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Physical comedy
Physical comedy, also known as slapstick is a comedic performance relying mostly on the use of the body to convey humour.
Whether a pratfall (i.e. landing on the buttocks), a silly face, or by walking into walls, physical comedy (even used to entertain small children) is a common and rarely subtle...
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director, singer and humanitarian. He is best-known for his slapstick humor in stage, screen, television, radio, recording and is also known for his...
Date of birth:
- Mar 16, 1926 (age 83 years)
Robin Williams
Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21, 1951) is an American actor and comedian.
Rising to fame with his role as the alien Mork in the TV series Mork and Mindy, and later stand up comedy work, Williams has performed in many feature films since 1980....
Date of birth:
- Jul 21, 1951 (age 58 years)
Oliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted over 31 years, from 1926 to 1957. Hardy...
Date of birth:
- Jan 18, 1892
Date of death:
- Aug 7, 1957 (age 65 years)
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor and stand-up comedian. Carrey is best known for his performances as multiple characters in the sketch comedy show In Living Color, as the title character in Ace Ventura:...
Date of birth:
- Jan 17, 1962 (age 47 years)
Chris Farley
Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. Farley was a member of Chicago's The Second City Theatre and the cast of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He also starred in...
Date of birth:
- Feb 15, 1964
Date of death:
- Dec 18, 1997 (age 33 years)
Matthew Perry
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is an American-Canadian actor who played Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom Friends for ten years between 1994 and 2004, earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2002. He was nominated for a Golden...
Date of birth:
- Aug 19, 1969 (age 40 years)
Don Knotts
Jesse Donald "Don" Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of Barney Fife on the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, a role which earned him five Emmy Awards. He also played...
Date of birth:
- Jul 21, 1924
Date of death:
- Feb 24, 2006 (age 81 years)
Moe Howard
Moe Howard (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975) was an American comedian best known as the leader of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades. His distinctive hairstyle came about when he was a...
Date of birth:
- Jun 19, 1897
Date of death:
- May 4, 1975 (age 77 years)
Larry Fine
Larry Fine (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975) was an American comedian and actor, who is best-known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges.
Fine was born to a Jewish family as Louis Feinberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the corner of...
Date of birth:
- Oct 5, 1902
Date of death:
- Jan 24, 1975 (age 72 years)
Samuel Howard
Shemp Howard (March 4, 1895 – November 22, 1955) was an American comedian best known as a part of the Three Stooges comedy team. Born Samuel Horwitz, he was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out that way in his mother's thick Litvak accent. He was...
Date of birth:
- Mar 4, 1895
Date of death:
- Nov 22, 1955 (age 60 years)
Soupy Sales
Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009) was an American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; a series of comedy...
Date of birth:
- Jan 28, 1926
Date of death:
- Oct 22, 2009 (age 83 years)
Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor, writer and director, famous as the first half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy, whose career stretched from the silent films of the...
Date of birth:
- Jun 16, 1890
Date of death:
- Feb 23, 1965 (age 74 years)
Curly Howard
Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz (October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian, best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with...
Date of birth:
- Oct 22, 1903
Date of death:
- Jan 18, 1952 (age 48 years)
Kathy Greenwood
Kathryn "Kathy" Greenwood (born March 21, 1962) is a Canadian actress and comedienne. She appeared on the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? numerous times, and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series Wind at My Back....
Date of birth:
- Mar 21, 1962 (age 47 years)
Ken Berry
Kenneth Ronald "Ken" Berry (born November 3, 1933) is an American dancer, comedic actor, and singer. Like Buddy Ebsen and Dan Dailey, Berry began on stage as a dancer and later starred in 1960s television sitcoms.
Berry was born in Moline, Illinois....
Date of birth:
- Nov 3, 1933 (age 76 years)
Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host and comedian. He is the host of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, a late-night talk show that airs Monday through Friday on NBC. Before The Tonight Show, O'Brien was...
Date of birth:
- Apr 18, 1963 (age 46 years)
