Biographic - Sunday February 8, 2009 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Steve Martin Born in Waco, Texas on August 14, 1945, in Los Angeles, Steve Martin was only 10 years old when he landed a part-time job at Disneyland selling guidebooks and Mouseketeer ears. By the age of 15 he was an accomplished magician, working at the theme park performing magic tricks, making balloon animals, juggling, and playing the banjo. He went on to major in philosophy at college, studying symbolic logic by day and performing in clubs at night. Showbiz won out when he was hired as a writer on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" in 1967. The writing team was rewarded with an Emmy in 1969, and Steve found himself writing and appearing onscreen for "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" and "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour." By the early 1970s, Steve was working as a stand-up comic, opening for rock bands and headlining comedy clubs. He became a tv fixture, appearing frequently on "Saturday Night Live" and "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson." In 1977, he grossed a million dollars for a 50-city tour, and his comedy albums- such as "Let's Get Small" and "A Wild And Crazy Guy" were million-selling, grammy-winning hits. He made his feature film debut in "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" opposite Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees, before co-writing and starring in 1979's "The Jerk" which was a box-office smash, over the next decade, thanks to his such as "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" "The Man With Two Brains" "Three Amigos!" "Roxanne" "Planes, Trains, and Automobile" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." he became one of Hollywood's biggest box-office stars. The 1990s saw him star in the hugely successful "Father of The Bride" movies, while the 2000's have seen him star in the "Cheaper By the Dozen" movies and make two appearences as the bumbling Clouseau in "The Pink Panther" and its sequel. Comedian, writer, producer, actor, playwright, musician and composer, winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, he is also a renowed collector of modern art.

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