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Martin Short on screen and stage

Martin Short is a Canadian actor and comedian known for his work in standup comedy, sketch comedy, and performances on stage and screen.

Martin Short in 2006

Short gained acclaim for his performances in the sketch comedy shows SCTV from 1981 to 1984 and Saturday Night Live from 1984 to 1985. He has starred in films such as Three Amigos (1986), Father of the Bride (1991), Clifford (1994), and The Pebble and the Penguin (1995). Short is also known for his role as Jiminy Glick in the Comedy Central series Primetime Glick from 2001 to 2003 and Oliver Putnam in the Hulu series Only Murders in the Building from 2021 to present.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1979 Lost and Found Engel [1]
1986 ¡Three Amigos! Ned Nederlander [1]
1987 Innerspace Jack Putter [1]
Cross My Heart David Morgan [1]
1989 Three Fugitives Ned Perry [1]
The Big Picture Neil Sussman – Nick's Agent Uncredited [2]
1991 Pure Luck Eugene Proctor [1]
Father of the Bride Franck Eggelhoffer [1]
1992 Captain Ron Martin Harvey [1]
1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Stubbs the Clown Voice [3]
1994 Clifford Clifford Daniels [1]
1995 The Pebble and the Penguin Hubie Voice [3]
Father of the Bride Part II Franck Eggelhoffer [1]
1996 Mars Attacks! Press Secretary Jerry Ross [1]
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Richard Kempster [1]
A Simple Wish Murray [4]
1998 The Prince of Egypt Huy Voice [3]
Akbar's Adventure Tours Akbar [1]
1999 Mumford Lionel Dillard [1]
2001 Get Over It Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Ooblar Voice [3]
2002 Treasure Planet B.E.N. Voice [3]
CinéMagique George Short film [5]
2003 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure Lars Voice, direct-to-video [3]
2004 Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper Preminger Voice, direct-to-video [6][3]
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood Jiminy Glick / David Lynch Also producer/writer [1]
2006 Khan Kluay Jai Voice, English dub [1]
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Jack Frost [1]
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles Thimbletack Voice [3]
2008 The Blue Elephant Jai Voice [3]
2011 Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil Kirk Voice [3]
2012 Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Stefano Voice [3]
Frankenweenie Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Bergermesiter / Nassor Voice [7][3]
2013 Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Appraiser / Jester Voice [3]
The Wind Rises Kurokawa Voice, English dub [1]
2014 Inherent Vice Rudy Blatnoyd [1]
2015 Being Canadian Himself Documentary [1]
2018 Bumblebee Scenes deleted [8]
Elliot the Littlest Reindeer Lemondrop / Ludzinka / Blitzen Voice [3]
2019 The Addams Family Grandpa Frump Voice [9][3]
2020 The Willoughbys Father Willoughby Voice [3]
Father of the Bride, Part 3(ish) Franck Eggelhoffer Short film [1]
2021 Back Home Again Justin Beaver Voice [1]
2022 Mack & Rita Cheese Voice [1]
2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Kingfish Voice [1]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1972 Right On Regular [10]
Cucumber Smokey the Hare Episode: "Ecology ... Smokey the Hare" [11]
1975 Peep Show Episode: "Goldberg Is Waiting" [12]
1976–1977 The David Steinberg Show Johnny Del Bravo 10 episodes [13]
1978 For the Record Weepy Episode: "Cementhead" [1]
1979 The Family Man Louie Television film [1]
1979–1980 The Associates Tucker Kerwin 13 episodes [14]
1980 The Love Boat Melvin Season 3 - Episode: 28 [1]
1980–1981 I'm a Big Girl Now Neal Stryker 14 episodes [1]
1981 Taxi Mitch Harris Episode: "Jim Joins the Network" [1]
1981–1984 Second City Television Various Cast member; also writer [1]
1983 Sunset Limousine Bradley Z. Coleman Television film [1]
1984–2022 Saturday Night Live Various Cast member (18 episodes)
Host or guest appearances (13 episodes) 		[15]
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1986 Tall Tales & Legends Johnny Appleseed Episode: "Johnny Appleseed" [1]
1986 Really Weird Tales Shucky Forme Episode: "All's Well That Ends Strange" [1]
1988 The Completely Mental
Misadventures of Ed Grimley 		Various roles 13 episodes;
also co-creator, writer and executive producer 		[1]
1989–1990 The Tracey Ullman Show Various roles 2 episodes [17]
1990 The Dave Thomas Comedy Show Himself Episode 4 [1]
The Earth Day Special Nathan Thurm Television special [1]
1991 Maniac Mansion Eddie O'Donnell Episode: "Down & Out in Cedar Springs" [18]
1992 Favorite Songs Mozart Voice, episode: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" [1]
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Narrator Episode: "Patrick's Dinosaurs/What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?" [1]
1994 The Martin Short Show Marty Short 8 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer [1]
1996 Muppets Tonight Himself Episode: "Martin Short" [1]
1998 Merlin Frik Miniseries [1]
1999 Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Television film [1]
1999–2000 The Martin Short Show Himself (host) 63 episodes;
also creator, writer and executive producer 		[1]
2001–2003 Primetime Glick Jiminy Glick / Various roles 30 episodes;
also creator, writer and executive producer 		[1]
2001 Prince Charming Rodney Television film [19]
2002 Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself Episode: "The Terrorist Attack" [20]
2005 Arrested Development Uncle Jack Episode: "Ready, Aim, Marry Me" [21]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sebastian Ballentine
Henry Palaver 		Episode: "Pure" [22]
2006 Jeopardy! Himself (contestant) 1 episode [1]
2007 Bob & Doug McKenzie's
Two-Four Anniversary 		Himself Television special [23]
2010 Damages Leonard Winstone 13 episodes [1]
2010–2018 The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! The Cat in the Hat Voice, main role [1]
2011 Weeds Steward Havens 3 episodes [24]
2011–2012 How I Met Your Mother Garrison Cootes 3 episodes [1]
2012 Canada's Got Talent Himself (judge) Season 1; 22 episodes [1]
2013, 2014 Hollywood Game Night Himself 2 episodes [25]
2014 Working the Engels Charles "Chuck" Pastry Episode: "Jenna vs. Big Pastry" [26]
2014–2015 Mulaney Louis "Lou" Cannon 13 episodes [14]
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Dr. Grant Episode: "Kimmy Goes to the Doctor" [27]
Difficult People Himself Episode: "Pledge Week" [28]
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special Television special, NBC
2016 Maya & Marty Himself / Various roles 6 episodes; also co-creator, writer and producer [1]
Hairspray Live! Wilbur Turnblad Live musical telecast [1]
Modern Family Mervin "Merv" Schechter Episode: "Blindsided" [29]
2017 BoJack Horseman Poppy Stilton Voice; episode: "The Judge" [1]
The Simpsons Guthrie Frenel Voice; episode: "Springfield Splendor" [1]
2018 The Last Man On Earth Man in SUV Episode: "Karl" [1]
The Magic School Bus Rides Again Tony Tennelli Voice; episode: "Ralphie and the Flying Tennellis" [3]
2019 Big Mouth Gordie Voice; episode: "Cellsea" [1]
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Himself (guest) Episode: "Martin Short: A Dream World Of Residuals" [1]
2019–2021 The Morning Show Dick Lundry 3 episodes [30]
2020 Good People Dean Ed Brown Television film [1]
2021–2023 Schmigadoon! Leprechaun 3 episodes [31]
2021–present Only Murders in the Building Oliver Putnam Main role; also executive producer [1]
2022 Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration Lumière Television special [1]
2023 Tough as Nails Himself Episode: "Tough Times Don't Last but Tough People Do" [1]
2024 Real Time with Bill Maher Jiminy Glick Season 22 - Episode: 20 [32]
2024 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest host 4 episodes [33]

Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1972 Godspell Jeffrey Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
1993 The Goodbye Girl Elliot Marquis Theatre, Broadway [34]
1997 Promises, Promises Chuck Baxter New York City Center, Encores! [35]
1998–1999 Little Me Various Criterion Center Stage Right, Broadway [36]
2003–2004 The Producers Leo Bloom Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco [37]
Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles [38]
2006–2007 Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me Himself Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway [39]
2013 The Pirates of Penzance Major General Delacorte Theatre, The Public Theatre [40]
2015 It's Only a Play James Wicker (Replacement) Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway [41]
2023 Gutenberg! The Musical! The Producer (One night only) James Earl Jones Theatre, Broadway [42]

Comedy specials

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1985 Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas Various Showtime [43]
1989 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood HBO [44]
2012 I, Martin Short, Goes Home CBC [45]
2018 An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life Performer Netflix [46]

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Creature Crunch Wesley [47]
2002 Treasure Planet B.E.N.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "The top five talent agent scenes in movies". AMC Networks. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Martin Short (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 1, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
  4. ^ "A Simple Wish Movie Review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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  8. ^ Anderton, Ethan (January 2, 2019). "'Bumblebee' Made Some Big Changes to Distance Itself from Michael Bay's 'Transformers' Movies". /Film. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  9. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2018-11-26). "Martin Short & Catherine O'Hara Join 'Addams Family' Cast". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  10. ^ "Right On". Canadian Communications Foundation. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  11. ^ "Cucumber". Rickstv.com. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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  13. ^ "David Steinberg Show, The (Series) (1976–1977)". TVarchive.ca. Archived from the original on April 2, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
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  16. ^ "Stormy Daniels mocks Trump on 'Saturday Night Live' with Ben Stiller and Martin Short". USA Today. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  17. ^ "THE TRACEY ULLMAN SHOW, Martin Short, Tracey Ullman in skit Needle in a Haystack". Imago. January 1980. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  18. ^ "Episodes – After SCTV Spinoffs, specials, commercials and related ephemera". SCTVGuide. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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  21. ^ "The Best 'Arrested Development' Guest Stars, As Picked By The Cast". TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. May 10, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  22. ^ "11 creepiest 'Law & Order: SVU' guest stars of all time". Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  23. ^ "TAKE OFF, EH!". Playing With Words. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  24. ^ "Martin Short, Aidan Quinn, Lindsay Sloane Join 'Weeds'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  25. ^ "Jason Alexander, Martin Short, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Chris Colfer, Sean Hayes, Alison Janney and More Set for NBC's "Hollywood Game Night"". Playbill, Inc. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  26. ^ "Working the Engels debuts March 12 on Global TV". The Toronto Star. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  27. ^ "Tina Fey's New Show Is 'Not Why Dr. Brandt Committed Suicide': Source". People. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  28. ^ "Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner are truly Difficult People in first trailer for Hulu show". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  29. ^ "Blindsided". IMDb. October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  30. ^ Stuever, Hank. "Review | Aniston and Witherspoon outshine 'The Morning Show's' rough start. But did Carell get the best role?". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  31. ^ Apple TV+ (April 30, 2021). "Lorne Michaels' Apple Original Musical Comedy Series "Schmigadoon!," Starring Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key, to Premiere Globally July 16 on Apple TV+". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
  32. ^ "Jiminy Glick Takes Over 'Real Time' to Ask Bill Maher the Tough Questions". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  33. ^ "Martin Short, Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman Among 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Summer Guest Hosts". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
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  35. ^ "Playbill Critics Circle: Review Encores! Promises". Playbill. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  36. ^ "Little Me (Broadway, 1998)". Playbill. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  37. ^ "Alexander and Short Join Producers Tour in San Fran, April 21-26, Prior to L.A. Run". Playbill. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  38. ^ "Tix for L.A. Producers , with Alexander and Short, On Sale Aug. 5". Playbill. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  39. ^ "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Broadway, 2006)". Playbill. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  40. ^ "Glenn Close, Martin Short and Eric Idle Will Join Kevin Kline for Pirates of Penzance Gala Performance in Central Park". Playbill. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  41. ^ "Martin Short Will Return to Broadway in It's Only a Play; Backstage Comedy Extends". Playbill. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  42. ^ Martin Short & Steve Martin Gutenberg
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  44. ^ "I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  45. ^ Ouzounian, Richard (March 2, 2012). "Martin Short talks Canada's Got Talent - The Star". The Toronto Star. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  46. ^ Husband, Andrew (May 25, 2018). "Steve Martin And Martin Short Embrace The Past Even When They Shun It". Forbes. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  47. ^ "The Name's Part Of The Game Computer Game 'Creature Crunch' Lands Martin Short". Spokesman.com. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
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