Martin Short
Gender: Male
Born: 26th March 1950 (currently 62 years old)
Nationality: United States of America, Canada
TV programs: Second City Television, The Associates, I'm a Big Girl Now, Damages, The Martin Short Show (1999), SCTV Network 90, Ed Grimley, The David Steinberg Show, Saturday Night Live, SCTV Channel, Dink, the Little Dinosaur, The Martin Short Show (1994), The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, Merlin, Tax Man, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, Primetime Glick
Movies: ¡Three Amigos!, Alice in Wonderland, Father of the Bride, Innerspace, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mars Attacks!, Merlin, Mumford, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Treasure Planet, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, A Simple Wish, The Prince of Egypt, Three Fugitives, Prince Charming, Clifford, Father of the Bride Part II, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, Captain Ron, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Pure Luck, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Tall Tales & Legends: Johnny Appleseed, The Pebble and the Penguin, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, The Big Picture, Cross My Heart, Sunset Limousine, The Canadian Conspiracy, Comedy Gold: The Hilarious Story of Canadian Comedy, The Blue Elephant, Harry Shearer: Now You See It, Glick Doesn't Do Red Carpet: Jiminy Glick at the Independent Spirit Awards, Get Over It, Dorothy of Oz, Frankenweenie, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Tales About Tails, The Return of Spinal Tap, Crime Inc: The True Story of the Mafia: Part 2, The Best of the David Steinberg Show, Long Story Short, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, singer and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He starred in such comedic films as Three Amigos, Innerspace, Pure Luck, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mars Attacks!, Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II.
Short, the youngest of five children, was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the son of Olive (née Hayter), a violinist, and Charles Patrick Short, a corporate executive with Stelco, a Canadian steel company. He and his siblings were raised Catholic. He had three older brothers, David (now deceased), Michael, and Brian, and one older sister, Nora.
Short's father was a Catholic from Crossmaglen, South Armagh (present-day Northern Ireland), who came to North America as a stowaway during the Irish War of Independence. Short's mother, who was the concertmaster of the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, encouraged Martin's early creative endeavours. His eldest brother, David, was killed in a car accident in 1962, when Short was 12. His mother died of cancer when he was 17; and, two years later in 1969, his father died of complications from a
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Martin Short, is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer.
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