Martin Mull, best known for his roles in Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Arrested Development, has died aged 80.
The legendary TV actor died on Thursday his daughter, TV producer and writer Maggie Mull, confirmed on Instagram.
It is understood Mull had been battling a mystery illness for an extended period of time.
Maggie wrote: ‘I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness,” the former Family Guy producer posted on Instagram.
‘He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable … He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny.”
She added that her father will be ‘deeply missed by all, including ‘by many, many dogs.’
In Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Mull played Sabrina’s (Melissa Joan Hart) blundering high school principal Willard Kraft.
Hart, 48, posted an Instagram tribute to Mull, who portrayed the principal for 73 episodes between 1997 and 2000.
‘Rest in Peace, my friend. The incredible #MartinMull (Principal Kraft) has left us for his eternal rest,’ she wrote.
‘I have such fond memories of working with him and being in awe of his huge body of work, which before #SabrinaTheTeemageWitch included #Roseanne and #MrMom as the projects I knew him from.’
The former child star added that even after their time on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the two actors kept running into each other on numerous TV sets throughout the years.
‘He once told me that he takes every job he’s offered just in case the train comes to an end, which in this business tends to halt quickly,’ she wrote.
She sympathised with his family at losing a ‘wonderful man’.
‘He was an artist who liked to paint and build things with his hands, a musician, and a wonderful man who I am better for knowing. He will be missed, but this world has benefited from his being here,’ she wrote.
‘My deepest sympathies to his family and friends.’
Actor and Jennifer Tilly, who starred alongside Mull in the 1988 movie Rented Lips, also paid tribute to a man she remembered as ‘wonderful.’
‘So sad to hear of the passing of Martin Mull. I worked with him a long time ago on a film called Rented Lips that he wrote and also starred in,’ Jennifer shared on X.
‘He was such a witty, charismatic and kind person. As an actress just starting out, it really meant a lot to me to be able to work with such a wonderful actor.’
Mull’s first well-known acting role was as Garth Gimble in the 1976 television nighttime absurdist soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
In the 80s, he landed roles in Hollywood films, including Clue, inspired by the board game that shares the same name. He played Colonel Mustard.
1990s television fans will recognise Mull from Roseanne, where he played the lead character’s boss and best friend, Leon Carp.
He also appeared on the critically acclaimed Fox sitcom Arrested Development, playing private detective Gene Parmesan alongside Jessica Walter, Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, and Michael Cera.
Mull’s expansive career saw him rack up swathes of guest credits on many well-known television programmes, including The Simpsons, Family Guy, Two and a Half Men, and more.
He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2016 for his four-episode appearance on HBO political satire Veep.
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Mull is survived by his daughter, Maggie, and wife, Wendy Haas.
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