Martin_Short

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martin Short Martin Short Martin Short father died of complications from a stroke in 1970.[5] Career Early career Short hosting Broadway on Broadway, September 2006 Born Martin Hayter Short March 26, 1950 (1950-03-26) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Comedian, actor, screenwriter, singer, producer 1972–present Nancy Dolman (1980-present) Occupation Years active Spouse(s) Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. Biography 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.[1][2] Short’s father came to North America in 1921 as a stowaway Roman Catholic refugee from South Armagh, Northern Ireland during the Irish War of Independence. His mother, who was the concertmaster of the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, encouraged his early creative endeavours.[3] Short attended Westdale Secondary School and graduated in 1972 from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work.[4] 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 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.) 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. 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. SCTV Short was encouraged to pursue comedy by McMaster classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas, both notable comedians in their own right. 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. Short was a cast member and performed several recurring characters. He was a member of the troupe for several years before moving on to Saturday Night Live for the 1984-1985 season.[6] At SCTV, Short developed many characters which he later used at SNL: • Talk show host Brock Linehan, based on the Canadian interviewer Brian Linehan. 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Aged songwriter Irving Cohen, loosely based on American composer Irving Caesar. • Spurious albino entertainer Jackie Rogers, Jr., bearing resemblances to Vegas entertainer/actor Sammy Davis, Jr.. • Current-events commentator Troy Soren • Industrialist and art patron Bradley P. Allen • Defensive attorney Nathan Thurm • Oddball man-child Ed Grimley. This character was later featured in his own animated television series, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley. Martin Short Jacobs Theatre on Broadway. 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. As Glick, Short brought a member of the audience (usually a celebrity) on stage and interviews him or her. 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. 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 and Short’s wife, actress Nancy Dolman. The cast album was released on April 10th, 2007 and is available from Ghostlight Records, an imprint of Sh-K-Boom Records. During 2008 and 2009 Short continues to tour his comedy show, which features many of his best loved characters and skits. Saturday Night Live At SNL, Short helped revive the show after Eddie Murphy left with his many characters, including the Wheel of Fortune fan Ed Grimley he borrowed from his SCTV days. The Grimley character became perhaps Short’s best known original character. He also was recognized for his impersonations of celebrities, notably Jerry Lewis and Katharine Hepburn, and for the character of Nathan Thurm. SNL proved to be the springboard to a long career in film & TV. 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, Mars Attacks, and the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride as well as the sequel in 1995. In 2004 he wrote and starred in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, with Jan Hooks as his wife, Dixie Glick. He also appeared as the comic foil for Santa Claus, playing "Jack Frost" in the 2006 Walt Disney film The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Short was also in Pure Luck directed by Nadia Tass with Danny Glover and Sheila Kelley,[7] and in Three Fugitives directed by Francis Veber with Nick Nolte and James Earl Jones. 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. 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). Short and his family make their home in Pacific Palisades, California, and Short has become a naturalized U.S. citizen. They also have a home on Lake Rosseau in Ontario, Canada.[8] Short has a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.[9] A Roman Catholic.[3] His brother, Michael Short, is a comedy writer and twice winner of the Emmy Award for comedy sketch writing. 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. He had the lead role in the 1999 revival of the musical Little Me, which earned him a Tony Award. Short performed in his brilliant satirical one-man show (with a full cast of six), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, at the Bernard B. Extended family Dolman’s brother, screenwriter/director Bob Dolman (who served as a part of SCTV’s 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Bob Dolman and Andrea Martin have since divorced.[10] Short is the first cousin of Clare Short, a member of the British Parliament and a former British cabinet minister. 1980 Martin Short The Love Boat Melvin I’m A Big Girl Now 1981 Second City TV Taxi 1982 Miss Peach of the Kelly School Neal Stryker Pancho Mitch Harris (Voice) TV series TV series TV series TV series TV series Awards and honors • 1972: Bachelor of Arts in social work: McMaster University • 1982: Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program, SCTV Comedy Network; award shared • 1982: Nelly Award: Outstanding Writing, SCTV Comedy Network • 1993: Outer Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Actor in a Musical, The Goodbye Girl • 1993: Theater World Award • 1994: Member of the Order of Canada • 1995: Earl Grey Life Time Achievement Award • 1999: Outer Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Little Me • 1999: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Little Me • 2000: Canada Walk of Fame • 2001: Doctor of Letters honoris causa: McMaster University 1983 1982-1983 SCTV Network 90 Sunset Limousine Tall Tales and Legends ¡Three Amigos! 1987 Really Weird Tales Innerspace Cross My Heart 1988 The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley The Making of Me Andrea Martin... Together Again I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood Various Bradley Z. Coleman Johnny Appleseed Ned Nederlander Shucky Jack Putter David Morgan TV series (TV) TV series TV series 1983-1984 SCTV Channel Various 1986 (TV) Ed Grimley / TV series Emil Gustav/Various (voice) 1989 Filmography Year 1972 Film Cucumber Right On 1975 1976 Peep Show The David Steinberg Show For The Record Lost & Found The Associates The Family Man Role Smokey the Hare Regular ???? Johnny Del Bravo Weepy Engel Tucker Kerwin Louie TV series (Unknown episodes) (TV) Other notes TV series TV series TV series TV series Dr. August Allwoman / Kennedy (TV) 1978 1979 TV series Three Fugitives The Big Picture Lawrence (TV) Orbach / Bradley P. Allen / Ed Grimley / Jackie Rogers, Jr./ Dale O’Day / ’Baby’ Estelle O’Day / Troy Ned Perry Neil Sussman, Nick’s Agent (Uncredited) 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1989-1990 The Tracey Ullman Show Lou, Football fan / Doc The Elvis Presley Freak TV series 1999 Alice in Wonderland Mumford 2001 Get Over It Martin Short Mad Hatter / Chinless Idiot Lionel Dillard Dr. Desmond Forrest Gates (TV) (TV) 1990 The Dave Tho- TV series mas Comedy Show Pure Luck Maniac Mansion Father of the Bride Eugene Proctor Eddie O’Donnell Franck Eggelhoffer Martin Harvey Harrison Kilray 1991 Prince Charm- Rodney ing (TV Film) TV series Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius CinéMagique Treasure Planet TV Film 2003 (BBC Screen One series) Ooblar (voice) George B.E.N. (voice) 2002 1992 1993 Captain Ron Money For Nothing 101 DalmaLars (voice) tians II: Patch’s London Adventure Jiminy Glick / Miss Gathercole / Various (V) We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story 1994 Clifford The Martin Short Show 1995 The Pebble and the Penguin Father of the Bride Part II 1996 Creature Crunch Mars Attacks! Stubbs the Clown (voice) Clifford Daniels Marty Short 2001-2003 Primetime Glick TV series 2004 TV series (Unknown episodes) Animated Film 2005 Jiminy Glick in Jiminy Glick Lalawood / David Lynch Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper Arrested Development Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Preminger (V) Hubie (voice) Franck Eggelhoffer (Voice) Press Secretary Jerry Ross Richard Kempster Akbar Frik Huy (voice) Uncle Jack Sebastian Ballentine / Henry Palaver Jiminy Glick /Host / Various TV series TV series (VG) 1984-2005 Saturday Night Live 2006 TV series 1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Akbar’s Adventure Tours Merlin The Prince of Egypt A Simple Wish Murray 1998 2008 (TV) 2010 The Santa Jack Frost Clause 3: The Escape Clause The Spiderwick Chronicles Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil Thimbletack (voice) The Woodsman (voice) Filming 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Writer Year 1981 Film Second City TV Other notes TV series TV series TV series (TV) 2003 Martin Short Shorts 2004 Jimmy Glick in Lalawood Director Year Film Martin Short (TV) (producer) (Producer) 1982-1983 SCTV Network 90 1983-1984 SCTV Channel 1985 Martin Short: Concert for the North America Other notes 1993 Friends of Gilda (TV) TV-series (TV) 1984-1985 Saturday Night Live 1988 The Best of SCTV 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... 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! Did you accuse me of being skillful and delicious? Guilty as charged!" • As Huy.... "You’re playing with the big boys now!" The Completely TV series Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley 1989 The 1989 Gemini Awards I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood 1994 The Martin Short Show (TV) (TV) TV series (Unknown episodes) 1995 The Show (TV) Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show The Martin Short Show Primetime Glick TV series (Unknown episodes) TV series (Unknown episodes) (TV) 1999 2001 2003 2004 Producer Year Film Martin Short Shorts Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Other notes 1994 The Martin Short Show 1999 The Martin Short Show TV series (Unknown episodes), (executive producer) TV series (Unknown episodes), (executive producer) References [1] "Martin Short Biography". filmreference. 2008. http://www.filmreference.com/film/ 65/Martin-Short.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. 2001 Primetime TV series (Unknown Glick episodes), (executive producer), (producer) 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martin Short [2] Olivia Stren (June 2006). "Laugh Track". [10] "Andrea Martin Biography". The Internet torontolife. http://www.torontolife.com/ Movie Database. 2008. features/laugh-track. Retrieved on http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551908/. 2008-06-09. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. [3] ^ Amy Lennard Goehner (6 August 2006). "10 Questions For Martin Short". Time. http://www.time.com/time/ • Martin Short at the Internet Broadway magazine/article/ Database 0,9171,1223360,00.html. Retrieved on • Martin Short at the Internet Movie 2008-06-09. Database [4] Carmela Fragomeni (24 February 2006). • Broadway Guide Martin Short Fame "Westdale grads found stardom". The Becomes Me Hamilton Spectator. • Stephen Colbert Interview http://www.hwdsb.on.ca/about_us/ • Official Site for Martin Short: Fame newsroom/v_2_0_1/ Becomes Me news_detail.aspx?newsid=729. Retrieved • The Associated Press Reviews Martin on 2008-06-09. Short: Fame Becomes Me [5] "Fame Becomes Martin Short". CBS • "PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Martin News The Showbuzz. 17 September Short: Fame Becomes Me: Grist for the 2006. Glick Mill", Harry Haun for Playbill.com; http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/ 08/18/06 stories/2006/09/17/theater/ • BroadwayWorld.com’s Photo Coverage of main2015701.shtml. Retrieved on Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me’s 2008-06-09. Opening Night [6] Allmovie. "Martin Short Biography". The • "Self-Taught", Time Magazine; 09/29/03 New York Times. • Jiminy Glick/Martin Short News http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/ filmography.html?p_id=65439&inline=nyt- • Official Glick in La La Wood site • Martin Short at Godspell.ca per. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. • Northern Stars: Martin Short [7] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102729/ • Short Interview on The Hour with George [8] Denny Lee (16 September 2005). Stroumboulopoulos "Muskoka: The Malibu of the North". The • Another Short Interview on The Hour with New York Times. George Stroumboulopoulos http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/ realestate/ 16muskoka.html?ex=1156132800&en=3fd55bc83dc4844e&ei=5070. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. [9] "Martin Short: 2000 Inductee". Canada’s Walk of Fame. 2000. http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/ inductees/00_martin_short.xml.htm. Retrieved on 2008-06-09. External links Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Short" Categories: 1950 births, Living people, American comedians, American film actors, American impressionists (entertainers), American musical theatre actors, American Roman Catholics, American stage actors, American television actors, American television personalities, American television talk show hosts, Canadian-born entertainers in the United States, Canadian film actors, Canadian immigrants to the United States, Canadian impressionists (entertainers), Canadian musical theatre actors, Canadian Roman Catholics, Canadians of Irish descent, Canadian stage actors, Canadian television comedians, Emmy Award winners, Irish-Americans, McMaster University alumni, Members of the Order of Canada, Naturalized citizens of the United States, People from Hamilton, Ontario, Second City alumni, Tony Award winners, Actors from Ontario 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martin Short This page was last modified on 17 May 2009, at 21:24 (UTC). 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