Comedy Cinema History

Directs the silent comedy The Oyster Princess.

Oliver Hardy, another member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players, was injured in a kitchen mishap and Laurel was asked to return to acting, Laurel and Hardy begin sharing the screen in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup and With Love and Hisses

Oliver Hardy, another member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players, was injured in a kitchen mishap and Laurel was asked to return to acting, Laurel and Hardy begin sharing the screen in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup and With Love and Hisses.

Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardys first feature length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931

Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardys first feature length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931

The Music Box is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy released in 1932 directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Music Box is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy released in 1932 directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1937 directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1937 directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Stars in, Way Out West

Swiss Miss, is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, produced by Hal Roach and starring Laurel and Hardy

Swiss Miss, is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, produced by Hal Roach and starring Laurel and Hardy. Stars in, Block-Heads

Plays the suave murderer Louis Mazzini in the British comedy classic, Kind Hearts and Coronets

Taylors first picture under her new salary of $2,000 per week was The Big Hangover. Her first box office success in an adult role came as Kay Banks in the romantic comedy Father of the Bride alongside Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett

Sellers performs a Groucho-style character in the short comedy Let's Go Crazy.

Sellers plays the Major in the comedy Penny Points to Paradise.

First major comedy role in The Lavender Hill Mob

Sellers plays Major Bloodnok in the Goon-related comedy Down Among the Z Men.

Plays a secretary opposite Cary Grant in Howard Hawks screwball comedy Monkey Business.

The second film of the year, musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, established her star image as a "dumb blonde". Monroe starred in three films released in 1953, emerging as a major sex symbol and one of Hollywoods most bankable stars.

Sellers appears in the comedy film Super Secret Service.

Stars in Billy Wilders comedy The Seven Year Itch, in which she starred opposite Tom Ewell as a woman who becomes the object of her married neighbors sexual fantasies

Sellers plays Harry Robinson in the Ealing black comedy The Ladykillers.

1st film as Major Hitchcock in John and Roy Boultings Privates Progress, gave birth to his catchphrase, "youre an absolute shower", and made him a favourite in British comedy films for the next decade

The Green Man is a 1956 British comedy-drama film based on the play Meet A Body by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, who produced and adapted the big-screen version

The Green Man is a 1956 British comedy-drama film based on the play Meet A Body by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, who produced and adapted the big-screen version

Sellers plays television personality Sonny MacGregor in the comedy The Naked Truth.

Stars opposite Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Billy Wilders comedy Some Like It Hot. Monroes performance in Some Like it Hot earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress, and prompted Variety to call her "a comedienne with that combination of sex appeal and timing that just cant be beat"

Sellers portrays Chief Petty Officer Doherty in the naval comedy Up the Creek.

Retuns to Hollywood to star in the musical comedy Lets Make Love, about an actress and a millionaire who fall in love when performing in a satirical play

Privates Progress is a British comedy film of 1956, based on the novel by Alan Hackney, directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting

First notable role in Hammer films Sword of Sherwood Forest. Appears with Norman Wisdom in a classic comedy films, The Bulldog Breed, where Reed plays the leader of a gang of teddy boys

Privates Progress is a British comedy film of 1956, based on the novel by Alan Hackney, directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting. , portrayed the dilemma faced by a group of gay men who were being blackmailed for their sexuality. Appears in The Pure Hell of St Trinians

Sellers portrays career criminal Dodger Lane in the prison comedy Two Way Stretch.

Laurel is given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy

Starts a new career as a stand-up comedian, debuting in a Greenwich Village club called the Duplex

Sellers stars as the schoolteacher Topaze in the comedy-drama Mr Topaze.

Boys Night Out is an American comedy film released in 1962, starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Randall, and directed by Michael Gordon

Boys Night Out is an American comedy film released in 1962, starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Randall, and directed by Michael Gordon

Boys Night Out is an American comedy film released in 1962, starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Randall, and directed by Michael Gordon

Boys Night Out is an American comedy film released in 1962, starring Kim Novak, James Garner, and Tony Randall, and directed by Michael Gordon

Directs Dr. Strangelove, a black comedy satirizing nuclear strategy and Cold War command structures.

The Golden Globes place Sellers among the 1965 musical-or-comedy actor nominees for The Pink Panther.

Plays Millie Dillmount in the musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Sellers appears as Jean in Vittorio De Sica's anthology comedy Woman Times Seven.

Sellers takes the title role of Benjamin Hoffman in the dark comedy-drama Hoffman.

Sellers appears in the short comedy Simon, Simon.

Sellers portrays General Latour in the wartime comedy Soft Beds, Hard Battles.

Sellers plays Prince Kyoto in the multi-role comedy Soft Beds, Hard Battles.

His return as Clouseau earns Sellers a 1976 Golden Globe nomination in the musical-or-comedy actor category.

Wins best screenplay for "Annie Hall". "Anniie Hall" wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, an unusual feat for a comedy, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton

"Anniie Hall" wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, an unusual feat for a comedy, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton. "Annie Hall" marks a major turn to more sophisticated humor and thoughtful drama

"Anniie Hall" wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, an unusual feat for a comedy, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton

The Pink Panther Strikes Again brings Sellers another Golden Globe musical-or-comedy actor nomination in 1977.

Sellers wins the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Being There.

Stars in Back Roads, a comedy

Plays a drifter opposite Sally Field in Back Roads, a comedy

Directs, New York, The King of Comedy

Stars with Burt Reynolds in the period crime comedy City Heat.

Directs Manner, an international breakthrough for West German comedy.

Stars in Pink Cadillac, an action comedy released near the end of the 1980s.

Walken stars in A Business Affair, a rare leading role for him in a romantic comedy

Directs Comedian Harmonists.

Wallken appears in Wild Side, The Prophecy and the modern vampire flick The Addiction, which was his second collaboration with director Abel Ferrara and writer Nicholas St. John. Walken plays Calvin Webber in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past. Appears in Sleepy Hollow. Appears in Pulp Fiction

Co-writes and stars in Mistress America, a comedy about friendship, ambition and reinvention.

Appears as the hotel manager in Yorgos Lanthimos's dark comedy The Lobster.

Co-writes and stars in Keanu, a comedy about two cousins searching for a stolen kitten.

Co-writes and directs Barbie, combining a studio comedy with themes of identity and gender expectations.