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.

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

Stan and Hilda Ogden were often at the centre of overtly funny storylines, with other comic characters including Eddie Yeats ( Geoffrey Hughes ), Fred Gee ( Fred Feast ) and Jack Duckworth ( William Tarmey ) all making their first appearances during the decade.

The stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard often impersonates James Mason's voice saying it is the voice of God ; it is a running gag in his shows.

Before salsa pianist Eddie Palmieri takes his first solo at a live concert, he will often stand up, and start clapping clave.

Lou Clayton and Eddie Jackson, Durante's closest friends, often reunited professionally.

Eddie " Hudson Hawk " Hawkins ( Bruce Willis ) — " Hudson Hawk " is an expression that refers to the often bracing winds off of the Hudson river — is a master burglar and safe-cracker, attempting to celebrate his first day of parole from prison with a cappuccino.

A famous Mississippi blues musician, Eddie " Guitar Slim " Jones, is buried in Thibodaux, where he often played, and where his manager, Hosea Hill, resided.

Significantly, when he and his friend Eddie Thomas founded the Curtom record label to protect black artists from the exploitation that they often suffered with other record labels, not only was the BPM ideal of black entrepreneurship realized but also the BPM had a record label that was synonymous with Black Power.

Eddie from Ohio ( or often just EFO ) is an American folk band.

's ( often, but not always, performing as a unit ) performed as the studio backing band for Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Albert King, Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, The Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Delaney & Bonnie and many others in the 1960s.

Eddie Van Halen took classes there too and they would often see each other on campus.

Krupa gradually cut down the size of the band in the late 1940s, and from 1951 on led a trio or quartet, often featuring the multi-instrumentalist Eddie Shu on tenor sax, clarinet and harmonica.

* Arthur Thomas ( Tommy Godfrey ) is another of Eddie and Bill's co-workers at the factory, and is often seen in the local pub playing cards and talking about trade union issues.

He began a heavy schedule of performing, composing, and recording, leading several small live and groups, now often with racially integrated bands led by musicians such as Eddie Condon, Yank Lawson, Sidney de Paris, Sidney Bechet, Rod Cless, and Edmond Hall.

It is often thought that Eddie Durham ( who contributed other arrangements on the recording date of " In The Mood ", August 1, 1939 as well ), John Chalmers McGregor ( Miller's pianist ) and Miller himself contributed most to the final version.

However, unlike Beverly's father, who proved to be a loving and caring father at times, Eddie's stepfather would often beat them brutally and without warning, at one point throwing Eddie into a coat rack with enough force to make him Urinate Blood for two weeks simply for accidentally slamming the door.

Other prominent bicycle racers of the era, such as Tom Cooper and Eddie Bald, often cooperated to ensure Taylor's defeat.

* Hägar and Lucky Eddie strung up by their hands and legs to the wall of a dungeon, which is often visited by Mr. Giggles, who torments them with tickling.

After long periods in New York, where he was often in the company of Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett, he settled in San Antonio, remaining there for the rest of his life.

Following the Second World War, Traynor was often cited as the greatest third baseman in Major League Baseball history, however, his reputation has been diminished in recent years, with the modern-era careers of third basemen such as Eddie Mathews, Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt and George Brett moving to the forefront in the memories of baseball fans.

Eddie Condon recorded frequently for the label, with such notables as George Brunies and Pee Wee Russell often in his band.

He always cares for and means well for other people, but is often the misunderstood victim of the Winslows ' anger and rejection, especially of Carl, Eddie and Laura, who all struggle to see through his clumsiness and annoying behavior and to understand and appreciate him for his positive traits.

* Eddie Murphy as Jim Evers: A workaholic real estate agent who is often late for family gatherings but tries his best to make up for it.

He lauded Matheos ' performance on the album: " In any other subgenre of rock, Matheos would be a guitar hero on the order of Steve Vai or Eddie Van Halen, the Fates Warning frontman capable of both classically styled acoustic craftsmanship and chaotic metallic riffing, often in the context of the same song.

Roland, already scarred by the deaths of all his childhood friends — who all died helping him to get closer to the tower — he is shown to be emotionally devastated by Eddie's and especially Jake's death, weeping openly ( something Eddie mentioned before did not happen often, if at all ).