Karl Mayer is a fictional character portrayed by Richard Burgi and created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry for the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. He is the ex-husband of housewife Susan Mayer, and the father of Julie Mayer, as well as a successful practitioner of family law. The character is also romantically involved in the series with two of other housewives: Edie Brittand Bree Van de Kamp...
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