Editing Comedian (section)

===Film===
{{Main|Comedy film}}
Karno took Chaplin and Laurel on two trips to the United States to tour the vaudeville circuit. On the second one, they were recruited by the fledgling [[silent film]] industry. Chaplin became the most popular screen comedian of the first half of the 20th century. Chaplin and [[Stan Laurel]] were protégés of [[Fred Karno]], the English theatre impresario of British [[music hall]], and in his biography Laurel stated, "Fred Karno didn't teach Charlie [Chaplin] and me all we know about comedy. He just taught us most of it".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Burton|first1=Alan|title=Pimple, pranks & pratfalls: British film comedy before 1930|date=2000|publisher=Flicks Books|isbn=9781862360105|page=51}}</ref> Chaplin wrote films such as ''[[Modern Times (film)|Modern Times]]'' and ''[[The Kid (1921 film)|The Kid]]''. His films still have a major impact on comedy in films today.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/hpolscrv/msiegler.htm | title=Charlie Chaplin Biography | date=1 May 2001 | access-date=2 December 2013 | author=Sigler, Michael S | archive-date=26 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326140923/http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/hpolscrv/msiegler.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Laurel met [[Oliver Hardy]] in the US and teamed up as [[Laurel and Hardy]]. Keaton also started making silent comedies.

Fields appeared in Broadway [[musical comedies]], three silent films in 1915 and 1925, and in [[sound film]]s starting in 1926. The Marx brothers also made the transition to film in 1929, by way of two Broadway musicals.

Many other comedians made sound films, such as Bob Hope (both alone, and in a series of "[[Road to ...]]" comedies with partner [[Bing Crosby]]), [[ventriloquist]] [[Edgar Bergen]], and [[Jerry Lewis]] (both with and without partner [[Martin and Lewis|Dean Martin]]).

Some comedians who entered film expanded their acting skills to become dramatic actors, or started as actors specializing in comic roles, such as [[Dick Van Dyke]], [[Paul Lynde]], [[Michael Keaton]], [[Bill Murray]] and [[Denis Leary]].