The Comic
10 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 35m
1969
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...
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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.
- DirectorCarl Reiner
- Release19 November 1969
- Genre
- Duration1h 35m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate10 reviews
- Productions
Acre Enterprises
Cast

Dick Van Dyke
Billy Bright

Michele Lee
Mary Gibson

Mickey Rooney
Cockeye

Cornel Wilde
Frank Powers

Nina Wayne
Sybil Atlas

Pert Kelton
Mama Bell

Steve Allen
Steve Allen

Barbara Heller
Ginger

Ed Peck
Edwin G. Englehardt

Jeannine Riley
Lorraine Bell

Gavin MacLeod
1st Director

Jay Novello
Miguel

Paulene Myers
Phoebe

Fritz Feld
Armand

Jerome Cowan
Lawrence

Isabel Sanford
Woman

Jeff Donnell
Nurse

Carl Reiner
Al Schilling

Maurice Dallimore
Lord Faversham

Mantan Moreland
Passerby at Billy's Funeral (unbilled)

Lillian Adams
Old Lady (uncredited)

Jack Berle
Minor Role (uncredited)

Paul Bradley
Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Peter Brocco
Minister (uncredited)

Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Billy Curtis
Lifeguard in Film (uncredited)

Luis Delgado
Minor Role (uncredited)

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

Leonard Frey
Talk Show Guest (uncredited)

Suzie Kaye
Amanda Lou Phipps (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Theatre Doorman (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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

Ottola Nesmith
Housekeeper (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Ward Ramsey
Officer (uncredited)

Mark Russell
Minor Role (uncredited)

Paul Russell
Funeral Guest (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
Pallbearer at Funeral (uncredited)

Johnny Silver
Little Man (uncredited)

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

Johnny Weissmüller
Jungle Jim (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

Dick Winslow
Organist (uncredited)

Bill Zuckert
Prison Warden in Film (uncredited)
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