The Comic

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)

William Boyce

Minor Role (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)