The Greatest Actor in Silly Films

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The Four Candles sketch is often used on our Safety Training Briefs. 

I have visions of you all standing around half naked while they project it on to your underwear.

[The_nun]

 

[philthepower]

Charles Grodin, the comic relief to De Niro in Midnight Run, but who truly excels as the scheming Tony Abbot in one of my childhood VHS favourites Heaven Can Wait.

Also, anyone who appeared in This Is Spinal Tap or Trading Places, even in the most insignificant of cameos.

From Bo Diddley, who's in both, to the Hermitage Club's 'five dollars, maybe I'll go to the movies...by myself' footman, everyone is superb.

[bobAlike]

Steve Carell
Zach Galifianakis

Not sure these are the most consistent silliest performers but on their day they can be as funny as most.

[DaveShoelace]

Leonardo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street was pretty hilarious

[Nakor]

Charles Grodin, the comic relief to De Niro in Midnight Run, but who truly excels as the scheming Tony Abbot in one of my childhood VHS favourites Heaven Can Wait.

Also, anyone who appeared in This Is Spinal Tap or Trading Places, even in the most insignificant of cameos.

From Bo Diddley, who's in both, to the Hermitage Club's 'five dollars, maybe I'll go to the movies...by myself' footman, everyone is superb.

All of this.  I love Midnight Run and Trading Places, two of the very best.

[DungBeetle]

The police duo in Smokey and the Bandit always made me chuckle.

[philthepower]

The police duo in Smokey and the Bandit always made me chuckle.

Reminds me of two of my brother and I's favourite lines to quote as kids, involving another silly character,

"What are you boy, some kind of doomsday machine?" and:

[horseplayer]

someone has stuck it on youtube

please watch love it part 1 and then 2

[RED-DOG]

The police duo in Smokey and the Bandit always made me chuckle.

Reminds me of two of my brother and I's favourite lines to quote as kids, involving another silly character,

"What are you boy, some kind of doomsday machine?" and:

Actor Cliffton James is 96 not out. he has been married for over 60 years and lives with his wife in new York.

96. Imagine that. That's like tk + 30.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton_James