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'''Phil Hartman''' (September 24, 1948 - May 28, 1998) was a Canadian born American actor and comedian. He was a recurring guest star on ''The Simpsons'', frequently voicing [[Lionel Hutz]] and [[Troy McClure]]. His characters were retired after his death in 1998.
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|Gender = Male
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|Birth = September 24, 1948
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|Death = {{deathdate|1998|5|28|1948|9|24}}
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|Nationality = Canadian
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|Claim to Fame = Actor<br>Comedian
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|Character = See below
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|Appearance = "[[Bart Gets Hit By a Car]]"
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== Early life ==
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'''Phil Hartman''' (September 24, 1948 - May 28, 1998) was a Canadian born American actor and comedian. He was a recurring guest star on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', frequently voicing [[Lionel Hutz]] and [[Troy McClure]]. His characters were retired after his death in 1998.
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Born as Philip Edward Hartmann, he was born in Brantford, Ontario on September 24, 1948. He was one of eight children to Roman Catholics Doris and Rupert Hartmann. Rupert was a building material salesman. When Hartman was ten, his family immigrated to Connecticut, United States before moving to the West Coast, where he attended Westchester High School. They gained American citizenship in 1990. He went on to study art at Santa Monica City College, but dropped out in 1969 to become a roadie for a rock band. He went on to studying graphic arts at California State University, Northridge in 1972. While there, he created his own graphics arts business and created over 40 album covers. He had his first television appearance in 1979 on ''The Dating Game''. While working alone, he amused himself with "flights of voice fantasies". He started to develop his talent by attending evening comedy classes.
 
  
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== Career ==
 
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=== Early career and Pee-wee Herman ===
 
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He joined the improvastional comedy group The Groundlings in 1975 - while watching one of their performances and impulsively climbed on stage and joined in with the cast. He met Paul Reubens, and began collaborating with him. They created Pee-wee Herman, and developed the stage show, which also aired on HBO, ''The Pee-wee Herman Show''. In the show, Hartman played Captain Carl, as well as in the children's show ''Pee-wee's Playhouse''. He also co-wrote Pee-wee's Big Adventure, a film based on the character. He had a cameo as a news reporter. At this moment in time, Hartman considered quitting the acting business, due to limited opportunities. ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' opened up new new possibillites for Hartman. After a creative fallout with Reubens, Hartman left Pee-wee Herman to pursue other roles.
 
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During his time working on Pee-wee Herman, he had a number of voice-over roles, including shows such as ''The Smurfs, Challenge of GoBots and The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo''. He also voice Henry Mitchell and George Wilson in ''Dennis the Menace'' as well as providing voice-over for advertisements.
 
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=== ''Saturday Night Live'' ===
 
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In 1986, Hartman joined ''Saturday Night Live'', as part of the cast and writing staff. He was known backstage as "the Glue". He was there for eight seasons, and became known for his impressions of over 70 characters including Frank Sinatra, [[Barbara Bush]], Ronald Reagan and Ed McMahon. He was nominated for three Emmy's while on the show, and won one in 1989 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program.
 
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His most famous and last impression on the show was [[Bill Clinton]]; he also did this on ''The Tonight Show''. Later, in 1993, he met Clinton and said "I guess I owe you a few apologies", but Clinton showed good humor, a sent him a signed photo with "You're not the president, but you play one on TV. And you're OK, mostly." One of his most famous sketches as Clinton involved him visiting a McDonald's and explaining his policies by eating customers' food, namely explaining US intervention in Somalia as he explains how international food aid is ineffective to Somalia as it keeps getting intercepted by warlords. Clinton, pretending to be a warlord, takes bites out of McDonald's food. Hartman then explained that American troops would protect food shipments so it reaches the people who need it (but then takes one more bite of a cheeseburger).
 
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Hartman left SNL in 1994, after almost all his co-stars left. He planned to leave in 1991, but was convinced to stay to raise his profile, and NBC persuaded him to stay by promising him his own show called ''The Phil Show''. He planned to "reinvent the variety form" with "a hybrid, very fast-paced, high energy [show] with sketches, impersonations, pet acts, and performers showcasing their talents." The show was scrapped, as variety shows were too unpopular. He later revealed he was glad the show had been scrapped, because as executive producer and head writer he "would've been sweatin' blood each week trying to make it work."
 
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Instead Hartman joined the cast of NBC's new sitcom ''NewsRadio'', playing the smarmy anchor Bill McNeal. He received an Emmy nomination for the role and remained on the show until his death. Hartman also appeared in numerous films including ''Jingle All the Way'', ''Sgt. Bilko'' and ''Houseguest''. Another show Hartman had a guest role on was ''Third Rock from the Sun''. He had starred on the final episode of the 1996-1997 season where he kidnaps one of the main characters which was supposed to be resolved in a cliffhanger, but his death made it impossible. As a result, the producers scrapped the season finale and reshot it with another plot. Phil Hartman's final movie was ''Small Soldiers'', directed by Joe Dante. The film debuted after Hartman's death and a post-credits blooper reel was done dedicated in his memory.
 
  
 
== Work on ''The Simpsons'' ==
 
== Work on ''The Simpsons'' ==
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===Episodes===
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=== Episodes ===
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*[[Bart Gets Hit By a Car]] as [[Lionel Hutz]]
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*{{ep|Bart Gets Hit By a Car|as [[Lionel Hutz]]}}
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*[[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8'th Commandment]] as Troy McClure, the Cable Guy and [[Moses]]
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*{{ep|Homer vs. Lisa and the 8'th Commandment|as Troy McClure, the Cable Guy and [[Moses]]}}
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*Old Money as Lionel Hutz and Plato
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*{{ep|Old Money|as Lionel Hutz and Plato}}
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*[[Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk|Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk as]] [[Horst]]
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*{{ep|Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk|Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk|as [[Horst]]}}
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*[[Marge vs. the Monorail]] as [[Lyle Lanley]]
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*{{ep|Marge vs. the Monorail|as [[Lyle Lanley]]}}
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*[[Brother From the Same Planet]] as [[Tom]]
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*{{ep|Brother From the Same Planet|as [[Tom]]}}
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*[[Marge in Chains]] as [[Lionel Hutz]]
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*{{ep|Marge in Chains|as [[Lionel Hutz]]}}
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*[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]] as [[Troy McClure]]
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*{{ep|The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular|as [[Troy McClure]]}}
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*[[A Fish Called Selma]] as [[Troy McClure]]
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*{{ep|A Fish Called Selma|as [[Troy McClure]]}}
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*[[The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]] as [[Troy McClure]]
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*{{ep|The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase|as [[Troy McClure]]}}
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*[[Realty Bites]] as [[Lionel Hutz]] (final appearance)
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*{{ep|ealty Bites]] as [[Lionel Hutz]] (final appearance)}}
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*[[All Singing, All Dancing]] as [[Lyle Lanley]]
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*{{ep|All Singing, All Dancing|as [[Lyle Lanley]]}}
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*[[Bart the Mother]] as [[Troy McClure]] (final appearance)
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*{{ep|Bart the Mother|as [[Troy McClure]] (final appearance)}}
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"[[Realty Bites]]" was Hartman's last apppearance as Lionel Hutz. "[[Bart the Mother]]" was his last appearance as Troy McClure and his last appearance in the show, which aired posthumously.
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"[[Realty Bites]]" was Hartman's last appearance as Lionel Hutz. "[[Bart the Mother]]" was his last appearance as Troy McClure and his last appearance in the show, which aired posthumously.
  
 
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Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 - May 28, 1998) was a Canadian born American actor and comedian. He was a recurring guest star on The Simpsons, frequently voicing Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure. His characters were retired after his death in 1998.


Work on The Simpsons

Episodes

Characters

"Realty Bites" was Hartman's last appearance as Lionel Hutz. "Bart the Mother" was his last appearance as Troy McClure and his last appearance in the show, which aired posthumously.

Death

Hartman was murdered by his third wife Brynn on May 28, 1998 at the age of 49. He was deeply mourned by many people after his death.

External links



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