10 Greatest Comedy Duos Of All Time
7. Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor
When you think of a comedy duo, generally, people picture a sketch comedy duo, but that's not always the case. Sometimes, a couple of guys get together and put out a movie or two that works so well, they become branded as a comedy duo forever more.
Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor's work together falls in that category as these two legends of comedy only starred in four movies together, but they were four of the funniest comedies ever made.
Their collaboration began with Silver Streak in 1976 and only improved with hits like See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Stir Crazy. Off and on, these two comedy greats worked together for 15 years, but their work came to an end due to Pryor's ongoing problems with addiction.
When they worked together, it just worked. Wilder would play the straight-man while Pryor's ad-libbed dialogue always stole the scene. Wilder's ability to keep a straight face during "most" of Pryor's antics only added to the scene's hilarity. When asked how he managed to keep a straight face all that time, all Wilder had to say was, "I wouldn't want to have ruined the scenes," which seems impossible given how great these two worked together.