Celebrities moonlighting as magicians

[KAL-EL]

Harry Anderson, from the TV show "NightCourt" started out as a street magician and from what it appears he was very involved in it aside from being an actor.

He had a shop and wrote a book too.

 

[Medifro]

Hugh Laurie (Dr.House) and Stephen Fry (The Quiz in UK I think is the name ). Both are legenday actors, and they did this trick even better than magicians in my opinion. Alot of lessons can be learned here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ph0xUQCPuOc

 

[adjones]

Hugh Laurie (Dr.House) and Stephen Fry (The Quiz in UK I think is the name ). Both are legenday actors, and they did this trick even better than magicians in my opinion. Alot of lessons can be learned here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ph0xUQCPuOc

Wow, that is awesome. And you're right, they did perform it better than most magicians. Very original, very awesome. Thanks for sharing!

 

[KAL-EL]

Does anyone know if Maria Gara has ever been on a show or movie.

 

[CardGuy90]

Apparently Criss Angel does some magic inbetween all his camera editing work.

LMFAO!!!!!!!! i was eating something and almost choked when i read that! lmfao

 

[Jakeh]

Hugh Laurie (Dr.House) and Stephen Fry (The Quiz in UK I think is the name ). Both are legenday actors, and they did this trick even better than magicians in my opinion. Alot of lessons can be learned here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ph0xUQCPuOc

That was really good.

 

[Sean_Raf]

Hugh Laurie (Dr.House) and Stephen Fry (The Quiz in UK I think is the name ). Both are legenday actors, and they did this trick even better than magicians in my opinion. Alot of lessons can be learned here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ph0xUQCPuOc

It's called QI

That was some fun viewing.

- Sean

 

[Rmana]

Neil Patrick Harris from 'How I met Your Mother' has been a fan and practioner of magic for years.

Yea, he does some on the show on occasion. I'd love to see him perform. On the DVD for the show they talk about NPH taking the writers to magic shows around LA.

 

[Dylan P.]

Dicki Van Dyke is a practitioner of magic. A famous magician Mark Wilson, actually taught Dyke a thing or two. I have a Picture of Wilson teaching Van Dyke.

Dylan P.

 

[MikeGoyke]

Hugh Laurie (Dr.House) and Stephen Fry (The Quiz in UK I think is the name ). Both are legenday actors, and they did this trick even better than magicians in my opinion. Alot of lessons can be learned here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ph0xUQCPuOc

Wow that was beyond awesome
Nice find

 

[dukehousemagic]

Apparently Criss Angel does some magic inbetween all his camera editing work.

Nah, I doubt it.

 

[joshrobarts]

found some new footage of hugh laurie and that other guy doing some more magic. this time a spoon bend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxWdIQVT_c

 

[Bizzaro]

Mark Hamill and Sam Raimi have been known to dabble.

I think most entertainers have entertained the thought at some point.

 

[BalloonFight]

Apparently Criss Angel does some magic inbetween all his camera editing work.

Haha, perfect.

 

[joshrobarts]

Mark Hamill and Sam Raimi have been known to dabble.

I think most entertainers have entertained the thought at some point.

mark hamill doesn't do magic, he uses the force. duhh

 

[Xel]

NPH was voted on to the board of directors for the AMA (Academy of Magical Arts) earlier this year. The AMA is the organization that runs and hangs out at the Magic Castle.

--Xel

 

[StevenLevitt]

Prince Charles, in the UK performs magic

 

[FOO:L]

found some new footage of hugh laurie and that other guy doing some more magic. this time a spoon bend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxWdIQVT_c

ROFL! uri geller spoof! hahahha

 

[praetoritevong]

found some new footage of hugh laurie and that other guy doing some more magic. this time a spoon bend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUxWdIQVT_c

Haha Fry and Laurie is gold...

 

[Chr!s]

Johnny Depp apparently dabbles, Winston Churchill was a keen magic enthusiast, and anyone else I knew of has been mentioned.

FYI, Piven didn't execute those cuts and flourishes... He had a stand-in (I believe one of the Bucks stood in, though that may have been hear-say).
Anyone that saw the footage of him doing a card catch effect for the host and guests of a TV chat show in the US would attest to his lack of ability with SoH. Bloody good actor though.

CL