They had been there six months when Chaplin's manager received a telegram, asking " Is there a man named Chaffin in your company or something like that " with the request that that this comedian contact the New York Motion Picture Company.

Actor / comedian Robin Williams revealed in an interview with Jimmy Fallon that his daughter Zelda Rae is named after the title character in the series.

On the Howard Stern radio show on November 27, 2007, comedian Artie Lange mentioned that he had recorded dialogue for a character named " Big Al " in a new Leisure Suit Larry game.

* American stand-up comedian Patrice O ' Neal is named after Lumumba.

Portland Mason was named for Portland Hoffa, the wife of the American radio comedian Fred Allen ; the Allens and the Masons were friends.

Some notable persons either born in or who resided in Columbia County include: Oliver Hardy ( comedian, born in Harlem ), Paul Hamilton Hayne ( poet and author ), Henry Louis Benning ( Confederate general for whom Fort Benning is named ), William Few, Abraham Baldwin, George Walton, George W. Crawford, William H. Crawford ( presidential candidate in 1824 ), Thomas Watson ( populist leader and Georgia senator born in Thomson when it was still in Columbia County ), George McDuffie ( South Carolina governor and senator in the early 19th century ), Jesse Mercer ( a long-time preacher in the county for whom Mercer University is named ).

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson employs a mechanical robot sidekick named Geoff Peterson ( played by comedian / entertainer Josh Robert Thompson ).

" In English variety halls ( Britain's equivalent of vaudeville theatres ), comedian Will Hay performed a routine in the early 1930s ( and possibly earlier ) as a schoolmaster interviewing a schoolboy named Howe who came from Ware but now lives in Wye.

U. S. Route 49 ( part of which was formerly U. S. 49E ) through Yazoo City is named Jerry Clower Boulevard, after the famous comedian, a former resident of Yazoo City.

Legendary comedian Bob Hope organized a benefit for Xenia and, in appreciation, the new Xenia High School Auditorium was named the " Bob Hope Auditorium.

He knew of a Leicester music hall comedian and proprietor named Sam Torr.

" To Laugh Crying ") about an English actor named Garrick, portraying him as a depressed comedian.

Pridgett met a singer, dancer and comedian named William " Pa " Rainey and they married February 2, 1904, when she was 17.

American film critic Roger Ebert complimented Bana, stating that " in a comedian named Eric Bana the filmmakers have found, I think, a future star ...

* British comedian actor Bill Bailey named his son Dax.

A 2009 article in The Times referred to him as " the comedian's comedian, and for good reason " and named him " face of the decade ".

The airport is named in honor of comedian and legendary cowboy Will Rogers, an Oklahoma native, and holds the distinction of being named after a person who died in an airplane crash ( as does the city's other major airport, Wiley Post Airport-both men died in the same crash in 1935 ).

Benson also had the dubious distinction of firing a young, then-unknown comedian named Jerry Seinfeld, who performed as Frankie the courier for three episodes during the 1980 season.

: There is also a Japanese mathematician named Goro Shimura, a comedian Ken Shimura and an actor Takashi Shimura.

The late comedian Walter William Bygraves named himself " Max Bygraves " in honour of Miller.

The final set of proposal strips showed Oola running afoul of Prince Crewth and Gaggot, here named Prince Grabstein and Rhune, when she petitions to leave " dewdrop brigade " and become a stand-up comedian.

A fat comedian named Zero Mostel gave a performance that was even more astonishing than Olivier ’ s .” Mostel received the Obie award for best Off Broadway performance of the 1958 – 59 season.

* 1926 – Don Rickles, American comedian

** Don Rickles, American comedian and actor

* April 13 – Don Adams, American actor and comedian ( Get Smart ) ( d. 2005 )

These were Lily Tomlin, a gay actress and comedian ; Peter Tatchell, a world-renowned gay rights campaigner ; Don Baxter, Executive Director of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations at that time ; Bev Lange, Chief Executive Officer of the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation at the time, a former President of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and a former co-chair of the Sydney Gay Games ; Lex Watson and Sue Wills, Campaign Against Moral Prosecution's ( CAMP ) first Co-Presidents ; and Hannah Williams and Savannah Supski, who had recently protested against the ban against same-sex couples at Hannah's Melbourne school formal.

Don Novello ( born January 1, 1943 ) is an American writer, film director, producer, actor, singer, and comedian.

Father Guido Sarducci is a fictional character created by American comedian Don Novello.

* Don Knotts ( 1924 – 2006 ), actor and comedian

* Don Adams ( 1923 – 2005 ), actor / comedian

Don Adams ( April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005 ) was an American actor, comedian and director.

Don Knotts called him the " Greatest physical comedian on the planet ".

* Lazlo Toth, pen name under which comedian Don Novello wrote a series of letters to public figures and corporations ; the name is derived from that of the Pietà vandal

Some of Sea Cliff's famous past and current residents include comedian Robin Williams, actress Sharon Stone, and GAP ( clothing retailer ) founder Don Fisher.

* Don Rickles ( born 1926 ), comedian.

Her parents are comedian Don Sherman and dancer Maybin Hewes.

Richard Anthony " Cheech " Marin ( born July 13, 1946 ) is an American comedian, actor and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp.

* Don Novello ( Father Guido Sarducci ) ' 64-actor, writer, and comedian

Grier and comedian Don Rickles in a Kraft Music Hall skit, 1968.

Other friends of the show are Jesse James Dupree of the band Jackyl, Brent Smith of the band Shinedown, comedians Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show, actor / comedian David Koechner, Dennis Hof ( owner of the World Famous Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel ), actor / comedian T. J. Miller, and comedian Lisa Lampanelli.

Earlier that evening, the Gallo party visited the Copacabana Club in Manhattan with Jerry and Marta Orbach to see a performance by comedian Don Rickles.

* Patton Oswalt: stand-up comedian, longtime Don & Mike fan.

Actor Jon Hamm, appearing as his character Don Draper from the AMC series Mad Men, and talk show host Larry King, of CNN's Larry King Live, made cameo appearances in the show's cold open, with actor and comedian Ricky Gervais sending Conan a pre-taped message expressing his well wishes on the new series, then going on to express condolences for future job losses.

* Don Maclean ( born 1944 ), British comedian and television host