# Any "Golden Girl" Fans? ID this guest star... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047 "2016-01-13T18:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/1 "2016-01-13T18:16:49Z")
I’m hoping fans of this show may know the actor’s name who played an agoraphobic in one episode when Dorothy volunteers to deliver for Meals on Wheels. He reminds me of Howard Hessman’s character “Johnny Fever” from “WKRP”, but this guy is a little stockier. Any idea what his real name is? Or, his character’s name in this one episode? Last, maybe someone can at least tell me what else has he been in? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/2 "2016-01-13T18:21:27Z")
Martin Mull ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/3 "2016-01-13T18:21:37Z")
[Martin Mull?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0589816/?ref_=ttep_ep4) He’s been in a ton of stuff: Roseanne, the movie Clue, just a ton. Check out his bio on the IMDB link. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/4 "2016-01-13T18:23:58Z")
A little-known actor named Martin Mull. Presumably after he shot this episode, he realized it would never happen, packed his bags and became a school principal or started a loose meat diner. Heck maybe he joined the military and became a colonel. Who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/5 "2016-01-13T19:05:43Z")
From the documentary film “Tim’s Vermeer”, it appeared he became a painter. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/6 "2016-01-13T19:20:42Z")
He could do (and has done) pretty much everything. You just [never recognized him](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx6qfur2Cuc). ---
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To me, he’ll always be Barth Gimble: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-g6sHdcUs) ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/8 "2016-01-13T20:31:52Z")
Here’s the IMDb page for the episode in question, Season 6, Episode 4, “Snap Out of It”: > **["The Golden Girls" Snap Out of It (TV Episode 1990) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0589816/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_85)** > > Snap Out of It: Directed by Matthew Diamond. With Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty. Dorothy tries to convince an aging hippie shut-in to come out of his apartment. ---
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He also was a successful songwriter. This is [his best-known work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piOAFI8eCdM). ---
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He’s also a [painter](http://www.artnet.com/artists/martin-mull/). ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > To me, he’ll always be Barth Gimble: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-g6sHdcUs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-g6sHdcUs) Yes. ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > To me, he’ll always be Barth Gimble: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-g6sHdcUs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK-g6sHdcUs) I liked Garth better. I realize Fred Willard provided a lot of the humor on “Fernwood Tonight” but his dumb act only worked because Martin Mull was so freaking sharp. ---
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Also very good(as dj Eric Swan) in one of my all-time favorite films, “FM.” ---
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> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I liked Garth better. > > I realize Fred Willard provided a lot of the humor on “Fernwood Tonight” but his dumb act only worked because Martin Mull was so freaking sharp. Fred Willard was also on The Golden Girls as Blanche’s date in one episode, and Martin Mull’s husband on Roseanne. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/15 "2016-06-18T17:35:48Z")
Thanks! He’s one of several actors that pop up, but I never catch the name. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-golden-girl-fans-id-this-guest-star/743047/16 "2016-06-18T18:20:41Z")
He also played [Russell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVSORyNwNeU) the pharmacist that got 2 1/2 Men’s Charlie Harper the prescription for marijuana. ---
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And he was gainfully employed in this season (the fifth) of _VEEP_. (He seems to be one of those actors that people want to work with, and write for.) > **[Table-setting Veep has romance on its mind](https://www.avclub.com/table-setting-veep-has-romance-on-its-mind-1798187602)** > > “Nev-AD-a” picks up where “Morning After” left off, but rather than building on the momentum of the premiere, this episode takes a step back, giving the characters some time to adjust to their new surroundings. While it would have been nice for the... ---
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He was also Gene Parmesan, Lucille Bluth’s private detective, on Arrested Development. ---
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Also, the best drawer EVER on “Win, Lose or Draw.” Watch him here, as the clue-drawer in the speed round: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dSyAJPvgGnM/hqdefault.jpg "Win Lose or Draw Speed Round with Martin Mull, Robert Neal Marshall & Vicki Lawrence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSyAJPvgGnM) ---
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