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Phil Hartman

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  • 1948 - 1998

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip Edward "Phil" Hartman  (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-born American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family immigrated to the United States when he was ten. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands like Poco and America. Feeling the need for a more creative outlet, Hartman joined the comedy group The Groundlings in 1975 and there helped comedian Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the screenplay for the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse. Hartman became well-known in the late 1980s when he joined the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President Bill Clinton, and stayed on the show for eight seasons. Called "the Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989. In 1995, after scrapping plans for his own variety show, he starred as Bill McNeal in the NBC sitcom NewsRadio. He also had frequent roles on The Simpsons as Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure and others, and appeared in the films Houseguest, Sgt. Bilko, Jingle All the Way, and Small Soldiers. Hartman had been divorced twice before he married Brynn (née Omdahl) in 1987; the couple had two children together. However, their marriage was fractured, due in part to Brynn's drug use. On May 28, 1998, Brynn shot and killed her husband while he slept in their Encino, Los Angeles, home, then committed suicide several hours later. In the weeks following his death, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes. Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly opined that Hartman was "the last person you'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in your morning paper...a decidedly regular guy, beloved by everyone he worked with". Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Hartman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Birthday: 1948-09-24

Born At: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Casted In:

Blind Date
918
Spaceballs
957
Amazon Women on the Moon
5709
¡Three Amigos!
8388
Sgt. Bilko
9099
Jingle All the Way
9279
Coneheads
9612
So I Married an Axe Murderer
10442
Quick Change
10729
Jumpin' Jack Flash
10945
Small Soldiers
11551
Greedy
12778
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
13612
Fletch Lives
14628
The Pagemaster
15139
CB4
15278
Houseguest
17207
The Brave Little Toaster
19933
The Pee-wee Herman Show
20363
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night
26312
How I Got Into College
27307
Stuart Saves His Family
28033
The Second Civil War
45046
Weekend Pass
80211
The Gong Show Movie
83802
Pandemonium
84784
Last Resort
148833
The Crazysitter
206729
The Making of Dr. Seuss' 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'
240662
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
286500
The Women of SNL
292097
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey
297261
Skateboard Madness
297625
Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley
310669
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
331372
The Twelve Days of Christmas
430733
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
454330

Crewed In:

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
5683
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
331372
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