Favourite British comedy actors/actresses

[deckard]

Hi all! Who's your favourite British comedy actor or actress? I don't mean a comedian/dienne who's appeared in films, but a genuinely funny actor. It might be interesting to see where the line's drawn between the two, i.e. the great Will Hay, comedy actor or comedian? I would most certainly say comedy actor, any way see what you think.....Be happy!.....Decks. :)

[ollie]

Sid james,

kenneth williams,

charles haughtry,

terry scott,

peter sellars

terry thomas





joan sims

hattie jaques

irene handal

hilder baker

june whitfield



Two of my very fav's Harry h corbett,Wilfred bramble,also Tony hancock,is he the line you are talking about decks,he wasn't very good at learning his lines but he was funny STILL is,read somewhere about how galton and simpson where amazed by corbett and bramble professonalism after working with Hancock who sometimes had to work from cue cards.

carry on larffing

cheers Ollie

[pictureshow]

Alastair Sim without a doubt. A wonderful comedy actor. The Green Man is a particular favourite.



Donald



http://pictureshow.users.btopenworld.com/

[MrDrakesDuck]

Argh! shocked2



Mod you sod!



I meant delete the second one which had been a double post, not my post with the all the actors in!

[MrDrakesDuck]

Noel Purcell

Miles Malleson

Kenneth Connor

James Roberstson Justice

Leslie Phillips

David Kossoff

Robert Morley

George Cole

Graham Stark





Margaret Rutherford

Peggy Mount

Thora Hird

Esma Cannon



(you can see the last three together on cracking form in 'Sailor Beware' )

[Gibbie]

You are right about Corbett and Bramble, Ollie.



To add to your list from another angle...



My ambient humour list:



Peter Ustinov - The great humourist.

Wilfred Hyde-White - My dad took me to see him on stage in the West End when I was young (Rolls hyphen Royce). He is classic subtle humour.

George Sanders - favourite line - "all right you will have your cookies" (Foreign Correspondent)



Maggie Smith - The actress with zenith talent

Glynis Johns - Sweet and funny

Diana Rigg - Shakespearean wit and Emma Peeler



Two veteran actors who have ambient humour are John Mills and Michael Caine.



Two contemporary men who have great ambient comic potential are Ewan McGregor and Pete Postlethwaite.



Two contemporary women who have great ambient comic potential are Kate Winslet and Tara Fitzgerald.



The contagious clowns:

Dudley Moore

John Cleese



And, don't forget Wallace & Gromit. wink

[The_Late_Peter_Cook]

Both James Robertson Justice and Alastair Sim are firm favourites with me.



I'd add to the list of comic actors:



Leslie Phillips

Sid James

Cecil Parker

Ian Carmichael

Lionel Jefferies

[DB7]

I'll add Liz Frazer to the aforementioned.

[deckard]

I agree with those aforementioned, for instance John Cleese, now personally I think "The Life Of Brian" is a positively hilarious film,but are the Python team comic actors or comedians? They sort of cross the line I feel,starting out as college wags, moving onto T.V.,writing and performing sketches then into film as well as doing live stand-up. I suppose in the end it doesn't really matter as long as they're funny! So that said I'd like to add Michael Palin. :)

[DB7]

MrDrakesDuck:

I meant delete the second one which had been a double post, not my post with the all the actors in!

Oops doh



Can't explain that unless Steve read your request at the same moment and deleted one of the double-posts. blush

[Steve Crook]

DB7:

Oops doh



Can't explain that unless Steve read your request at the same moment and deleted one of the double-posts. blush

Not me guv. I didn't even see the request



Steve

[Freddy]

How about Michael Caine, for



Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Little Voice

Without a Clue



regards

Freddy

[DB7]

The very dry Dennis Price.

[deckard]

DB7:

The very dry Dennis Price.

Talking about dry, anyone remember(I think it was )Robin Bailey in the Cockburns adverts? I thought he was very dry and funny when he replied to the Russian captain's question "then I come from Moscock?" ...." yes I think you probably do"........one shouldn't say cock.... :) regards, Decks.

[Bob M.]

What about the great Sir Alec in the Ealing comedies. Or come to that, Stanley Holloway, or that other Stanley, Laurel? Or the entire cast of the "Somewhere In" films? Then of course the great C.Chaplin. Peter Sellars has to be the greatest talent this country has ever produced, still missed to this day...

[deckard]

Bob M.:

What about the great Sir Alec in the Ealing comedies. Or come to that, Stanley Holloway, or that other Stanley, Laurel? Or the entire cast of the "Somewhere In" films? Then of course the great C.Chaplin. Peter Sellars has to be the greatest talent this country has ever produced, still missed to this day...

I agree with your sentiment regarding Peter Sellars Bob.M, and I personaly won't get involved in all the bad press and writings released after his death. I'd just like to remember how funny he was as a true comic actor. :) Regards, Decks.

[Dick Dick Van Dick]

I gotta say i like alot of new age comedians

i.e. Simon Pegg

comedy genious he can do sketch shows(big train)

sitcom comedies(spaced) and films (shaun of the dead) :

simon is a really talented actors as well as being funny.



also i'm a big fan of richie and eddy bottom rules thumbs_u

[Jim]

Freddy:

How about Michael Caine, for



Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Little Voice

Without a Clue



regards

Freddy

How about Freddy Jones, Freddy?

[chriskathome]

Alastair Sim absolutely but Tony Hancock in The Rebel and Terry Thomas in School for Scoundrels with Alastair Sim again are close behind.

[Paul E]

Alastair Sim, always