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Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:23 am to 632627
The amount of responses that seem to only think of more modern actors is crazy.
Guess they don't know about or forgot about the likes of:
Buster Keaton
Harold Lloyd
Bob Hope
Jack Lemmon
Cary Grant
Carole Lombard
Charlie Chaplin
Lucille Ball
Guess they don't know about or forgot about the likes of:
Buster Keaton
Harold Lloyd
Bob Hope
Jack Lemmon
Cary Grant
Carole Lombard
Charlie Chaplin
Lucille Ball
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:36 am to 632627
My top 5
Eddie Murphy
John Candy
Eugene Levy
Jim Carrey
Adam Sandler
Eddie Murphy
John Candy
Eugene Levy
Jim Carrey
Adam Sandler
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:36 am to gumbo2176
Leslie Nielsen
John Candy
John Candy
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:20 am to gumbo2176
Another older guy that hasn't been named is Johnathon Winters.
Him on with Johnny Carson YouTube
More of him on Carson
Don Knotts should also be considered.
Him on with Johnny Carson YouTube
More of him on Carson
Don Knotts should also be considered.
This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 8:32 am
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:40 am to chinese58
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Another older guy that hasn't been named is Johnathon Winters.
He was one of the first guys that relied more on adlibbing his lines than going strictly by a script.
I remember an interview with members of the cast of "Mork & Mindy" who said when he and Robin Williams were on the show together, they pretty much threw out the script and adlibbed their scenes, making it hard for the rest of the cast to keep up.
I liked Don Knotts, but in truth he pretty much played the same character in the many movies he made after his gig on "The Andy Griffith Show" where his Deputy Barney Fife was a hit and gave him the opportunity to branch out.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:43 am to 632627
Charlie Chaplin, Groucho Marx, Peter Sellers, W.C. Fields, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Chris Farley, and Phil Hartman is the one everyone is forgetting.
What is Robin Williams funniest role? Mrs. Doubtfire? That's one. The rest just aren't that funny. He was a surprisingly good dramatic actor though.
What is Robin Williams funniest role? Mrs. Doubtfire? That's one. The rest just aren't that funny. He was a surprisingly good dramatic actor though.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:52 am to 632627
Lou Costello
Posted on 10/22/25 at 8:54 am to rebelrouser
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What is Robin Williams funniest role? Mrs. Doubtfire? That's one. The rest just aren't that funny. He was a surprisingly good dramatic actor though.
Genie if you count voice acting, which should be considered since most of the big names have done it.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 9:08 am to 632627
I’d add Peter Sellers (“ Dr Strangelove”,
“The Party”).
“The Party”).
Posted on 10/22/25 at 9:47 am to 632627
Two pages in and no mention of Chevy Chase?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 10:16 am to 632627
really hard to do 5
Steve Martin
Bill Murray
Will Farrell
Robin Williams
Eddie Murphy
Steve Martin
Bill Murray
Will Farrell
Robin Williams
Eddie Murphy
Posted on 10/22/25 at 10:36 am to Johnpettigrew
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John Cleese
Thank you. I had to scroll way too long to see his name.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 10:57 am to Adam Banks
What about Bob?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 11:06 am to 632627
Posted on 10/22/25 at 11:13 am to 632627
Robin Williams was great and a force of nature. I agree that John Candy, role-for-role was simply outstanding in every way. Eddie Murphy maybe the best crossover from standup to comedic acting (although Robin Williams was also, sort of, a stand up first as well).
Jim Carrey one of the best physical comedians of the modern era (easily besting Chevy).
??? (one of these is not like the others -
)
Most of your choices are clustered around a specific era and Bill Murray is as good as any of them in the television/film context. Farley? Belushi? Are they better than Candy? Maybe not. Are they as good at what they did as he was? I think so.
Steve Martin. Billy Crystal. Gene Wilder. All these are in the conversation. Just the pairing of Wilder and Pryor (again, Pryor may not be "better" than Eddie Murphy, but certainly in the same league) was legendary.
Anyway, you're sleeping on the giants of the past. Setting aside the silent screen legends (which I include Chaplin, although he of the 3 giants did crossover), Groucho was almost a brand unto himself. Cary Grant was brilliant - some of the best comedic timing and instincts in any actor with leading man good looks. And, of course, Jack Lemmon, probably the best comedic "character" actor of the transitional period (from Golden Age to modern cinema).
Jim Carrey one of the best physical comedians of the modern era (easily besting Chevy).
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Mike meyers
??? (one of these is not like the others -
) Most of your choices are clustered around a specific era and Bill Murray is as good as any of them in the television/film context. Farley? Belushi? Are they better than Candy? Maybe not. Are they as good at what they did as he was? I think so.
Steve Martin. Billy Crystal. Gene Wilder. All these are in the conversation. Just the pairing of Wilder and Pryor (again, Pryor may not be "better" than Eddie Murphy, but certainly in the same league) was legendary.
Anyway, you're sleeping on the giants of the past. Setting aside the silent screen legends (which I include Chaplin, although he of the 3 giants did crossover), Groucho was almost a brand unto himself. Cary Grant was brilliant - some of the best comedic timing and instincts in any actor with leading man good looks. And, of course, Jack Lemmon, probably the best comedic "character" actor of the transitional period (from Golden Age to modern cinema).
Posted on 10/22/25 at 11:33 am to 632627
Peter Sellers
Steve Martin
John Candy
Bill Murray
Cary Grant
Steve Martin
John Candy
Bill Murray
Cary Grant
Posted on 10/22/25 at 12:33 pm to udtiger
quote:
Peter Sellers
Steve Martin
John Candy
Bill Murray
quote:
Cary Grant
Over Jerry Lewis or Peter Sellers?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 1:06 pm to 632627
He's not a comedian but I always thought Carey Grant was excellent in comedies. Would that make him a comedic actor?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 1:15 pm to 632627
Williams
Carrey
Tim Conway
Jim Varney
Mel Brooks
Carrey
Tim Conway
Jim Varney
Mel Brooks
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