Murray is the better actor, Chase is better in SNL skits.... Can't say that i enjoyed the Wes Anderson movies though. When I look at Stripes, etc. they seem very dated now...but those movies did carry on the National Lampoon tradition....

Bill Murray, hands down.

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There is a credible argument that the "Best Actor" in Caddyshack was either Bill Murray



or

Ted Knight

I think not. The gopher was obviously better than both them put together. Chase did apear in a music video with Paul Simon. I would vote Murry. I would also put Steve Martin in the arguement. I'd still say Murray though. I'm not a big fan of any of them though.
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i can't believe how many people keep saying they're not really into these guys.... they're hilarious!!!

as for caddyshack, can you really beat chevy chase singing:

"I was born to rub you, I was born to lick your face, I was born to rub you, but you were born to rub me first."

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Chevy Chase isn't even in the same league. Bill Murry is a natural comic where Chevy Chase has to rely on others to tell him what's funny.

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Chevy Chase Filmography
Orange County (2002)
Ellie Parker (2001)
Snow Day (2000)
Dirty Work (1998)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
Man of the House (1995)
Cops and Robbersons (1994)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Nothing But Trouble (1991)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Fletch Lives (1989)
Caddyshack II (1988)
Funny Farm (1988)
The Couch Trip (1988)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Sesame Street Follow that Bird (1985)
European Vacation (1985)
Fletch (1985)
Deal of the Century (1983)
National Lampoon Vacation (1983)
Modern Problems (1981)
Under the Rainbow (1981)
Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Caddyshack (1980)
Oh Heavenly Dog (1980)
Foul Play (1978)
The Groove Tube (1974)
Lemmings (1973)


Bill Murry Filmography

City of Ember (2008)
Get Smart (2008)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
The Lost City (2005)
Broken Flowers (2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
Speaking of Sex (2001)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Hamlet (2000)
Scout's Honor (1999)
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Rushmore (1998)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Larger Than Life (1996)
Kingpin (1996)
Ed Wood (1994)
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
What About Bob? (1991)
Quick Change (1990)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Scrooged (1988)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Razor's Edge (1984)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Ghost Busters (1984)
Tootsie (1982)
Stripes (1981)
Loose Shoes (1980)
Caddyshack (1980)
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Meatballs (1979)

Okay, I left out the Garfield movies . . . sue me.

OK I will
But I would probably settle out of court for a case of beer.

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Between the two - I'd give Bill Murray the nod.

But...in my book, Steve Martin puts them both to shame - no contest.

"I was born a poor black child..."

Steve Martin . . . who can forget his role as a snobbish waiter in "The Muppet Movie"

of course, there was Parenthood, Roxanne, Simple Twist of Fate, L.A. Story

"My wife likes to talk to me during sex. As a matter of fact she called me from the hotel last week"

No contest Bill Murray.

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A true actor, I think most would agree, is Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, or Forest Whitager. It's hard to know the actor's ability in just commedy. That being said, Murray's Groundhog Day is hilarious. Additionally, I always thought Chevy Chase was a bit boring - the story lines in Lampoon's Vacation & Christmas make the films - but I thought he did a fine job recently playing the part of a deranged father on a Law & Order series. He actually made me believe he was someone other than Chevy Chase.

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Picaso or DeVinci...

...or the guy who does your house for free...


It all depends on what YOU saw, WHEN you saw it, WHO you saw it with and then, under the correct circumstances, was it enjoyable...

Throw out THOSE scenarios, then you might have a truly good starting point for a comparision...

Everyone mentioned is funny in their own particular way...and when the person strays from his pedigree and goes into an acting mode that's outside of what he's/she's about, then you're changing the discussion all together...

Although, when Chevy did the L&O show, there were certain points on the close-ups that I had a *tingle* of a recall to his post-punch sip of eggnog just before he goes into his "MY BOSS IS AM A55h0l3!" speech in Christmas Vacation...a bit that I would love to learn, word for word, for one of those comic moments we all want to have when the time is just right!!!

It will be a sad day when any of them pass on...just as sad as when Rodney went a little while ago...

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Both in the "ORIGINAL" SNL were great!

But out of the movies the past twenty years, though Chase in the Vacation Movies, some of the funniest movies that I have ever seen. And Murry in Stripes and What about Bob.

So lets say that they are even, betwen Vacation series and Stripes, What about Bob and Quick Change.

There three movies lines up that we will give them even.

Going back to the times before, Murry in Caddyshack wins hands down against Chase in the movie.

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Recently watched pink panther 2 with martin....I can generally take him or leave him too, but really enjoyed that.

I really liked him in parenthood too....course I always have liked mary steinburger (is that the right last name?)...my favorite line after he rear ended a car massively as mary was giving him oral service (off camera) was when the officer asked him ...ok what were you doing right before the crash...and he and mary looked at each other....

I guess I like martin better as a dramatic actor. When he first came out I couldn't stand his egotistical performance but now when I look at his old clips I think....what the heck was he doing? His stuff was just so completely different from anything else.

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