Archie Hahn is an American character actor and improviser best known for his appearances on the British version of Whose Line is it Anyway?

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for the UK's Channel 4, for a 10 series run...

. He is also well known for appearing in This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

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, Phantom of the Paradise

Phantom of the Paradise

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, and many Joe Dante

Joe Dante

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 films. Two of his appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? live on in particular infamy, as Archie brought in castanet

Castanet

Castanets are a percussion instrument , used in Moorish, Ottoman, ancient Roman, Italian, Spanish, Sephardic Music, and Portuguese music. The instrument consists of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string. They are held in the hand and used to produce clicks for rhythmic accents or...

s (during one of his last episodes) and false teeth (in the second).

Hahn was also well-known by being in the improv theater company, WAR BABIES.

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