farceur

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He began as the disillusioned farceur of “Roger & Me,” in 1989.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020

Andrew Sachs, a seasoned farceur who portrayed the diminutive, dunderheaded and much-abused Spanish waiter Manuel on “Fawlty Towers,” widely regarded as one of the best sitcoms of all time, died Nov. 23 in London.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016

John Cleese told the Today programme that Sachs was a "sweet man" and a "brilliant farceur".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2016

"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" earned the ever-outrageous farceur Christopher Durang the Tony Award, a capstone to a career in hilarity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2016

It is the composition of Señor de Castro himself, who is a farceur, of some wit and more effrontery.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John