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Biography: Martin Short

The son of a steel-executive father and concert violinist mother, Ontario native Martin Short attended McMasters University, where he graduated in 1972 with a degree in social work. If you haven't spotted Short at your local youth center or settlement house, it's because he decided to pursue a performing career, encouraged by his fellow McMasters classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas. Making his professional debut in a 1973 Toronto production of Godspell, Short joined Levy and Thomas at the Second City improv troupe in Edmonton, Alberta in 1977. Two years later, Short made his first film, Lost and Found, and also co-starred on the critically lauded but little-seen American sitcom The Associates. It was while appearing on SCTV Network 90 from 1982 through 1983 and Saturday Night Live from 1984 through 1985 that Short attained stardom with such distinctive comic characterizations as supercilious showbiz promoter Jackie Rogers Jr. and pointy-headed nerd Ed Grimley (this last-named character was spun off into an amusing Saturday morning cartoon series in 1989). He also scored big yocks with his devastating, dead-on impressions of such icons as Jerry Lewis and Katharine Hepburn (a lifelong Jerry Lewis fan, Short was invited to join Lewis as co-host of a cable-TV Martin and Lewis retrospective in 1993; he has yet to share the spotlight with the real Ms. Hepburn). Though an extremely likeable screen presence, the puckish Short has, like many of his Second City brethren, frequently been cast in films far beneath his talents, hitting bottom with 1994's Clifford. Happily, he has been extremely well-served in such films as Three Amigos (1986), Innerspace (1989), and the 1992 remake of Father of the Bride, in which he had an unbearably funny cameo as epicene wedding planner Franck Eggelhoffer. In 1993, Short made his Broadway debut, assuming the old Richard Dreyfuss role in a musical adaptation of the 1977 film The Goodbye Girl. The following year, Martin Short had another go at television, headlining the weekly (but not for long) Seinfeld rip-off The Martin Short Show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide less

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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Cast: Ann-Margret Tim Allen Peter Boyle
Tags: Fantasy Comedy Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy Holiday Film
Length: 92min
Tim Allen returns as a regular guy-turned-Jolly Old Elf in the second sequel to the 1994 hit The Santa Clause. Scott Calvin (Tim Allen), who doubles as Santa Claus, has settled into his home at the North Pole with his new wife, Carol (Elizabeth...
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Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (2004)
Tags: Showbiz Comedy Comedy
Length: 90min
The world's most obnoxious celebrity alk-show host demonstrates how he rose to mediocrity in this pungent show business satire. Jiminy Glick (Martin Short) is a corpulent entertainment reporter who is looking to kick his career into high gear. Hoping...
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101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003)
Cast: Jason Alexander Barry Bostwick
Tags: Animated Musical Musical Family
Length: 73min
A sequel to the original Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure arrives straight-to-video. Roger and Anita are planning to move to their Dalmatian Plantation with their dogs Pongo and Perdita to get away from Cruella DeVil and...
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Merlin (1998)
Cast: Isabella Rossellini Sam Neill John Gielgud Miranda Richardson Martin Short Billie Whitelaw
Tags: Mythological Fantasy Fantasy Sword-and-Sorcery Fantasy Adventure
Length: 240min
This four-hour fantasy miniseries, elaborating on the Arthurian legend and filmed in England and Wales, offers a portrait of the wizard Merlin (Sam Neill), following his life as a youth (Daniel Brocklebank) to his later conflicts with the evil Queen...
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Get Over It! (2001)
Tags: Romance Comedy Teen Movie Romantic Comedy
Length: 87min
Ben Foster stars in this teenage comedy as Berke Landers, an average high schooler who has achieved high status by winning over Allison (Melissa Sagemiller), reputed to be the most popular and beautiful girl in his class. After an initially winning...
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Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
Tags: Slapstick Comedy Family Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 105min
A man finds the son he never knew he had, and a boy discovers a city he never knew existed, in this comedy. Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a commodities broker who deals in coffee beans; while on a trip to Brazil, Michael is abandoned by his wife,...
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Clifford (1994)
Cast: Dabney Coleman Mary Steenburgen
Tags: Slapstick Comedy Domestic Comedy Family-Oriented Comedy
Length: 89min
Versatile Canadian comedian Martin Short plays a 10-year old boy in this comedy aimed at younger audiences. The tale is told in flashback to another little boy. Clifford is a manipulative brat. Clifford really wants to visit Dinosaur World in Los...
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A Simple Wish (1997)
Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Family Fantasy Fantasy Comedy Children's Fantasy
Length: 89min
This comic children's fantasy from director Michael Ritchie stars Mara Wilson as eight-year-old New Yorker Anabel, who wishes that her father Oliver (Robert Pastorelli), a hansom cab driver in Central Park, would see his dream come true. In a thinly...
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Father of the Bride II (1995)
Cast: Diane Keaton Steve Martin William A. Fraker
Tags: Comedy Domestic Comedy
Length: 106min
Just as the original 1950 version of Father of the Bride spawned a sequel, so did the 1991 remake; like its counterpart four decades earlier, this story concerns a father who learns that his anxieties are just beginning after his daughter takes the...
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The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
Cast: Tim Curry
Tags: Romantic Adventure Adventure Family
Length: 74min
This heartwarming animated tale--reportedly inspired by a National Geographic documentary--follows the exploits of a shy penguin, Hubie, who is hopelessly enamored with Marina, but must compete with the ultra macho, puffed up Drake, who wants her to...
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