Editing Martin Short (section)

=== 1986–1999: Film roles and Broadway debut ===
In addition to his work on ''SCTV'' and ''SNL'', Short has starred in several television specials and series of his own. In 1985, Short starred in the one-hour Showtime special ''Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas''.<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/474984/martin-short-concert-for-the-north-americas "Martin Short Concert For the North Americas"] tcm.com, accessed August 26, 2013</ref> This was Short's first live concert, interspersed with studio sketches and a wraparound featuring Jackie Rogers Jr. Co-produced by the CBC, this aired as ''The Martin Short Comedy Special'' in Canada in March 1986. In 1989, Short headlined another one-hour comedy special, this time for HBO, ''I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood'', Short's classic send-up of all things Hollywood. It featured many of his characters including Ed Grimley and Jackie Rogers Jr.<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/466933/i-martin-short-goes-hollywood "I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood"]  tcm.com, accessed August 26, 2013</ref>

After doing sketch comedy for several years, Short starred in ''[[Three Amigos]]'' (1986), ''[[Innerspace]]'' (1987), ''[[The Big Picture (1989 film)|The Big Picture]]'' (1989), ''[[Captain Ron]]'' (1992) and ''[[Clifford (film)|Clifford]]'' (1994).  He starred in ''[[Three Fugitives]]'' (1989), directed by [[Francis Veber]], with [[Nick Nolte]] and [[James Earl Jones]]; he was the memorable scene-stealing character "Franck" in the 1991 remake of ''[[Father of the Bride (1991 film)|Father of the Bride]]'' and [[Father of the Bride Part II|its sequel]]; and in ''[[Pure Luck]]'' (1991), directed by [[Nadia Tass]], with [[Danny Glover]] and [[Sheila Kelley (American actress)|Sheila Kelley]].<ref name=films>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131008025128/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/65439/Martin-Short/filmography "Martin Short Filmography"] movies.nytimes.com, accessed August 25, 2013</ref>

Short resumed work in the theatre, playing a lead role in the 1993 musical version of the [[Neil Simon]] film ''[[The Goodbye Girl (musical)|The Goodbye Girl]]'', on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], receiving a [[Tony Award]] nomination and an [[Outer Critics Circle Award]].<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4706 'The Goodbye Girl'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124190041/http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=4706 |date=November 24, 2010 }} [[Internet Broadway Database]], retrieved May 21, 2010</ref><ref>Rich, Frank.[http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9F0CE1DE1139F936A35750C0A965958260 "Review/Theater; How Far Two Good Sports Will Go"], ''The New York Times'', March 5, 1993</ref><ref name=vault>[http://www.playbill.com/person/martin-short-vault-0000026970 "Martin Short Broadway Credits and Awards"] playbillvault.com, accessed November 6, 2016</ref> He had the lead role in the 1999 Broadway revival of the musical ''[[Little Me (musical)|Little Me]]'', for which he received a [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Tony Award]] and another Outer Critics Circle Award.<ref>Haun, Harry.[http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64810-Little-Me-Gives-Martin-Short-His-3rd-Neil-Simon-Role "Little Me Gives Martin Short His 3rd Neil Simon Role"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171240/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64810-Little-Me-Gives-Martin-Short-His-3rd-Neil-Simon-Role |date=October 21, 2012 }} playbill.com, September 14, 1998</ref><ref>McGrath, Sean.[https://archive.today/20140908131125/http://staging.playbill.com/news/article/45967-1999-Tony-Winner-Martin-Short-Leading-Actor-Musical-Little-Me "1999 Tony Winner: Martin Short (Leading Actor, Musical, Little Me)"] playbill.com, June 6, 1999</ref><ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4871 'Little Me'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125105956/http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=4871 |date=November 25, 2010 }} [[Internet Broadway Database]], retrieved May 21, 2010</ref>

In 1996, he appeared in [[Tim Burton]]'s sci-fi comedy ''[[Mars Attacks!]]''<ref name=films/> as lascivious Press Secretary Jerry Ross. In 1997, he starred in ''[[A Simple Wish]]'' as male fairy godmother Murray. In 1997, he appeared as Wall Street broker Richard Kempster in ''[[Jungle 2 Jungle]]'', with [[Tim Allen]].<ref>Deming, Mark. [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/jungle-film-review.html " 'Jungle 2 Jungle' Review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028185715/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/jungle-film-review.html |date=October 28, 2021 }} ''The New York Times'' archive, accessed October 28, 2021</ref> In 1999, he appeared as Lionel Dillard in [[Lawrence Kasdan]]'s comedy-drama ''[[Mumford (film)|Mumford]]''. Short has had three television shows called ''The Martin Short Show'', including a sitcom, ''[[The Martin Short Show (1994 TV series)|The Martin Short Show]]'', 1994; a sketch comedy show, ''The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show'', 1995; and a syndicated talk show ''[[The Martin Short Show]]'', which ran from 1999 to 2000.<ref name=yahoo>[https://movies.yahoo.com/person/martin-short/biography.html%2B%22The+Martin+Short+Show%22+1984+%22Martin+Short%22 "Martin Short Biography"] movies.yahoo.com (googleusercontent.com), accessed August 26, 2013</ref>