"Professor" Irwin Corey (July 29, 1914 – February 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comic, film actor and activist, often billed as "The World’s Foremost Authority".
He introduced his unscripted, improvisational style of stand-up comedy at the San Francisco club the hungry i.
Lenny Bruce described Corey as “one of the most brilliant comedians of all time.”