Comedy pairs
by palamp | created - 19 Apr 2012 | updated - 26 Sep 2012 | PublicThis list is sorted and starts with pair number 20
Bud Spencer:Terence Hill
I can't find some infos in the database, so i have added some informations of missing links in to the description.
There are some german examples because i know them better.
1. Bud Spencer
Actor | ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!
Bud Spencer, the popular Italian actor who starred in innumerable spaghetti Westerns and action-packed potboilers during the 1960s and 1970s, was born Carlo Pedersoli on October 31, 1929, in Naples. The first Italian to swim the 100-meter freestyle in less than a minute, Spencer competed as a ...
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2. Terence Hill
Actor | ...altrimenti ci arrabbiamo!
Terence Hill was born as Mario Girotti on March 29, 1939 in Venice, Italy to a chemist. His mother was German, and as a child the family lived near Dresden, Saxony, Germany where they survived the Allied bombings of World War II. Italian film-maker Dino Risi discovered him at a swimming meet and he...
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3. Gerd Knebel
Composer | Gereizt
Gerd Knebel is known for Gereizt (1993), Abbuzze! Der Badesalz Film (1996) and Das Super Dong Dong (1989).
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Badesalz
4. Henni Nachtsheim
Composer | Gereizt
Henni Nachtsheim was born on March 15, 1957 in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Gereizt (1993), Pastewka (2005) and Abbuzze! Der Badesalz Film (1996).
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Badesalz
5. Robert Malloy
Writer | The Gift
Robert Malloy is known for The Gift (1979) and Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (1994). He is married to Kim Novak.
18 + alter film im auto
6. Kermit the Frog
Soundtrack | Atop the Fourth Wall
Kermit the Frog is known for Atop the Fourth Wall (2008), Paul Williams: Still Alive (2011) and A Capitol Fourth (1980).
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7. Frank Oz
Actor | The Muppet Show
Frank Richard Oznowicz was born in Hereford, England to puppeteers Frances and Isidore Oznowicz. His family moved to Montana in 1951, eventually settling in Oakland, California. As a teenager, he worked as an apprentice puppeteer at Children's Fairyland amusement park. He is one of the primary ...
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8. Harald Juhnke
Actor | Schtonk
At the age of 15, Harald Juhnke was drafted into military service in the Second World War. After the end of the war he attended drama school. At the age of 24, Juhnke appeared on stage in Berlin for the first time. Three years later he took on his first film role in the film "Three Girls Are ...
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9. Eddi Arent
Actor | Der Schatz im Silbersee
Eccentric, self-deprecating comedian Eddi Arent first attracted attention in a series of quirky Edgar Wallace adaptations in the 1960's. For several years, he was Germany's idea of stereotypically blithering English lords (The Strange Countess (1961), as the aptly named Lord Selwyn Moron), laconic ...
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Hans Maria Prall
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10. Georg Preuße
Writer | Mary Christmas
Georg Preuße was born on August 24, 1950 in Ankum, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Mary Christmas (2007), Mary & Gordy: Frau'n, Frau'n, Frau'n (1986) and Mary - Schillernde Zeiten (2004). He has been married to Jack Amsler since 2002.
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Mary
11. Reiner Kohler
Actor | Mary & Gordy: Frau'n, Frau'n, Frau'n
Reiner Kohler was born on December 22, 1944 in Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Mary & Gordy: Frau'n, Frau'n, Frau'n (1986), Mary und Gordy auf dem Lande (1983) and Dalli Dalli (1971). He died on January 18, 1995 in Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Gordy
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Tom & Jerry
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274294/
12. Liesl Karlstadt
Actress | Feuerwerk
Liesl Karlstadt was born on December 12, 1892 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Fireworks (1954), Der Sonderling (1929) and Reise in die Vergangenheit (1943). She died on July 27, 1960 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.
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Der Firmling
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231591/
13. Karl Valentin
Actor | Donner, Blitz und Sonnenschein
Karl Valentin, whose real name is Valentin Ludwig Fey, began an apprenticeship as a carpenter in 1897 after attending a private school. Two years later he met Gisela Royes, his future wife. Two daughters were born from this union. Between 1899 and 1901, Valentin worked as a journeyman carpenter. ...
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Der Firmling
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231591/
14. Fernandel
Actor | Don Camillo
The apocryphal biography of Fernand Contandin tells the invention of his artistic name Fernandel by his sister-in-law ("Voici le Fernand d'elles"). At the beginning of the thirties he became a typical actor of the comedy genre: popular, common, likable and with a concealed grain of drama. Marc ...
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Don Camillo
15. Gino Cervi
Actor | Don Camillo
The son of Italian theatre critic Antonio Cervi, Gino Cervi was one of the most famous Italian actors, first on stage, then on screen and finally on television. He appeared in his first play in 1924, a year after his father's death. He won world fame with three movies directed by Alessandro Blasetti...
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Peppnoe
16. Peter Heinrich Brix
Actor | Neues aus Büttenwarder
Peter Heinrich Brix was born on May 13, 1955 in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Neues aus Büttenwarder (1997), The Country Doctor (1987) and Großstadtrevier (1986). He is married to Angelika.
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17. Jan Fedder
Actor | Das Boot
Jan Fedder was born on January 14, 1955 in Hamburg, West Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Boot (1981), Der Mann im Strom (2006) and Soul Kitchen (2009). He was married to Marion Fedder. He died on December 30, 2019 in Hamburg, Germany.
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18. Freddie Frinton
Actor | Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One
Freddie Frinton was born on January 17, 1909 in Grimsby, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Dinner for One (1963), Comedy Playhouse (1961) and Thicker Than Water (1968). He was married to Nora Gratton and Maisie Basil. He died on October 16, 1968 in London, England, UK.
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Dinner for One
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1804510/
19. May Warden
Actress | Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One
May Warden was born on May 9, 1891 in Leeds, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dinner for One (1963), The Donati Conspiracy (1973) and Coronation Street (1960). She was married to Silvester Stuart. She died on October 5, 1978 in London, England, UK.
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Dinner for One
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1804510/
20. Ed O'Neill
Actor | Married with Children
Ed O'Neill is an American actor best known for playing Al Bundy on Married... with Children (1987), the most iconic working class character on television since Archie Bunker. Upon his debut on the world stage in Youngstown, Ohio on April 12, 1946, he was christened Edward Philip O'Neill, Jr. Both ...
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Eine schrecklich nette Familie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092400/
21. Katey Sagal
Actress | Futurama
An extremely gifted, versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late 1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the enduring Fox series Married... with Children (1987). During its lengthy run she received three ...
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Eine schrecklich nette Familie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092400/
22. Dieter Hallervorden
Actor | Nonstop Nonsens
He grew up in middle-class circumstances with two sisters. Before his hometown was 90 percent destroyed by air raids, his parents brought him to Quedlinburg. After the war, Didi Hallervorden returned to Dessau, where he completed primary school as one of the best in the district. The SED leadership...
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23. Rotraud Schindler
Actress | Die Nervensäge
Rotraud Schindler was born on August 29, 1940 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress, known for Die Nervensäge (1985), Several Times Daily (1969) and Alles im Eimer (1981). She was previously married to Dieter Hallervorden.
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24. Hape Kerkeling
Actor | Total Normal
Hape Kerkeling was born on December 9, 1964 in Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Total Normal (1989), Kein Pardon (1993) and Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere! (2009).
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HURZ! Auf der grünen Wiese
25. Achim Hagemann
Composer | Kein Pardon
Achim Hagemann was born on August 8, 1965 in Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Kein Pardon (1993), Fritz & Hermann (2006) and 3sat Festival (2000).
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HURZ! Auf der grünen Wiese
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Maus + Der Elefant
26. Iris Berben
Actress | Triangle of Sadness
After her parents divorced, she moved to Hamburg with her mother. There she attended elementary school and then several boarding schools. She stopped her school education before graduating from high school. Berben was active in the Hamburg protest scene and came to film in the late 1960s. She took ...
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Sketch-up
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088607/
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Beatrice Richter
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725207/
27. Diether Krebs
Actor | Sketch-up
Diether Krebs was born on August 11, 1947 in Essen, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Sketch-up (1984), Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999) and Komm in die Wanne, Schätzchen (1971). He was married to Bettina von Leoprechting. He died on January 4, 2000 in Hamburg, Germany.
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Sketch-up
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088607/
28. Anke Engelke
Actress | Fröhliche Weihnachten
Anke Engelke was born in Montreal, Canada in December 1965. She is a comedian, actor and writer, known for Die Wochenshow (1996), Das schönste Mädchen der Welt (2018) and Ladykracher (2002). She has garnered numerous awards, including the Grimme Award for the improv show Blind Date 2 - Taxi nach ...
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29. Bastian Pastewka
Actor | Pastewka
Bastian Pastewka was born on April 4, 1972 in Bochum, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Pastewka (2005), Der Wixxer (2004) and Morgen hör ich auf (2016). He has been married to Heidrun Buchmaier since 2004.
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30. Stan Laurel
Actor | Saps at Sea
Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. He traveled with Fred Karno's vaudeville company to the United States in 1910 and again in 1913. While with that company he was Charles ...
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31. Oliver Hardy
Actor | Saps at Sea
Although his parents were never in show business, as a young boy Oliver Hardy was a gifted singer and, by age eight, was performing with minstrel shows. In 1910 he ran a movie theatre, which he preferred to studying law. In 1913 he became a comedy actor with the Lubin Company in Florida and began ...
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32. Evelyn Hamann
Actress | Adelheid und ihre Mörder
As the daughter of a family of musicians, her passion for the stage was awakened early. After finishing school, she completed her training at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Hamburg with Professor Eduard Marks. Her career as a theater actress then took her to the Thalia Theater in ...
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33. Vicco von Bülow
Writer | Ödipussi
Loriot was once best known as a cartoonist, with the distinguishing feature that all his characters had potato-shaped noses. In the 1960s, he presented the TV series "Cartoon" which featured short animated cartoons from all over the world. In between the clips he acted in little funny sketches. ...
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Loriot
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