The actor who played the father on the 1970s comedy series "MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN," has died. Philip Bruns was 80.Spokesman Joseph Armillas says Bruns died Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes.
Bruns appeared on two seasons of MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN, playing Mary's father on the soap-opera parody (pictured here with Dody Goodman). He also spent three years with Jackie Gleason on his comedy-variety show in the mid-1960s.