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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”.
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Phil Hartman Biography / Wiki
| Name | Phil Hartman |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
| Date of Birth | 1948-09-24 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 49 |
| Deathday | 1998-05-28 |
Phil Hartman Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Making of Dr. Seuss’ ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’ | Self – Host | 1994-12-12 | Phil Hartman hosts this retrospective look back at the legacy and making of the classic 1966 holiday special ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas!’… |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Self / Various Characters | 1998-01-01 | Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman…. |
| Buster & Chauncey’s Silent Night | Chauncey (voice) | 1998-10-13 | Buster and Chauncey – the world’s greatest Mouse-icians – have arrived in Oberndorf for their shot at the big time: performing for the queen at the an… |
| The Twelve Days of Christmas | Hollyberry | 1993-12-03 | Narrated by a partridge, this charming animated tale explains the lengthy and confusing Christmas carol of the same name. The bold and brave Sir Carol… |
| Cheeseball Presents | 1984-03-01 | A raunchy sketch comedy special created by and starring members of the Groundlings comedy troupe…. | |
| Phil Hartman: Behind Closed Doors | Self (archive) | 2018-05-28 | In the ‘90s, Phil Hartman was one of television’s most beloved comedians. After eight seasons on Saturday Night Live and a record-setting 153 epis… |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey | 1999-10-13 | From 1986 to 1993 Dana Carvey dominated the stage at Saturday Night Live with dead-on impressions and some of the most popular characters in SNL histo… | |
| Houseguest | Gary Young | 1995-01-06 | In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb…. |
| The Pee-wee Herman Show | Kap’n Karl | 1981-01-01 | An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children’s classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee’s playhouse a… |
| Saturday Night Live: A Tribute to Chris Farley | 1998-01-01 | Chris Farley was one of the most popular comedians of the 1990s, thanks to his hilarious skits on “Saturday Night Live,” which featured Matt Foley, ev… | |
| Jingle All the Way | Ted Maltin | 1996-11-21 | Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son’s karate exposi… |
| Sgt. Bilko | Major Colin Thorn | 1996-03-29 | The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag g… |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp (voice) | 1987-07-09 | A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek their young 8 year old “mast… |
| The Second Civil War | The President | 1997-03-15 | When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the sta… |
| Small Soldiers | Phil Fimple | 1998-07-10 | When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously…. |
| Skateboard Madness | Narrator (voice) | 1980-09-15 | When a reporter too laid-back for his own good is told his last chance to keep his job is to get some good photos for a story on skateboarding, he see… |
| The Last Days of Phil Hartman | Starring | 2019-09-19 | Phil Hartman is best known for his iconic impersonations of Bill Clinton in countless “Saturday Night Live” skits, voicing Troy McClure on “The Simpso… |
| Coneheads | Marlax | 1993-07-23 | A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toil… |
| Greedy | Frank | 1994-03-04 | Meet the McTeagues. They’ve come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle’s will… only he’s not dead yet!… |
| CB4 | Virgil Robinson | 1993-03-12 | A “rockumentary”, covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group “CB4”. We soon learn that these th… |
| Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie | Chick Hazard – Private Eye | 1980-07-18 | Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot en… |
| Quick Change | Hal Edison | 1990-07-13 | With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation… |
| The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show | 1995-05-20 | … | |
| Blind Date | Ted Davis | 1987-03-27 | When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law’s pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingly average blind date turns into a chaotic night on… |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer | Ranger John ‘Vicky’ Johnson | 1993-07-30 | Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers o… |
| The Crazysitter | The Salesman | 1994-12-31 | When a petty criminal escapes from jail, she lays low by posing as a babysitter for two semmingly precious children. But when she decides to sell them… |
| Stunt Rock | Monique’s Assistant | 1978-06-30 | Australian stuntman Grant Page goes to Los Angeles to work on a television series. He uses his spare time to lend his expertise to rock band Sorcery. … |
| The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV | 1999-03-08 | A collection of episodes that was released on 1 October 1999 on VHS and on 8 September 2003 at DVD as part of the series The Simpsons Classics…. | |
| Pandemonium | Reporter | 1982-04-01 | A former high school student who always wanted to be a cheerleader decides to reopen the cheerleading program at her former high school after years of… |
| Fletch Lives | Bly Manager | 1989-03-17 | Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he’s checking out a tumbledown mansion he’s inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns … |
| Last Resort | Jean-Michel | 1986-03-31 | George Lollar takes his family on vacation with “Club Sand”, a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhe… |
| Daybreak | Man in Abstinence Commercial | 1993-05-08 | When a substantial portion of the nation’s populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no … |
| Jumpin’ Jack Flash | Fred | 1986-04-23 | Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown s… |
| ¡Three Amigos! | Sam | 1986-12-12 | Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing…. |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-10-26 | He’s gone-but he’ll never be forgotten. The best of Chris Farley’s wildly funny SNL performances are here, including motivational speaker Matt Foley, … |
| Weekend Pass | Joe Chicago | 1984-02-03 | Three rookie sailors who have just completed basic training are out on their first weekend pass. As they hit one bar after another, they soon forget e… |
| How I Got Into College | Bennedict, SAT Coach | 1989-05-19 | The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl, and object of Marlon’s affections attempt to … |
| The Gong Show Movie | Man at Airport with Gun | 1980-05-23 | A week in the life of “The Gong Show” host and creator Chuck Barris…. |
| The Pagemaster | Tom Morgan (voice) | 1994-11-23 | Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehou… |
| National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 | Comic Cop | 1993-02-04 | An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before the… |
| The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 | A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL’s 39-year history…. |
| Spaceballs | Dink (voice) (uncredited) | 1987-06-24 | When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet’s air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless side… |
| Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary | Self | 1989-09-24 | A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret… |
| Amazon Women on the Moon | Baseball Announcer (segment “Murray in Videoland”) | 1987-09-18 | Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-la… |
| Pee-wee’s Big Adventure | Reporter | 1985-07-26 | The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller … |
| Stuart Saves His Family | Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | 1995-04-12 | A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place…. |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Writer | 1998-01-01 | Classic Saturday Night Live skits featuring the hilarious Phil Hartman…. |
| Pee-wee’s Big Adventure | Writer | 1985-07-26 | The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller … |
| The Pee-wee Herman Show | Writer | 1981-01-01 | An adult-oriented version of what would eventually become an award-winning children’s classic. This version of the show features Pee-wee’s playhouse a… |
| Writer | A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show’s comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture a… | ||
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