Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

[grhaffdd]

Hard to choose.

[darren]

Re: Who was the best Comedy actor of the 80'a

I went for rik mayall and ronnie barker of those in this list.
loved rik in the young ones and later in bottom.

he starred in both with ade edmonson.

and ronnie barker what a legend.
from the two ronnies with ronnie corbett to porridge till open all hrs.

[matt]

Re: Who was the best Comedy actor of the 80'a

Very easy choice for me, Ronnie Barker comes top every time. In my opinion, he’s one of the finest comedic actors ever – if not the finest. Love me a bit of PorridgeJ

[Heather74]

Re: Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

Sorry folks I accidentally deleted the poll question, please vote again

[sixtyten]

Re: Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

Changed my vote, as Ronnie Barker didn't do a lot in the 80's.
Not sure how Leonard Rossiter made the list having died by 1984

Has to be David Jason.
Rik Mayall as funny as piles IMHO

[Desperately Sought Susan]

Re: Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

It definitely WASN'T Neil Stacy from Duty Free - but I've often wondered what happened to him...

[darren]

Re: Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

It definitely WASN'T Neil Stacy from Duty Free - but I've often wondered what happened to him...

bit of info for you Susan.

neil stacy starred in the bill as Judge Colin Wakeling in 2004.
he was in two consecutive episodes.

he also was in a film called the prince in 2003 it was a tv movie he played the general.

[Desperately Sought Susan]

Re: Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

No way! The Bill seems like a rite of passage for every British actor - they all had to be on it at some stage in their careers. Guess that mantle has now passed to Holby City.

[darren]

Re: Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

Rowan Atkinson, is best comedy actor.

he is fntastic.
in mr bean the faces he can make and to be so funny without talking is a real skill.
i remember him being referred to as the man with the rubber face.
not hard to see wehy.

[80sChav]

Re: Who was the best comedy actor of the 80's?

I had to pick David Jason (but based on Only Fools & Horses), but I was never as keen on Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett indvidualy 9I liked Ronnie Corbett's Comedy) he did, but i just totaly can never get enough of them as The 2 Ronnie's ... they just complement each other amzingly and are so in tandom with their one/two liners it makes them so awesome.

Though John Cleese never did too much Comedy as such, in the Comedy's he did do - Fawlty Towers and Clockwise which i'd call definite comedy's I always always liked him and he is one of the finest UK actors ever I think. Imagine him as Del Boy ... that'd be so so funny.