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Phil Hartman
Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Died May 28, 1998 (49 years)
Philip Edward Hartman (né Hartmann; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.
In 1986, Hartman joined the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) as a cast member, and stayed for eight seasons until 1994. Nicknamed "Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989. He also starred as Bill McNeal in the sitcom NewsRadio, voiced Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure on The Simpsons, and appeared in supporting roles in the films Houseguest, Sgt. Bilko, Jingle All the Way, and Small Soldiers.
After two divorces, Hartman married Brynn Omdahl in 1987, with whom he had two children. However, their marriage was troubled due to Phil's busy work schedule and Brynn's drug and alcohol abuse. In 1998, while Phil was sleeping in his bed, Brynn shot and killed him, and later killed herself. In the weeks following his murder, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes. Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly wrote 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". He was posthumously inducted into the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame in 2012 and 2014.
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In 1986, Hartman joined the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) as a cast member, and stayed for eight seasons until 1994. Nicknamed "Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his SNL work in 1989. He also starred as Bill McNeal in the sitcom NewsRadio, voiced Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure on The Simpsons, and appeared in supporting roles in the films Houseguest, Sgt. Bilko, Jingle All the Way, and Small Soldiers.
After two divorces, Hartman married Brynn Omdahl in 1987, with whom he had two children. However, their marriage was troubled due to Phil's busy work schedule and Brynn's drug and alcohol abuse. In 1998, while Phil was sleeping in his bed, Brynn shot and killed him, and later killed herself. In the weeks following his murder, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes. Dan Snierson of Entertainment Weekly wrote 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". He was posthumously inducted into the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame in 2012 and 2014.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2014 | Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special · as Frankenstein (segment "thanksgiving Greetings") |
| 2014 | The Simpsons Take the Bowl · as Troy Mcclure |
| 2014 | SNL Sports Spectacular · as Sergei Akmudov |
| 2013 | Saturday Night Live: Halloween · as Frankenstein |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL · as Various (archive Footage) |
| 2009 | SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas · as Various |
| 2008 | Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 · as Ronald Reagan |
| 2007 | 20 Acts of Love Gone Wrong · as Cast |
| 2006 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies · as Various Characters |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade · as Various |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz · as Various Characters |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Alec Baldwin · as Various Characters |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2004 · as Bill Clinton |
| 2004 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken · as Various Characters |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror · as Bill Clinton (voice) |
| 2002 | The Simpsons Film Festival · as (segments: 22 Short Films About Springfield, A Star Is Burns) |
| 2001 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon · as Frank Sinatra |
| 2000 | Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies · as Host Of Game Beaters |
| 2000 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley · as Various (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler · as Various Characters |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | SNL: 25 Years of Music · as Various |
| 1998 | Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night · as Chauncey (voice) |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live · as Various |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers · as Phil Fimple |
| 1998 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Mike Myers · as Various |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War · as The President |
| 1996 | Jingle All the Way · as Ted Maltin |
| 1996 | Van Halen: Video Hits Vol. 1 · as Waldo |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko · as Maj Colin Thorn |
| 1996 | The Dana Carvey Show (TV Series) · as Larry King |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV Series) · as Phillip |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1995 | Night Stand (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family · as Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1995 | NewsRadio (TV Series) · as Bill Mcneal |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Game Show Host (voice) |
| 1995 | Houseguest · as Gary Young |
| 1994 | The Crazysitter · as The Salesman |
| 1994 | The Pagemaster · as Tom Morgan (voice) |
| 1994 | Greedy · as Frank |
| 1994 | The Critic (TV Series) |
| 1993 | Animaniacs (TV Series) · as Dan Anchorman (voice) |
| 1993 | The John Larroquette Show (TV Series) · as Otto Friedling |
| 1993 | So I Married an Axe Murderer · as Park Ranger - Vickie |
| 1993 | Coneheads · as Marlax |
| 1993 | Daybreak · as Man In Abstinence Commercial |
| 1993 | CB4 · as Virgil Robinson |
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 · as Comic Cop |
| 1992 | Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash · as Bill Clinton, Admiral James Stockdale And Others |
| 1992 | Eek! the Cat (TV Series) · as Psycho Bunny (voice) |
| 1992 | Best of Saturday Night Live: Special Edition · as Various Characters |
| 1992 | Fish Police (TV Series) · as Inspector C. Bass |
| 1991 | One Special Victory · as Mike Rutten |
| 1991 | Darkwing Duck (TV Series) |
| 1991 | The Ren & Stimpy Show (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial · as Various Characters |
| 1990 | The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1990 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series) · as Octavius (voice) |
| 1990 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV Series) · as Dimitri |
| 1990 | Gravedale High (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Tom and Jerry Kids Show (1990) (TV Series) · as Calaboose Cal (voice) |
| 1990 | Bobby's World (TV Series) |
| 1990 | TaleSpin (TV Series) · as Ace London (voice) |
| 1990 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV Series) · as Phil Diamond |
| 1990 | Quick Change · as Hal Edison |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Troy Mcclure (voice) |
| 1989 | Kiki's Delivery Service · as Jiji |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Man On Phone (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1989 | How I Got Into College · as Bennedict, Sat Coach |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives · as Bly Manager |
| 1988 | Empty Nest (TV Series) · as Tim Cornell |
| 1988 | Fantastic Max (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon · as Baseball Announcer (segment "murray In Videoland") |
| 1987 | DuckTales (TV Series) · as Captain Frye (voice) |
| 1987 | The Brave Little Toaster · as Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp (voice) |
| 1987 | Spaceballs · as Dink (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Blind Date · as Ted Davis |
| 1986 | Three Amigos! · as Sam |
| 1986 | Jumpin' Jack Flash · as Fred |
| 1986 | Dennis the Menace (1986) (TV Series) · as George Wilson |
| 1986 | Foofur (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1986 | Pee-wee's Playhouse (TV Series) · as Captain Carl |
| 1986 | Ruthless People · as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Last Resort · as Jean-Michel |
| 1985 | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (TV Series) · as Vaccu-Spook Auctioneer |
| 1985 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure · as Reporter |
| 1985 | Sara (TV Series) · as Drake |
| 1984 | The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (TV Series) · as Ghost Of Dr. Van Helsing |
| 1984 | The Pink Panther and Sons (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1984 | Challenge of the GoBots (TV Series) |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Weekend Pass · as Joe Chicago |
| 1984 | Van Halen: Hot for Teacher · as Waldo |
| 1983 | The Dukes (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1982 | The Little Rascals Show (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1982 | Pandemonium · as Reporter |
| 1981 | The Smurfs (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1981 | The Pee-Wee Herman Show · as Kap'n Karl |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Skateboard Madness · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1980 | Cheech and Chong's Next Movie · as Chick Hazard Private Eye (groundling) |
| 1980 | The Gong Show Movie · as Man At Airport With Gun |
| 1979 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1978 | Stunt Rock · as Monique's Assistant |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Abc Moving Company |
| 1962 | The Jetsons (TV Series) · as School Patrol Robots / Executive Vice President (voice) |