David Suchet has starred as the eponymous detective in Agatha Christie's Poirot in the ITV series since 1989.

A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.

Geraldine McEwan starred in the first three series.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, Brooks co-wrote ( with longtime collaborator Monica Johnson ), directed and starred in a series of well-received comedies, playing variants on his standard neurotic and self-obsessed character.

As well as Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson in their usual roles, this series starred Hugh Laurie as the Prince Regent, and Helen Atkinson-Wood as Mrs. Miggins.

" Ash " Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L. A. and Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat.

He starred in the television series Jack of All Trades, set on a fictional island, occupied by the French in 1801.

Two different animated cartoon series also starred ' Charlie ' a tramp character, the first a series of nine shorts from 1916 by Movca Film Service.

He was a team captain on the sci-fi quiz series Space Cadets ( 1997 ) on Channel 4, which guest starred William Shatner.

The series starred Derek Jacobi as Claudius and was broadcast in 1976 on BBC2.

In 1999, he guest starred as Dr. John York in an episode of the television series The Outer Limits.

Kane was a regular on the 1986 NBC series All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990 – 1991 NBC series American Dreamer, guest-starred on a 1994 episode of Seinfeld and had a supporting role in the short-lived 1996 – 1997 sitcom Pearl, which starred Rhea Perlman.

In the 1940s these were one-shots in the Four Color series ( issued 4-6 times a year ) that starred Donald and his nephews.

Later, he guest starred on NBC's medical drama The Eleventh Hour in the role of Hal Kincaid in the 1962 episode " Make Me a Place ", with series co-stars Wendell Corey and Jack Ging.

Janssen starred in four television series of his own:

He next played the psychotic wife-beating husband of Twiggy in her American film debut, W. Benedict starred in the television series Chopper One which aired for one season in 1974.

The majority of films produced in the Federal Republic in the 1960s were genre works: westerns, especially the series of movies adapted from Karl May's popular genre novels which starred Pierre Brice as the Apache Winnetou and Lex Barker as his white blood brother Old Shatterhand ; thrillers and crime films, notably a series of Edgar Wallace movies in which Klaus Kinski, Heinz Drache, Wolfgang Völz, and Joachim Fuchsberger were among the regular players ; and softcore sex films, both the relatively serious Aufklärungsfilme ( sex education films ) of Oswalt Kolle and such exploitation films as Schulmädchen-Report ( Schoolgirl Report ) ( 1970 ) and its successors.

The latter series starred Dirk Bogarde, probably the British industry's most popular star of the 1950s.

Merv Hughes also starred in the series 2 episode Workin ' Class Man.

The ninth film in the Godzilla series, it starred Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi and Yoshio Tsuchiya.

As the Marx Brothers, he and his brothers starred in a series of popular stage shows and movies.

In addition to the duo's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures.

Among the commercial successes for German films of the 1980s were the Otto film series beginning in 1985 starring comedian Otto Waalkes, Wolfgang Petersen's adaptation of The NeverEnding Story ( 1984 ), and the internationally successful Das Boot ( 1981 ), which still holds the record for most Academy Award nominations for a German film ( six ).

Capra later became a gag writer for Hal Roach's Our Gang series and then writer for slapstick comedy director, Mack Sennett, where he began writing scripts for comedian Harry Langdon.

Warner quickly paid the loan back and hired Hawks as a producer to " oversee " the making of a new series of one-reel comedies starring the Italian comedian Monty Banks.

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.

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.

He used his writing skills to begin producing and directing, with some of his most well-known films including Experiment in Terror, The Great Race, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with the British comedian Peter Sellers.

The network had already decided to cancel The Late Show, and had a replacement series called The Wilton North Report in development, when the show began a ratings resurgence with its final guest host, comedian Arsenio Hall.

Although he was voted America ’ s favorite comedian in a 1974 poll and highly sought out for every manner of TV game and variety show, it was the failure of his two series that reportedly exacerbated Lynde ’ s drinking problem, leading to numerous run-ins with the law and frequent arrests for public intoxication.

Rambling Syd Rumpo was a folk singer character, played by the English comedian and actor, Kenneth Williams, originally in the 1960s BBC Radio comedy series, Round the Horne.

Dave Thompson is a British stand-up comedian and actor, who hit the headlines in July 1997 after being removed from the role of Tinky Winky in the children's television series Teletubbies from a few episodes.

Paxman and his presenting style were also frequently parodied by comedian Chris Morris in the satirical TV series The Day Today and Brass Eye.

Francis Alick " Frankie " Howerd OBE ( 6 March 1917, York – 19 April 1992 ) was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as " a series of comebacks ", spanned six decades.

Sniglet is a neologism, popularized by comedian / actor Rich Hall during his tenure on the 1980s HBO comedy series Not Necessarily the News.

Also during August 2008, a British actor and comedian Derek Williams aka " Svenalike " was flown into Mexico City for a series of media stunts and the filming of a special feature for Mexico's Azteca TV broadcast corporation.

Murder Most Horrid is a BBC dark comedy anthology series starring comedian Dawn French.

In 1989, he was cast as Cosmo Kramer in the NBC television series Seinfeld, which was created by fellow Fridays cast member Larry David and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

In 1994, comedian Jerry Seinfeld — who says Abbott and Costello were strong influences on his work — hosted a television special Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld ( the title refers to the duo's popular film series in which they met some of Universal's famed horror picture characters ), on NBC ; the special was said to have been seen in 20 million homes.

* A sketch in an episode of the Canadian TV series The Kids in the Hall features an attempt to stage the act, which is foiled by a straight man ( Dave Foley ) who is at first inattentive, and then outsmarts the joke by explaining, in tedious detail, why the other comedian was confused.

* Eddie Murphy ( born 1961 ), comedian, actor who has appeared in the Beverly Hills Cop series and as the voice of Donkey in the Shrek series.

* Tom Scharpling ( born 1969 ), comedian, host of The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling and a writer / executive producer of the television series Monk.

* Tom Scharpling ( born 1969 ), comedian, host of The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling and a writer / executive producer of the television series Monk.

Maybe the most famous inhabitant of Eslöv is the comedian Johan Glans, who has made several TV series.