Fyrtårnet Og Bivognen

Danish comedy actors duo, sometimes shortened to "Fy og Bi". Carl Schenstrøm (1881-1942, "Fyrtårnet"), Harald Madsen (1890-1949, "Bivognen"). The top of their career was from 1920 to 1940, in which period they acted in more than 50 movie comedies, most silent movies and some outside Denmark, where they were they tall and fatty duo predated Laurel & Hardy as the first internationally known comedy duo. Internationally they were known as "Fyrtornet och Släpvagnen" (Sweden), "Telegrafstolpen og Tilhenger'n" (Norway), "Majakka ja Perävaunu" (Finland), "Doublepatte et Patachon" (France), "Watt en Halfwatt" (Netherlands), "Zoro és Huru" (Hungary), "Long & Short" (UK) and "Ole & Axel" (USA). In other countrien better known under their German alias, "Pat und Patachon".