The Comic
A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!
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.
Cast
Fritz Feld
Armand
Isabel Sanford
Woman
Peter Brocco
Minister (uncredited)
Irene Tedrow
Billy's Mother in 'Forget Me Not' (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Michele Lee
Mary Gibson
Jack Berle
Minor Role (uncredited)
Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas
Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Jay Novello
Miguel
Paul Russell
Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Gavin MacLeod
1st Director
Jeff Donnell
Nurse
Johnny Weissmüller
Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
Prison Warden in Film (uncredited)
Barbara Heller
Ginger
Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell
Leonard Frey
Talk Show Guest (uncredited)
Ward Ramsey
Officer (uncredited)
Rex Benson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Mark Russell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jean Willes
Denise in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers
Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt
Paulene Myers
Phoebe
Johnny Silver
Little Man (uncredited)
Dick Winslow
Organist (uncredited)
Pert Kelton
Mama Bell
Maurice Dallimore
Lord Faversham
Ethelreda Leopold
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Paul Frees
Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
Suzie Kaye
Amanda Lou Phipps (uncredited)
Howard Morris
Pedestrian Gag Man in 'Love Honor and Oh Boy' (uncredited)
William Boyce
Minor Role (uncredited)
Luis Delgado
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Carl Reiner
Al Schilling
Kenner G. Kemp
Theatre Doorman (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright
Jeffrey Sayre
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)
Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mickey Rooney
Cockeye
Mantan Moreland
Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)
Billy Curtis
Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)