20th-century American comedians

American actor

American comedian

American actor (1907–1981)

Keegan-Michael Key is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series Key & Peele (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ten nominations. He also acted in the sketch series Mad TV (2004–2009), sitcom Playing House (2014–2017), the comedy series Friends from College (2017–2019) and the series Reboot (2022). He also appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the series Fargo in 2014, and had a recurring role on Parks and Recreation from 2013 to 2015. Key later starred in the musical comedy series Schmigadoon! (2021–2023).

American comedian and actor

American radio and television personality (born 1954)

American actress and comedian (1942-2013)

American actress, comedian, and singer

American actor and comedian

American comedian and actor

South Korean-American stand-up comedian and actor

American stand-up comedian

American actor (1914–1984)

American comedian and actor (1892–1964)

American comedian and filmmaker (born 1967)

Japanese-American actor (1932–2005)

American actor and comedian (1927–2020)

Danish comedian and pianist (1909–2000)

American comedian and social critic (1925–1966)

American actress (born 1971)

Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, and his family moved to the United States when he was ten years old. After graduating from California State University, Northridge, with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. In 1975, Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings, where he helped Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film Pee-wee's Big Adventure and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens' show Pee-wee's Playhouse.

American comedian and actor (1908–2002)

British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director

American stand-up comedian (1947–2024)

American actress and comedian (1934-2010)

American actor (1917–2016)

Lithuanian-born American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

American actor (1933–2018)

American actor

American actor

American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host

American actress (1893–1930)

American actor, comedian, and television personality

American actor and comedian (born 1944)

American comedian and politician (born 1951)

American actor and comedian

American actress and comedian (born 1949)

American comedian and actor

American actor and comedian (born 1957)

American musician and mathematician (1928–2025)

American actress and comedian (1946–1989)

American actor

American actor and singer (1930-2017)

American voice actress and singer-songwriter

American comedian (1894–1956)

American comedian, writer, actress and voice artist

American television personality (1931–2020)

American actor

American actor

American stand-up comedian

actress (1895-1958)

Pamela Adlon is an American actress, writer, and director. She is known for voicing Bobby Hill in the animated comedy series King of the Hill, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also voiced Baloo in Jungle Cubs (1996–1998), the title role in the Pajama Sam video game series (1996–2001), Lucky in 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998), Margaret "Moose" Pearson in Pepper Ann (1997–2001), Ashley Spinelli in Recess (1997–2001), Otto Osworth in Time Squad (2001–2003), Vidia in the Tinker Bell franchise and Brigette Murphy in Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019), among numerous others.

Paul Andrew Richter is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night, The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He was also the star of the Fox television series Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He voiced Mort in the Madagascar film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the animated television series The Mighty B! on Nickelodeon. Since June 2019, Richter has hosted his own podcast, The Three Questions with Andy Richter on the Earwolf network.

American actor and comedian

American actor and comedian

American actress, singer (1942-1999)

American actress (1927–2022)

American actor, comedian and singer (1893–1980)

American actor

American actress (1923–2008)