struck. his older brother was killed in a car crash when marty was only 12. both of his parents would pass before marty would turn 21. as martin short said himself, you can either be a victim or be empowered so he chose to be empowered. in 1972 rksz he ended up in this small canadian production. check out the kids that were in this, eugene levy, gilda radner, victor garber, dave thomas and nancy dolman, marty s future wife. marty continued to hone his performance skills in short-lived american sitcoms like i m a big girl now and the associates and in 1928 he got his dream job, invited to join the cast of sctv where he met his iconic characters such blorks brock, jack kie robbin j