** Ted Rogers, English comedian and game show host ( d. 2001 )

Other well-known celebrities who live on or have regularly visited the island: Famously renowned Harlem Renaissance artist Lois Mailou Jones, U. S. President Barack Obama ; former president Bill Clinton and his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ; comedian and talk show host David Letterman ; Bill Murray ; Tony Shalhoub ; Quincy Jones ; Ted Danson and wife Mary Steenburgen ; Larry David ; the Farrelly brothers ; Meg Ryan ; Chelsea Handler.

In 1993, white actor Ted Danson ignited a firestorm of controversy when he appeared at a Friars Club roast in blackface, delivering a risqué shtick written by his then love interest, African-American comedian Whoopi Goldberg.

Fleming's book The Fixers ( about MGM's legendary " fixers " Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling ), Beery, gangster Pat DiCicco, and Albert R. " Cubby " Broccoli ( who was also DiCicco's cousin and eventual producer of the James Bond films ) allegedly beat comedian Ted Healy to death in the parking lot of the Trocadero nightclub in 1937.

Ted Ray ( 21 November 1905 – 8 November 1977 ) was a popular English comedian of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

The son of comedian Ted Ray, he was educated at Highgate School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, first appearing as a professional actor in a London production of The Changeling in 1960, before taking up teaching drama at RADA.

It was the first big hit for clarinettist, vocalist and comedian Ted Lewis ( 1892 – 1971 ).

In February, he organised a tribute to cult comedian Ted Chippington entitled " Tedstock " at London's Bloomsbury Theatre.

Dermot John Morgan ( 31 March 1952 – 28 February 1998 ) was an Irish comedian, actor and previously a schoolteacher, who achieved international renown for his role as Father Ted Crilly in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted.

* Ted L. Nancy-possibly the creation of comedian Jerry Seinfeld

Ted Healy ( October 1, 1896 – December 21, 1937 ) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor.

Fleming's book The Fixers ( about MGM's legendary " fixers " Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling ), Wallace Beery ( one of MGM's top stars ), gangster Pat DiCicco, and Albert R. " Cubby " Broccoli ( who was also DiCicco's cousin and eventual producer of the James Bond films ) allegedly beat comedian and movie actor Ted Healy to death in the parking lot of the Trocadero nightclub on December 21, 1937.

During his early period in Hollywood, Broccoli may have taken part in a bar room brawl which took the life of comedian Ted Healy.

Other notable fans and supporters of WFMU include Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum, Kurt Cobain, screenwriter / director Ethan Coen, MAKE magazine editor-in-chief and Boing Boing co-founder Mark Frauenfelder, Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant, musician Suzanne Vega, artist Cindy Sherman, indie rock superstar Ted Leo, Sonic Youth guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, comic book artist and writer Evan Dorkin, film director, producer and actor Kevin Smith, musician Moby, The Cars vocalist / record producer Ric Ocasek, musician Max Tundra, television talk-show host Conan O ' Brien, comedian and broadcaster Phill Jupitus, and Blixa Bargeld, singer of the German band Einstürzende Neubauten.

The jury on this occasion included Bobby Goldsboro, Susan Maughan and comedian Ted Rogers.

" In 1934, MGM was building Ted Healy up as a solo comedian in feature films and Healy dissolved the act to pursue his own career.

After Ted Demme directed comedian Denis Leary in No Cure for Cancer, a stand-up comedy special for Showtime, they got the script for The Ref and decided to do it.

* Ted Bovis, cynical comedian from the UK television sitcom Hi-de-Hi!

The New York Times said that " Ted Healy, a highly amusing comedian, has gotten into the wrong picture ", and The Hollywood Reporter said that Colin Clive " jitters his way through ".

Edward " Ted " Alexandro ( born January 26, 1969 ) is a stand-up comedian from New York City.

Ted Robbins ( born 21 January 1956 ) is an English comedian, actor, broadcaster, radio DJ, radio personality, voice-over artist and television personality

* 1981 – Ray William Johnson, American comedian

* 1990 – Ray Goulding, American comedian ( b. 1922 )

* 1927 – Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor ( d. 2008 )

** Ray Romano, American actor and comedian

** Ray Combs, American game show host, and comedian ( b. 1956 )

** Ray Combs, American game show host and comedian ( d. 1996 )

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Robert Brackett " Bob " Elliott ( born March 26, 1923 ) is an American actor and comedian, formerly one-half of the comedy duo of Bob and Ray.

* Ray Romano, comedian

Among these are Pulitizer Prize winning author Ernest Hemingway, football hall-of-famer George Trafton, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, city planner Walter Burley Griffin, comedian Kathy Griffin, and the voice of iconic cartoon character Homer Simpson, Dan Castellaneta.

* Ray Combs, comedian and second host of Family Feud

A music hall comedian, Ray usually played violin badly as part of his act.

* November 21-Ted Ray, comedian and violinist ( d. 1977 )

Comedy for Peace was conceived and is being organized by Ray Hanania, a Palestinian-American stand-up comedian – who is married to a Jewish woman.

In the early 1990s, Musgrave was stalked by Margaret Mary Ray, a schizophrenic woman who had previously served time for stalking comedian David Letterman.

Raymond Neil " Ray " Combs, Jr. ( April 3, 1956 – June 2, 1996 ) was an American comedian, actor, and host of the game show Family Feud on CBS and in syndication from 1988 to 1994.

Raymond Walter Goulding ( March 20, 1922 – March 24, 1990 ) was an American comedian, who, together with Bob Elliott formed the comedy duo of Bob and Ray.

Ray Noble ( 17 December 1903 – 3 April 1978 ) was an English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor.

A series of live-action silent comedies featured comedian Johnny Ray as Jiggs and Laura La Plante as Maggie.

Timothy L. " Tim " Reid ( born December 19, 1944 ) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati ( 1978 – 82 ), Marcel " Downtown " Brown on Simon & Simon ( 1983 – 87 ), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister ( 1994 – 99 ) and William Barnett on That ' 70s Show ( 2004-2006 ).

* Ray Romano ( 1975 )-American actor and comedian ( transferred before graduating )

In April 2006, Ray D ' Arcy conducted an interview with comedian Des Bishop.