The Comic (1969)

The Comic (1969)

„The Comic“ is a 1969 Pathécolor comedy-drama film directed by Carl Reiner, who also wrote the screenplay together with Aaron Ruben.

A silent film legend ruins his career with drinking, womanizing and his star-sized ego.

Cast:

• Dick Van Dyke – William Simon aka Billy Bright
• Michele Lee – Mary Gibson
• Mickey Rooney – Martin „Cockeye“ Van Buren
• 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 Margaret Bell
• Gavin MacLeod – 1st Director
• Jay Novello – Miguel
• Craig Huebing – Doctor
• Paulene Myers – Phoebe
• Fritz Feld – Armand
• Jerome Cowan – Lawrence
• Isabel Sanford – Woman in Detergent Commercial
• Jeff Donnell – Nurse
• Carl Reiner – Al Schilling
• Suzie Kaye – Amanda Lou Phipps
• Kres Mersky – Bathing Beauty
• Scott James – Billy Jr.
• Irene Tedrow – Billy’s Mother in Forget Me Not
• The Great John L. – Burly Man
• Clive Halliday – Butler
• Alvin Hammer – Cameraman
• Bob Rhodes – Cameraman
• Priscilla Ann – Consuela
• Harry Fleer – Cop
• Jean Willes – Denise in film clip (archive footage)
• Joe Sawyers – Driver
• Mel Berger – Fatso / Dental Patient
• Frank Biro – Fred, Director
• Joyce Easton – French Maid
• Patrick Campbell – Funeral Director
• Paul Bradley – Funeral Guest
• William H. O’Brien – Funeral Guest
• Paul Russell – Funeral Guest
• Celeste Michaels – Girl in Mini-Skirt
• Frank Mathias – Hearse Driver
• Ralph Smiley – Hot Dog Man
• Ottola Nesmith – Housekeeper
• Johnny Weissmuller – Jungle Jim (archive footage)
• Howard Dayton – Ketchup Man
• Geoff Edwards – Late Night Movie Host
• Billy Curtis – Lifeguard in Film
• Viki Vigen – Little Girl
• Johnny Silver – Little Man
• Maurice Dallimore – Lord Faversham
• Lynn Fields – Mailbox Gag
• Ben Frommer – Mexican Barfly
• Robert Ball – Mike Fields
• Peter Brocco – Minister
• Frank Adamo – Minor Role
• Rex Benson – Minor Role
• Jack Berle – Minor Role
• William Boyce – Minor Role
• Linda Burton – Minor Role
• Suzanne Covington – Minor Role
• Luis Delgado – Minor Role
• Sig Frohlich – Minor Role
• Dee Gardner – Minor Role
• Bobby Gilbert – Minor Role
• Andre Hemmers – Minor Role
• Stardedt Kaava – Minor Role
• Walter Kightly – Minor Role
• Angel Pine – Minor Role
• Mark Russell – Minor Role
• Christopher Ross – Musician
• Paul Frees – Newsreel Narrator / Commercial Announcer / Man in Restaurant (voice)
• Marilyn Malloy – Nurse
• Ward Ramsey – Officer
• Lillian Adams – Old Lady
• Dick Winslow – Organist
• Cosmo Sardo – Pall Bearer at Funeral
• Jeffrey Sayre – Pall Bearer at Funeral
• Mantan Moreland – Passerby at Billy’s Funeral
• Howard Morris – Pedestrian Gag Man in Love Honor and Oh Boy
• Nick Borgani – Premier Guest
• Bill Zuckert – Prison Warden in Film
• Eddie Garrett – Restaurant Patron
• Joseph La Cava – Restaurant Patron
• Ethelreda Leopold – Restaurant Patron
• Alan Marston – Restaurant Patron
• Peter Eastman – Screening Room Executive
• Calvin Coolidge – Self (archive footage)
• Brick Huston – Still Photographer
• Lou Kane – Storekeeper
• Leonard Frey – Talk Show Guest
• Kenner G. Kemp – Theatre Doorman
• Carter Harbaugh – Tommy
• Murray Pollack – Wedding Guest

„Der Komiker“ (The Comic) ist ein Pathécolor-Komödiendrama von 1969 unter der Regie von Carl Reiner, der auch das Drehbuch zusammen mit Aaron Ruben schrieb.

Eine Stummfilmlegende ruiniert seine Karriere mit Alkohol, Frauengeschichten und seinem übergroßen Ego.