The news was revealed by his daughter Maggie Mull, an exec producer onFamily Guy.
He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials.
He would find that joke funny.
Martin Mull in 2018Everett Collection
He was never not funny.
I loved him tremendously, she wrote.
So he was off the series, director Louis J. Horvitz told The TV Academy Foundation in 2008.
Norman [Lear] decided Martin was so good he wanted to give him another series.
And because our studio was on Fernwood Avenue in Hollywood, Norman called itFernwood 2 Nite.
He was a series regular on Foxs short-lived 2013 sitcomDads, playing the father of star Seth Greens character.
His last role was in Apple TV+sThe Afterparty.
That parody of the instrumental hit Dueling Banjos fromDeliverancecracked the Billboard Hot 100 for a few weeks in 1973.
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.
