September 12, 2016

Are These The Top 10 Comedy Actors of All Time?


                                                                    



This is a good inter-generational list.
I would have included this: one of the funniest and cleverest comedy scenes has got to be "Who's On First" by Abbott and Costello.
There are so many!

I also think this scenario from "Some Like It Hot" rates quite highly as this movie usually rates as one of the best comedies ever made:

                                                                
I think Laurel and Hardy deserve a mention also:
                                                                          

             
                                                                      
Here are some others from the clip above:

                                                             


                                                                       
For this list, we're scouring Hollywood history to find the funniest comedic actors who ever graced a screen.

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Below:Charlie Chaplin as portrayed quite brilliantly by Robert Downey Jnr:                                                               
                                                                       



Above: Charlie Chaplin with Albert Einstein.      

                                                                           
 
                                                                     



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