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Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is an actor, writer, and producer best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live.

Martin Short is a master of impersonation and personification and has created over the years many memorable characters, most notably Jiminy Glick, Franck, the Wedding Consultant, aged impresario Irving Cohen, spurious entertainer Jackie Rodgers Jr., fey current-events commentator Troy Soren, industrialist and art patron Bradley P. Allen, nervous attorney Nathan Thurm and man-child Ed Grimley.

He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Short was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1994. He is Roman Catholic of Irish descent, but often incorrectly identified as Jewish.

Family

His father was Charles Short, an executive with Canada's largest steel company, who came to North America as a stowaway Roman Catholic refugee from Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Troubles at age 21.

His mother, Olive, was concertmaster of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra; she was the first female concertmaster in North America. A cousin, Clare Short, is a member of the British Parliament. His older brother, Michael Short, is a comedy writer and a two-time Emmy winner.

He married Canadian actress Nancy Dolman in 1980, after meeting her during her run in the 1972 production of Godspell in Toronto.

They live in California, and Short has become a naturalized U.S. citizen (but also maintains his Canadian citizenship). Martin and Nancy Short have three children:

  • Katherine (born 1983)
  • Oliver (born 1986)
  • Henry (born 1990)

Filmography

Writer - Filmography

  • 1981 SCTV Network 90 TV series
  • 1983 SCTV Channel TV series
  • 1984 Saturday Night Live
  • 1985 Martin Short Concert for the North Americas
  • 1988 The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley TV series
  • 1989 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
  • 1994 The Martin Short Show TV series
  • 1999 The Martin Short Show TV series
  • 2001 Primetime Glick TV series
  • 2005 Jiminy Glick in La La Wood

Producer - Filmography

Awards

Trivia

Celebrities impersonated by Short on SCTV include: Pierre Trudeau, Jerry Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, David Steinberg, Robin Williams, Fred Rogers, Ambassador Ken Taylor, Pee Wee Reese, Deliverance banjo-boy Hoyt Pollard, Jamie Farr, Scott Baio, Denny Terrio, Howie Mandel, Howie Meeker, Tony Sandler (of Sandler and Young), Tom Hayden, Gore Vidal and Brian Linehan.

Quotes

  • As Irving Cohen: "What hell kind of name is Roy!?"
  • As Irving Cohen: "Give me a C, give me a bouncy C."
  • As Ed Grimley: "I must say...".
  • As Bradley Allen: "''You can't tell me that a woman who plays the tuba doesn't have a boyfriend somewhere... I mean who's going to carry the damn thing?"
  • As Bradley Allen (drinking Scotch and declining tissues after a productive cough): "No, I got it."
  • As Franck Eggelhoffer..."Everybody has party with a pooper, that's why we invited you, party pooper, GEORGE BANKS! That's who!"

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