Comic actor Martin Mull, whose deadpan humor earned him key supporting roles on TV's "Roseanne," "Veep" and "Arrested Development," has died, prompting tributes from former co-stars.
Mull's death, at 80, followed a "valiant fight against a long illness," daughter Maggie Mull said on social media Friday.
Maggie Mull, a TV writer and comic artist, said her father died at home on Thursday.
"He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials," Maggie Mull wrote on Instagram. "He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny."
Jennifer Tilly, who co-starred with Martin Mull in the 1988 movie "Rented Lips," which Mull wrote, called him "such a witty charismatic and kind person" in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
"As an actress just starting out, it really meant a lot to me to be able to work with such a wonderful actor," wrote Tilly, who provides the voice of Bonnie Swanson on the Fox TV network's long-running animated series "Family Guy."
Paul Feig, director of the 2011 comedy "Bridesmaids," recalled acting with Mull on the short-lived 90s sitcom "The Jackie Thomas Show," and said he "treasured every moment being with a legend."
"Martin was the greatest. So funny, so talented, such a nice guy," Feig wrote on X.
Feig also said the off-beat, 1977 comedy series "Fernwood Tonight," which starred Mull as the host of a late-night TV talk show set in a fictional Ohio town, "was so influential in my life."
In addition to his daughter, Mull is survived by his wife, musician Wendy Haas, according to the Associated Press.
