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The oldest living comedians

The oldest living comedians - the longest-running careers in the field.

Mel Brooks

Comedians

2nd100 · born 1926

Woody Woodbury

Comedians

1st102 · born 1924

Wizard of New Zealand

Comedians

3rd93 · born 1932
Woody Woodbury tops this list.

Age: 102, ahead of Mel Brooks at 100.

Chasing the podium
  1. 4thWavy GravyComedians90
  2. 5thDavid OssmanComedians89
  3. 6thJohn CleeseComedians86
  4. 7thRotraud SchindlerComedians86
  5. 8thKinichi HagimotoComedians85
  6. 9thMetin AkpınarComedians84
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryAge
10th, fallingEddie GutierrezComedians · born 1942Comedians84born 194211th, fallingPer PallesenComedians · born 1942Comedians84born 194212th, risingTom DreesenComedians · born 1942United StatesUnited StatesComedians84born 194213th, fallingJoy BeharComedians · born 1942United StatesUnited StatesComedians83born 194214th, risingEric IdleComedians · born 1943United KingdomUnited KingdomComedians83born 194315th, risingKatsura Bunshi VIComedians · born 1943JapanJapanComedians83born 194316th, stableRoy Chubby BrownComedians · born 1945United KingdomUnited KingdomComedians81born 194517th, stableSteve MartinComedians · born 1945United StatesUnited StatesComedians81born 194518th, risingYevgeny PetrosyanComedians · born 1945Comedians81born 194519th, fallingPieter-Dirk UysComedians · born 1945South AfricaSouth AfricaComedians80born 194520th, risingBlake ClarkComedians · born 1946United StatesUnited StatesComedians80born 194621st, stableManuel "El Flaco" IbáñezComedians · born 1946MexicoMexicoComedians79born 194622nd, stableNorman LovettComedians · born 1946United KingdomUnited KingdomComedians79born 194623rd, fallingKlara NovikovaComedians · born 1946Comedians79born 194624th, stablePatrick BarlowComedians · born 1947United KingdomUnited KingdomComedians79born 194725th, fallingDavid LettermanComedians · born 1947United StatesUnited StatesComedians79born 1947
How far this reaches

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