The Comic

A funny new motion picture that tells Hollywood like it was!

Duration: 95 min

Release date: 1969-11-19

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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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as Billy Bright

as Frank Powers

as Edwin G. Englehardt

as Lorraine Bell

as 1st Director

as Al Schilling

Maurice Dallimore

Maurice Dallimore

as Lord Faversham

Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

as Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Old Lady (uncredited)

as Consuela (uncredited)

as Mike Fields (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Fatso / Dental Patient (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Fred - Director (uncredited)

as Premiere Guest (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

as Minister (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Patrick Campbell

Patrick Campbell

as Funeral Director (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Suzanne Covington

Suzanne Covington

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Screening Room Executive (uncredited)

as French Maid (uncredited)

as Late Night Movie Host (uncredited)

as Mailbox Gag (uncredited)

as Cop (uncredited)

as Newsreel Narrator / Commerical Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)

as Talk Show Guest (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Mexican Barfly (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

The Great John L.

The Great John L.

as Burly Man (uncredited)

as Butler (uncredited)

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Carter Harbaugh

Carter Harbaugh

as Tommy (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Still Photographer (uncredited)

as Billy Jr. (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Storekeeper (uncredited)

as Amanda Lou Phipps (uncredited)

as Theatre Doorman (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

as Nurse (uncredited)

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

as Hearse Driver (uncredited)

as Bathing Beauty (uncredited)

Celeste Michaels

Celeste Michaels

as Girl in Miniskirt (uncredited)

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

as Housekeeper (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

as Officer (uncredited)

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Christopher Ross

Christopher Ross

as Musician (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Funeral Guest (uncredited)

as Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)

as Driver (uncredited)

as Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)

as Little Man (uncredited)

as Hot Dog Man (uncredited)

as Billy's Mother in 'Forget Me Not' (uncredited)

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Johnny Weissmüller

Johnny Weissmüller

as Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Denise in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Organist (uncredited)

as Prison Warden in Film (uncredited)

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Original Music Composer

W. Wallace Kelley

W. Wallace Kelley

Director of Photography

Guy C. Verhille

Guy C. Verhille

Walter M. Simonds

Walter M. Simonds

Production Design

Russell Saunders

Russell Saunders

Unit Production Manager

Donald C. Glouner

Donald C. Glouner

Second Unit Director of Photography

Makeup Supervisor

Wayne Fitzgerald

Wayne Fitzgerald

Charles J. Rice

Charles J. Rice

Sound Supervisor

Arthur Piantadosi

Arthur Piantadosi

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