7 years just in Canada, and that's what you did.
    • Tavis Smiley . Shows . Martin Short . May 12, 2005 | PBS 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
  • I truly believe that when you're funny, you're blessed.^ "I truly believe that when you're funny, you're blessed.
    • The Martin Short Picture Pages 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC superiorpics.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ If you're playing Franck in Father of the Bride and you try to be funny as that character, you won't be.
    • Martin Short gets serious 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.canada.com [Source type: News]

     ^ Even if you don't like standup, it's so funny that you're sure to have a great time.

     Your whole life is kind of golden. .I was happy, although it was not perfect happiness.^ I was happy, although it was not perfect happiness.
    • The Martin Short Picture Pages 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC superiorpics.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .There was illness and sadness and death.^ There was illness and sadness and death."
    • The Martin Short Picture Pages 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC superiorpics.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
  • I'm totally aware of how lucky I am.^ "I'm totally aware of how lucky I am.
    • The Martin Short Picture Pages 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC superiorpics.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     I have health, family, children. .I do work that gives me total joy and allows me to make a living, and maybe, if I'm lucky enough, I'll feel I've fulfilled a little bit of service to society because I brought other people some laughter.^ It looks like the marketplace will allow for some editors to pick and choose past the biggest hits for personal favorites and other from-the-gut calls of the kind that make American comics publishing more fun than maybe any other art industry.

     ^ One of Zlie’s last joys was the prize giving for Cline and Thrse organised by Marie, who had been teaching her two little sisters.
    • Parents of St. Th�r�se 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.sttherese.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ According to this post on the forum , “It is a total loss…..Some really great local folks put a lot of work into refurbishing it.
    • Lake Martin Voice - Lake Martin Real Estate - Waterfront Homes, Lots, Property For Sale 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC lakemartinvoice.com [Source type: General]
  • It's the bane of existence for anyone in comedy. 'The photograph must be funny!' So the people coordinating the shoot throw rubber chickens at you, 20 at a time. .Or put a feathered hat on you.^ You’re in a lady’s house.” He put his hat on top of the coat.
    • The Catbird Seat » The Short Story by James Thurber 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC cathy.likeafire.net [Source type: Original source]

     Or give you a clown nose. .Of course, all of this makes you depressed, so you wind up looking more like you're promoting A Long Day's Journey Into Night.^ Not the Martin Short you're looking for?
    • Martin Short (I) 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Well, it looks like they’re more into racing than I thought.
    • Eurotive | Tag Archive | Aston Martin 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.eurotive.com [Source type: General]

     ^ If a short-seller results in a payoff that's better than that number, we're talking all day long with people who want to put a short sale together."
    • Dual Upside To Foreclosure Alternative - The Early Show - CBS News 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.cbsnews.com [Source type: General]

     .
  • [Ed Grimley] lives in a retirement home in New Jersey.^ Dates Previews from : 29th July 2006 Opened : 17th August 2006 Closed : 7th January 2007 .
    • Bernard B Jacobs Theater New York, NY - Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me - tickets, information, reviews 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.newyorkcitytheatre.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The show toured several cities in the spring of 2006, began previews on July 29, 2006, opened on August 17 and closed on January 7, 2007.
    • Martin Short - SideReel 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.sidereel.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Ed Grimley lives there, and Jackie Rogers and, you know, 'That's the ticket,' the liar kid.
    • Tavis Smiley . Shows . Martin Short . May 12, 2005 | PBS 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .It's called the Retirement Home in New Jersey for Characters Who Were Interesting in the '80s for About an Hour.^ But the, um, he'll be, like, in that retirement home for characters in New Jersey, you know.
    • Tavis Smiley . Shows . Martin Short . May 12, 2005 | PBS 26 January 2010 11:19 UTC www.pbs.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     He's there with the Whiners, Gumby and Jon Lovitz's 'That's the ticket' guy.

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