100 Greatest Comedic Actors/Actresses

Criteria: - These are the greatest actors in comedy based on
wit, talent, influence, and mainly on how funny they are.

Edited By: Lew
Last Updated: 06-26-08

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1. Peter Sellers
2. Groucho Marx
3. Richard Pryor
4. Woody Allen
5. Jerry Lewis
6. Robin Williams
7. Bob Hope
8. W.C. Fields
9. Steve Martin
10. Eddie Murphy
11. Jim Carrey
12. Gene Wilder
13. John Belushi
14. Dudley Moore
15. Danny Kaye
16. Walter Matthau
17. Jack Lemmon
18. Leslie Neilson
19. Bill Murray
20. Rodney Dangerfield
21. Lucille Ball
22. Mel Brooks
23. Milton Berle
24. Sid Ceasar
25. Red Skeleton
26. Lou Costello
27. Stan Laurel
28. Johnathan Winters
29. Harpo Marx
30. Don Knotts
31. Tim Conway
32. Art Carney
33. Jack Benny
34. Mike Myers
35. Eric Idle
36. Chevy Chase
37. Andy Kauffman
38. Carol Burnett
39. Curly Howard (3 Stooges)
40. Dick Van Dyke
41. John Candy
42. Bud Abbott
43. Martin Short
44. John Cleese
45. Bill Cosby
46. Rowan Atkinson
47. Oliver Hardy
48. Ben Stiller
49. Billy Crystal
50. Will Smith
51. Madeline Kahn
52. George Burns
53. Adam Sandler
54. Dan Akroyd
55. Christopher Lloyd
56. Will Ferrell
57. Roberto Benigni
58. Imogene Coca
59. Micheal Keaton
60. Albert Brooks
61. Bob Newhart
62. Goldie Hawn
63. John Goodman
64. Tim Allen
65. Lily Tomlin
66. Nathan Lane
67. Chico Marx
68. Chris Rock
69. Whoopie Goldberg
70. Graham Chapman
71. Eugene Levy
72. Tim Curry
73. Marty Feldman
74. Jim Varney
75. George Carlin
76. Martin Lawrence
77. Damon Wayons
78. Rick Moranis
79. Dana Carvey
80. Tommy Chong
81. Cheech Marin
82. Charles Grodin
83. Tom Hanks
84. David Spade
85. Larry Fine (3 Stooges)
86. Donald O'Connor
87. Micheal J. Fox
88. Chris Tucker
89. Chris Farley
90. Owen Wilson
91. Percy Kilbride (Pa Kettle)
92. Randy Quaid
93. Charlie Sheen
94. Danny DeVito
95. Catherine O'Hara
96. Micheal Palin
97. Moe Howard (3 Stooges)
98. Peter Cook
99. Ryan Reynolds
100. Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman)

Laurel & Hardy for number one! They are the unbeatable kings of comedy.

This has potential to be a great list but it needs some SERIOUS work. I may attempt to come up with my own version.

And how in the HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELL is Charlie Chaplin not on this list? And NOT number 1? No Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd or Fatty Arbuckle either?

No love for the silent era Lew? I mean wtf.

for some reason they were on a separate list.


and yet again, just as the lyricists list and the actresses list, this was initially a huge failure from the teenage pave. thankfully Lew did a lot of work to make it better. but yeah it still has some work to do.

Of course Keaton should only be here for historical significance, he was a talentless hack.

All he does is slip on banana peels and make funny faces.

Suggestions:
100 Greatest Comedic Actors
1. Peter Sellers
2. Groucho Marx
3. Jim Carrey
4. Woody Allen
5. Charlie Chaplin
6. Robin Williams
7. Bill Murray
8. Steve Martin
9. Buster Keaton
10. Eddie Murphy
11. W.C. Fields
12. Jerry Lewis
13. John Belushi
14. Gene Wilder
15. Richard Pryor
16. Jack Lemmon
17. Bob Hope
18. Dudley Moore
19. Mel Brooks
20. Stan Laurel
21. Harpo Marx
22. John Cleese
23. Billy Crystal
24. Bill Cosby
25. Will Ferrell
26. John Candy
27. Mike Myers
28. Jonathan Winters
29. Martin Short
30. Milton Berle
31. Jack Benny
32. Walter Matthau
33. Leslie Nielsen
34. Danny Kaye
35. Sid Caesar
36. Harold Lloyd
37. Rodney Dangerfield
38. Ben Stiller
39. Albert Brooks
40. Lou Costello
41. Red Skelton
42. Chico Marx
43. Roberto Benigni
44. Bob Newhart
45. Chevy Chase
46. Don Knotts
47. Tim Conway
48. Tom Hanks
49. Art Carney
50. Rowan Atkinson
51. Eric Idle
52. Max Linder
53. Andy Kauffman
*54. Jackie Gleason
55. George Burns
56. Curly Howard
57. Micheal Palin
*58. Cary Grant
*59. Carl Reiner
60. Owen Wilson
61. Dick Van Dyke
*62. Don Rickles
63. Bud Abbott
64. Adam Sandler
*65. Mel Gibson
*66. Jerry Seinfeld
67. George Carlin
68. Tim Allen
*69. Hugh Grant
70. Harry Langdon
*71. Christopher Guest
*72. Dean Martin
73. Oliver Hardy
*74. William Powell
*75. Fred Willard
76. Dana Carvey
*77. Robert Smigel
*78. Greg Kinnear
79. Will Smith
80. Dan Akroyd
81. Christopher Lloyd
82. Roscoe Arbuckle
*83. Nicolas Cage
84. Micheal Keaton
*85. Michael Douglas
86. John Goodman
*87. Johnny Depp
*88. Norm MacDonald
89. Nathan Lane
90. Chris Rock
91. Graham Chapman
92. Eugene Levy
93. Tim Curry
94. Marty Feldman
*95. Sacha Baron Cohen
96. Jim Varney
97. Martin Lawrence
98. Larry Semon
*99. Kevin Kline
100. Damon Wayons

Dropped from list: Rick Moranis, Chris Farley, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Charles Grodin, David Spade, Larry Fine, Donald O'Connor, Michael J. Fox, Chris Tucker, Percy Kilbride, Randy Quaid, Charlie Sheen, Danny DeVito, Moe Howard, Peter Cook, Ryan Reynolds, Paul Reubens
Left out: John Cusack, Ricky Gervais, Steve Carell, Seth Rogen, Zach Galifianakis, Kevin James, Kevin Costner, Will Rogers, Garry Shandling, Gilbert Gottfried, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Cagney, Fred Astaire, Alec Baldwin, Dustin Hoffman

100 Greatest Comedic Actresses
1. Lucille Ball
2. Carol Burnett
3. Katharine Hepburn
4. Meryl Streep
5. Madeline Kahn
6. Lily Tomlin
7. Catherine O'Hara
8. Barbra Streisand
9. Audrey Hepburn
10. Ginger Rogers
11. Meg Ryan
12. Diane Keaton
13. Julia Roberts
14. Goldie Hawn
15. Barbara Stanwyck
16. Renee Zellweger
17. Jennifer Aniston
18. Reese Witherspoon
19. Catherine Zeta-Jones
20. Emma Thompson
21. Mia Farrow
22. Whoopie Goldberg
23. Catherine Keener
24. Shirley MacLaine
25. Jamie Lee Curtis
26. Maggie Gyllenhaal
27. Rene Russo
28. Gwyneth Paltrow
29. Anjelica Huston
30. Cameron Diaz
31. Marisa Tomei
32. Sarah Jessica Parker
33. Andie MacDowell
34. Dianne Wiest
35. Kathleen Turner
36. Sandra Bullock
37. Geena Davis
38. Tina Fey
39. Laura Linney
40. Marilyn Monroe
41. Doris Day
42. Helena Bonham Carter
43. Annette Bening
44. Phyllis Diller
45. Helen Mirren
46. Bonnie Hunt
47. Sarah Silverman
48. Sigourney Weaver
49. Toni Collette
50. Mabel Normand
51. Gilda Radner
52. Carole Lombard
53. Imogene Coca
54. Glenn Close
55. Joan Rivers
56. Roseanne Barr
57. Ellen DeGeneres
58. Janeane Garofalo
59. Bette Midler
60. Scarlett Johansson
61. Mary Tyler Moore
62. Susan Sarandon
63. Mae West
64. Brenda Blethyn
65. Bea Arthur
66. Julianne Moore
67. Rosalind Russell
68. Claudette Colbert
69. Liza Minnelli
70. Betty White
71. Candice Bergen
72. Jean Stapleton
73. Elaine May
74. Tracey Ullman
75. Judy Holliday
76. Melanie Griffith
77. Maggie Smith
78. Kathy Bates
79. Angela Lansbury
80. Emma Stone
81. Jane Fonda
82. Christina Ricci
83. Sally Field
84. Jill Clayburgh
85. Bernadette Peters
86. Cloris Leachman
87. Shelley Long
88. Ellen Page
89. Holly Hunter
90. Rosanna Arquette
91. Myrna Loy
92. Jean Arthur
93. Kirsten Dunst
94. Drew Barrymore
95. Hope Davis
96. Judy Davis
97. Téa Leoni
98. Parker Posey
99. Joan Cusack
100. Patricia Clarkson

Left out: Allison Janney, Joan Blondell, Katie Holmes, Patricia Arquette, Queen Latifah, Sandra Oh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lisa Kudrow, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Wanda Sykes, Maya Rudolph, Elizabeth Banks, Kirstie Alley, Margaret Dumont, Ruth Gordon, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Holland Taylor, Jane Curtin, Zooey Deschanel

Michael J. Fox ahead of Chris Farley?

Will Ferrell at #56? Tim Allen at #64?

No Peter Boyle? Obviously someone hasn't seen "Everybody Loves Raymond".