Funniest actors of all time?

[MNDude]

There have been actors that have made people laugh since the days of Charlie Chaplin. We all have our favorites whether it's John Candy is or Robin Williams. Who do you think are the three funniest actors of all time?

[yarddog]

Red Skelton was good to watch but I thought he was more entertaining than funny. There is a difference.

Also the Marx Brothers could be really funny.

[dfwgator]

Bob Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWpU8sX10_4

[hlmencken3]

Jack Benny and Paul Lynde could crack people up with just their facial expressions, body language, or a word or two. Maybe Rodney Dangerfield was like that, too.

[miserare]

Oh, yes—the Marx Brothers; and when I was a kid—The Three Stooges!

So many good ones in days gone by.

[shadeaud]

Obama, Reid. pelosi McCain Sharpton

[Steely Tom]

Jackie Gleason was a riot. :)

Also Frank Fontaine (Crazy Guggenheim).

Jackie Gleason had him on because Jackie thought he was hysterical, and Gleason didn't think that of very many people.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Don Rickles, John Candy and Chris Farley.

[Vince Ferrer]

Peter Sellers

[miserare]

Tim Conway as The Dentist is one of the greatest comic routines of all times.

[Publius]

This is from a 1927 Laurel and Hardy silent film with (I think) Chester Conklin as the aggrieved owner of the house that L&H demolish as Conklin demolishes their car. It turned out that they shot the film at the wrong house, and Hal Roach had to pay to get the house rebuilt.

Laurel and Hardy from 1927

[heylady]

1. Lucille Ball

2. Red Skelton

3. Milton Berle

[dfwgator]

Cagney in “One, Two, Three”

[hole_n_one]

70+ years later and he’s still as fresh and new as the gentle fallen snow in Buffalo.

[yarddog]

I forgot the Three Stooges. I actually did not like them when I was young back in the 50s and 60s. Eventually they got funnier and funnier.

[morphing libertarian]

Ditto and I add

Jerry Lewis

Chaplin

Keaton

Laurel and hardy

Abbot and Costello

Jim Carrey

[ObozoMustGo2012]

I’m surprised no one has said Rodney Danger field yet!

[Sparklite]

Ernie Kovacs
Madeline Kahn
Mel Brooks

[Jet Jaguar]

John Belushi.

[miserare]

Ah, yes—the low comedy: Rodney Dangerfield and Benny Hill!

[TChad]

Add Jonathan Winters to the list.