Sammy Shore (February 7, 1927 – May 18, 2019)[1] was an American actor, stand-up comedian and co-founder of The Comedy Store.

[2] Sammy Shore was born in 1927[3] in New York City at the start of the Great Depression in the United States.

[5] He was chosen, in 1969, to open for Elvis Presley’s comeback performance at the International Hotel, Las Vegas.

[11] Shore appeared in many films including The Bellboy with Jerry Lewis and both Life Stinks and History of the World Part 1 from Mel Brooks.

[13] Shore was voted Best Comedy Act in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors named a day after him on July 24, 1990.