Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT With more movies than any other actor included on the AFI’s 100 Years...100 Laughs list, compiling the greatest comedy films ever made, a surprising star from Hollywood’s Golden Age holds the title of finest comedic actor of all time. Since the poll took place in 2000, a lot of great comedies from the 21st century are missing.
There are plenty of revered comedic actors who could arguably be named the greatest of all time. Peter Sellers, Eddie Murphy, and Robin Williams have all played a wide range of characters, provided audiences around the world with plenty of laughter, and starred in some of the most highly acclaimed comedies ever made.
Grant’s other listed comedies include The Philadelphia Story, in which a socialite’s wedding plans are scuppered when a tabloid journalist and her ex-husband show up; His Girl Friday, about a newspaper editor desperately trying to win back his ex-wife; and Arsenic and Old Lace, about a soon-to-be-married man whose aunts are serial killers. The most recent inclusion is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, about an optimistic couple attempting to build their dream home in the countryside.
Cary Grant's Legendary Comedy Streak Is Even More Impressive Given Its Short Timeline Grant didn’t just star in eight of the AFI’s top 100 comedies; what’s even more impressive is that he managed to make all those great comedies in the space of just 15 years. They were all released between 1933 and 1948 at the height of the screwball comedy’s heyday. It only took Grant a decade and a half to establish himself as arguably the greatest comedy movie star of all time.