Thomas Blaine Mullica (August 19, 1948 – February 18, 2016) was an American comedy magician, impressionist and actor who performed on television specials and appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, The World's Greatest Magic, Viva Variety and Penn & Teller's Sin City.

Mullica appeared on Late Night with David Letterman,[1] where he performed his signature effect of the manipulation and vanishing of several cigarettes in his mouth.

[citation needed] On his seventh birthday, his mother bought him a "Sneaky Pete Magic Kit" for Christmas.

At the same year, he won the Siegfried & Roy Golden Lion Award at the Magic Desert Seminar in Las Vegas.

[8] On February 15, 2016, Mullica was placed in an induced coma following complications stemming from a routine hernia operation, which caused him to have several strokes.