Louis Perry Anderson (March 24, 1953 – January 21, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host.

[3] Anderson performed a stand-up show called Louie: Larger Than Life in Las Vegas, Nevada, from 2003 through 2012.

[9] Anderson made his television debut on January 13, 1984, on Rodney Dangerfield's Young Comedians Special on HBO.

[12] In late 1985, Anderson was cast as Lou Appleton alongside Bronson Pinchot on the pilot episode of Perfect Strangers for ABC (which was known in this early stage as The Greenhorn).

Anderson had a small role in the singing-telegram scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off,[14] as well as appearing in a comedy special on Showtime.

[18] In 1995, Anderson created and produced a Saturday-morning animated series for Fox called Life with Louie.

The show was a 3-year hit on Fox, and won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.

After practicing several dives into a swimming pool then nearly drowning, he needed help getting out from co-star football player Ndamukong Suh.

[31] Anderson signed on as the promotional spokesperson for his home state's Land O'Lakes Sweet Cream butter brand.

[33] Anderson won the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance.

[34] On July 23, 2017, Anderson competed on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud (hosted today by Steve Harvey); his opponent was singer/actress Christina Milian.

Gordon, who was 31 at the time, was arrested after leading FBI agents on a high-speed chase along Santa Monica Boulevard.

[45] On January 18, 2022, it was announced that Anderson had been hospitalized in Las Vegas for large B-cell lymphoma; he had first been diagnosed with cancer a decade earlier, but kept the information private.