
The Comic
A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
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.
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Cast

Jay Novello
Miguel

Ethelreda Leopold
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Johnny Silver
Little Man (uncredited)

Mickey Rooney
Cockeye

Pert Kelton
Mama Bell

Jack Berle
Minor Role (uncredited)

Luis Delgado
Minor Role (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Theatre Doorman (uncredited)

Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas

Jeff Donnell
Nurse

Rex Benson
Minor Role (uncredited)

Howard Morris
Pedestrian Gag Man in 'Love Honor and Oh Boy' (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)

Barbara Heller
Ginger

Ward Ramsey
Officer (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Zuckert
Prison Warden in Film (uncredited)

Maurice Dallimore
Lord Faversham

Paul Frees
Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)

Suzie Kaye
Amanda Lou Phipps (uncredited)

Gavin MacLeod
1st Director

William Boyce
Minor Role (uncredited)

Leonard Frey
Talk Show Guest (uncredited)

Isabel Sanford
Woman

Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright

Cosmo Sardo
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)

Paulene Myers
Phoebe

Mantan Moreland
Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)

Billy Curtis
Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)

Irene Tedrow
Billy's Mother in 'Forget Me Not' (uncredited)

Fritz Feld
Armand

Carl Reiner
Al Schilling

Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers

Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell

Jean Willes
Denise in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick Winslow
Organist (uncredited)

Michele Lee
Mary Gibson

Steve Allen
Steve Allen

Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt

Peter Brocco
Minister (uncredited)

Mark Russell
Minor Role (uncredited)

Paul Russell
Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Ottola Nesmith
Housekeeper (uncredited)

Johnny Weissmüller
Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)