Description:
Martin Hayter Short OC is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has received Medals from Queen Elizabeth II, including in 2002 the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2012 the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Birthday
March 26, 1950
Born In
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Alternative names
Jiminy Glick
Height
173 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Nancy Dolman December 22, 1980 - August 21, 2010 (her death)
Parents
Charles Patrick Short
Children
Katherine Elizabeth Short
Trivia
First acting job was playing a giant Visa card in a TV commercial.
Quotes
What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can
survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows . . One of my
great influences was Don Knotts as Barney Fife."
Nickname
Marty
Salaries
$600,000 per episode
Trademarks
His Ed Grimley character - a nerd who's obsessed with banal pop culture
