The Comic
The Comic
Release: 1969-11-19
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 5.9
Comedy
Drama
An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a lonely, bitter old man unable to reconcile his life's disappointments. The movie is based loosely on the life of Buster Keaton.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Acre Enterprises
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jeannine Riley
as Lorraine Bell
Suzie Kaye
as Amanda Lou Phipps (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
as Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Johnny Weissmüller
as Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)
Calvin Coolidge
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michele Lee
as Mary Gibson
Lillian Adams
as Old Lady (uncredited)
Jack Berle
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ward Ramsey
as Officer (uncredited)
Leonard Frey
as Talk Show Guest (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Mickey Rooney
as Cockeye
Isabel Sanford
as Woman
Jeff Donnell
as Nurse
Paul Russell
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
as Prison Warden in Film (uncredited)
Gavin MacLeod
as 1st Director
Fritz Feld
as Armand
Jerome Cowan
as Lawrence
Kenner G. Kemp
as Theatre Doorman (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Mark Russell
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Maurice Dallimore
as Lord Faversham
Peter Brocco
as Minister (uncredited)
Johnny Silver
as Little Man (uncredited)
Jay Novello
as Miguel
Carl Reiner
as Al Schilling
Irene Tedrow
as Billy's Mother in 'Forget Me Not' (uncredited)
Dick Winslow
as Organist (uncredited)
Pert Kelton
as Mama Bell
Dick Van Dyke
as Billy Bright
Cornel Wilde
as Frank Powers
Howard Morris
as Pedestrian Gag Man in 'Love Honor and Oh Boy' (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
Jean Willes
as Denise in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
as Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)
Nina Wayne
as Sybil Atlas
Barbara Heller
as Ginger
William Boyce
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Steve Allen
as Steve Allen
Ed Peck
as Edwin G. Englehardt
Luis Delgado
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
as Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Paulene Myers
as Phoebe
Mantan Moreland
as Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)