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Also Known As George Galvin
Born December 20, 1860 • London • England
Died October 31, 1904 (aged 43) • London • England
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
British actor, director, writer, and composer
Joseph Grimaldi as the clown in Harlequin Padmanada; or, The Golden Fish
Joseph Grimaldi
English clown and pantomimist
Sir George Robey
British comedian
Dame Gracie Fields
British comedienne
Red Skelton
American actor
Lupino Lane
English actor
Marie Lloyd
Marie Lloyd
British actress
Mathews, Charles James
Charles James Mathews
English writer and comedian
Marie Tempest
Marie Tempest
British actress
Charles Mathews, detail from a mezzotint by C. Turner, 1825, after an oil painting by James Lonsdale
Charles Mathews
British actor
Grossmith, c. 1890
George Grossmith
British comedian
Vesta Tilley
British comedienne
The “Great Stone Face”
Buster Keaton
American actor
May Irwin.
May Irwin
American comedian
George Jessel
American comedian
Mistinguett
French comedienne
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
American actor and entertainer
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen
British actor
John Cleese.
John Cleese
British actor
Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Peter Sellers
British actor

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