Fred Evans
... that silent shorts featuring Fred Evans as "Pimple" rivalled those of Charlie Chaplin for popularity and have been described as "proto-Pythonesque"?
... that <a href="./Silent_film" id="mwGho" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Silent film">silent</a> <a href="./Short_film" id="mwGhs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Short film">shorts</a> featuring <b id="mwGhw"><a href="./Fred_Evans_(comedian)" id="mwGh0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Fred Evans (comedian)">Fred Evans</a></b> as "Pimple" rivalled those of <a href="./Charlie_Chaplin" id="mwGh4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a> for popularity and have been described as "proto-<a href="./Monty_Python" id="mwGh8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monty Python">Pythonesque</a>"?