The genre became a specific draw in North America in the eighties when comedians such as Eddie Murphy started taking more action oriented roles such as in 48 Hrs.

Popular comedy stars in the 1980s included Dudley Moore, Tom Hanks, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.

Eddie Murphy made a success of comedy-action films including 48 Hrs.

Beginning in 1982, Eddie Murphy began a parody of Gumby on Saturday Night Live.

Other examples are the Star Trek series and a string of films starring comedian Eddie Murphy like Trading Places, Coming To America, and Beverly Hills Cop and its sequels.

As a consequence, the hit remake starring Eddie Murphy were released by Universal Pictures.

Parodies of Popeil's infomercials were done on the comedy show Saturday Night Live by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy and the " Veg-O-Matic " may have provided comedian Gallagher inspiration for the " Sledge-O-Matic " routine since the 1980s.

Toward the end of the 90's, Will Vinton launched the first prime-time stop motion television series called The PJs, with creator Eddie Murphy.

Spock was voiced by Charlie Murphy ( brother of Eddie Murphy ).

In 2010, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment were talking of producing another comedy remake starring Eddie Murphy.

These films propelled the careers of modern celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Eddie Murphy, Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone to international recognition.

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* April 3 – Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian

In 1982, veteran actor Nick Nolte and rising comedian Eddie Murphy smashed box office records with the action-comedy 48 Hrs, which is credited as the first " buddy-cop " movie.

The sub-genre became a popular trend in the 1980s when actors who were known for their background in comedy such as Eddie Murphy, began to take roles in action films.

Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy often based his stand-up routines on a reversal of the dozens, the purpose of which was boasting about oneself rather than insulting someone else.

Examples of this can be found in his known comedy albums, Comedian, Delirious, and the soundtrack to the film Eddie Murphy Raw.

Edward Regan " Eddie " Murphy ( born April 3, 1961 ) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician.

The film stars Eddie Murphy, who plays an African prince who comes to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry.

Akeem Joffer ( Eddie Murphy ), the prince and heir to the throne of a fictitious, wealthy African country called Zamunda, is discontented with being pampered all his life.

* Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem Joffer, Clarence, Randy Watson, Saul

Coming to America reunited star Eddie Murphy with director John Landis.

Ming-Na, Eddie Murphy, Miguel Ferrer and BD Wong star in the English version, while Jackie Chan provided his voice for the Chinese dubs of the film.

* Eddie Murphy as Mushu

Tu gato ha muerto " and starred Manuel Ojeda as Jimmy and Humberto Zurita as Eddie.

The first two movies starred Eddie Murphy, but all five also star Kyla Pratt as Dolittle's daughter Maya, who shares her father's gift.

After the special, the movie Best Defense which starred Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy aired which began after Carlton's second ident, with the Cadets of the Royal Navy, saying the slogan, was shown.

She starred in A Different World, produced by Bill Cosby, and she featured opposite Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor ( 1996 ).

More spy films spawned ; Richard Burton was British undercover agent Alec Leamas ( code-named Expendable ) in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold ( 1965 ) and Sidney Lumet's The Deadly Affair ( 1967 ), Terence Young's The Triple Cross ( 1967 ), based on a true story, starred Christopher Plummer as Eddie Chapman, a safe-cracker who joined with the Germans during the war, and then became a British double-agent.

The special starred Peter Cullen as Hägar, singer / actress Lainie Kazan as Helga, Lydia Cornell as Honi, child voice actor Josh Rodine as Hamlet, Jeff Doucette as Lucky Eddie, Don Most as Lute and veteran voice actor Frank Welker as Snert and Kvack.

The musical starred Eddie Cantor as Henry Williams, Ruth Etting as Leslie Daw, Frances Upton as Sally Morgan, Jack Rutherford as Bob Wells, Paul Gregory as Wanenis, Ethel Shutta as Mary ( replacing Ruby Keeler ), and featured Buddy Ebsen in the chorus.

Their biggest early rock and roll artist was Eddie Cochran, who had just starred in his second film, Untamed Youth.

He also had a variety television series, Coke Time with Eddie Fisher ( NBC ) ( 1953 – 1957 ), appeared on The Perry Como Show, Club Oasis, The Martha Raye Show, The Gisele MacKenzie Show, The Chesterfield Supper Club and The George Gobel Show, and starred in another series, The Eddie Fisher Show ( NBC ) ( 1957 – 1959, alternating with Gobel's series ).

He often starred as the second lead opposite actors including Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, and Tim Robbins.

He has starred in films including Real Men, The Principal, Red Heat, Homer and Eddie, K-9, Dimenticare Palermo, Taking Care of Business, Mr. Destiny, Only the Lonely, Curly Sue, Once Upon A Crime, Wild Palms, Royce, Race the Sun, Separate Lives, Retroactive, Gang Related, Angel's Dance and Joe Somebody ( 2001 ).

In 2007, she starred with Eddie Murphy in the comedy Norbit as his love interest, and opposite Simon Pegg as his ex-girlfriend in the comedy Run Fat Boy Run.

He starred as Leonard Rickets in the sitcom Malcolm & Eddie.

In 1989, she starred alongside Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and Arsenio Hall in the theatrical release movie Harlem Nights, in which she performed a fight scene with Eddie Murphy.

*" What A Perfect Combination " ( 1932 ): lyrics by Kalmar and Irving Caesar, music by Ruby and Harry Akst, written for the Broadway show The Kid, which starred Eddie Cantor.

" He later played Detective Billy Rosewood, the junior police detective sent to trail Eddie Murphy, in Beverly Hills Cop ( 1984 ), and in 1986, starred in Ruthless People.

This series starred Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin in the lead roles.

The short-lived cult sitcom also starred familiar actor Al Lewis as Lily's father, Grandpa Munster, and new actors Beverley Owen / Pat Priest as Marilyn Munster and Butch Patrick as Eddie Munster.

Peck played a high school bully in 2008's Drillbit Taylor, and starred in the films The Wackness ( released July 2008 ), American Primitive, Safety Glass, and reprised his role as Eddie in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

It was directed by Paul Bogart and starred Fierstein ( Arnold ), Anne Bancroft ( Ma Beckoff ), Matthew Broderick ( Alan ), Brian Kerwin ( Ed ), and Eddie Castrodad ( David ).

*" What A Perfect Combination " ( 1932 ): lyrics by Kalmar and Irving Caesar, music by Ruby and Harry Akst, written for the Broadway show The Kid, which starred Eddie Cantor.

The film, written by Lucy Gannon, starred Eddie Marsan as Dr. Guttmann and Rob Brydon as one of the seriously injured patients, who were given a purpose in life by the doctor.