US actor Martin Mull, best known for Roseanne and Arrested Development, has died aged 80.
His daughter, TV writer and comic artist Maggie Mull, said her father died at home on Thursday, after “a valiant fight against a long illness”.
Mull came to fame with a recurring role on the Norman Lear-created satirical Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and a starring role in its spin-off, Fernwood 2 Night.
In the 1980s he appeared in films including Mr Mom and Clue.
In the 1990s had a recurring role in Roseanne as her boss Leon Camp. He later played private eye Gene Parmesan on Arrested Development, Principal Willard Kraft in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and a guest role on Veep as Bob Bradley.
His daughter remembered said in an Instagram post, he was never not funny.
“My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and — the sign of a truly exceptional person — by many, many dogs.”
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