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Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie 1982) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Jack Haley Jr.

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Jack Haley Jr. ... (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order)  

Carol Burnett ... Self - Co-Host
Jack Lemmon ... Self - Co-Host
Walter Matthau ... Self - Co-Host
Burt Reynolds ... Self - Co-Host
Dom DeLuise ... Self - Co-Host
Richard Pryor ... Self - Co-Host
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bud Abbott ... Actor - 'In Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Acuff ... Actor - 'Leave It to Blondie' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judith Allen ... Actress - 'The Old Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Woody Allen ... Actor - 'Casino Royale' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ... Actor - 'You Can't Take It with You' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ... Actor - 'Fatty Joins the Force' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Asta ... Dog - Unidentified 'Thin Man' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Baby LeRoy ... Actor - 'The Old-Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucille Ball ... Actress - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anne Bancroft ... Actress - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louise Beavers ... Actress - 'She Done Him Wrong' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wallace Beery ... Dan Packard (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Belushi ... Actor - 'Animal House' (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Bendix ... Actor - 'Star-Spangled Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Benny ... Actor - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edgar Bergen ... Actor - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Bergman ... Actor - 'City Lights' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy Bevan ... Actor - Unidentified Mack Sennett Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Blake ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ward Bond ... Actor - 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eileen Brennan ... Actress - 'Private Benjamin' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lou Breslow Lou Breslow ... Actor - 'Fatty Joins the force' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lloyd Bridges ... Steve McCroskey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mel Brooks ... Richard H. Thorndyke (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edward Brophy ... Actor - 'Wedding Present' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe E. Brown ... Actor - 'Some Like It Hot' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nigel Bruce ... Actor - 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Bull ... Actor - 'Dr. Strangelove' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tommy Bupp ... Actor - 'It's a Gift' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sid Caesar ... Actor - 'Silent Movie' (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Cagney ... Actor - 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eric Campbell ... Actor - 'The Adventurer' (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Candy ... Actor - 'Stripes' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dyan Cannon ... Alexis (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Cantor ... Actor - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Philip Carey ... Actor - 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ron Carey ... Actor - 'History of the World, Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Art Carney ... Actor - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leslie Caron ... Actress - 'Father Goose' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Carroll ... Actress - 'Hot Saturday' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Chaplin ... Actor - 'The Adventurer' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chevy Chase ... Ty Webb (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tommy Chong ... Actor - 'Up in Smoke' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Berton Churchill ... Actor - 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jill Clayburgh ... Barbara Jane Bookman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chester Clute ... Actor - 'Star Spangled Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Cobb ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Coburn ... Mr. Oliver Oxley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Coe ... Actor - 'Road to Bali' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claudette Colbert ... Ellie Andrews (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Colonna ... Actor - 'Star Spangled Rhhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chuck Connors ... Actor - 'Move Over Darling' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tim Conway ... Actor - 'The Private Eyes' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Coogan ... Actor - 'The Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Cooper ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Cosby ... Actor - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lou Costello ... Actor - 'In Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broderick Crawford ... Actor - 'Born Yesterday' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan ... Actor - 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bing Crosby ... Actor - 'Road to Hong Kong' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ken Curtis ... Actor - 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Curtis ... Joe / Josephine / Shell Oil Junior (archive footage) (uncredited)
William B. Davidson ... Actor - 'In Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mildred Davis ... Actress - 'Safety Last' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doris Day ... Beverly Boyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Evelyn Del Rio Evelyn Del Rio ... Actress - 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Melvyn Douglas ... Benjamin Rand (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lesley-Anne Down ... Actress - 'Rough Cut' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marie Dressler ... Carlotta Vance (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jan Duggan ... Actress - 'The Old Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margaret Dumont ... Actress - 'A Night at the Opera' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn ... Actor - 'Million Dollar Legs' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Irene Dunne ... Lucy Warriner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Minta Durfee ... Actress - 'Fatty Joins the Force' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood ... Philo Beddoe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zedna Farley Zedna Farley ... Actress - 'The Dentist' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marty Feldman ... Actor - 'Young Frankenstein' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sally Field ... Gwen (archive footage) (uncredited)
W.C. Fields ... Actor - 'The Dentist' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry Fine ... Actor - 'Soup to Nuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Finlayson ... Actor - 'Bohemian Girl' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda ... Charles Pike (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bernard Fox ... Actor - 'The Private Eyes' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kay Francis ... Actress - 'The Cocoanuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Frawley ... Actor - 'One Night in the Tropics' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clark Gable ... Actor - 'It Happened One Night' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greta Garbo ... Ninotchka (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Garner ... Dr. Gerald Boyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teri Garr ... Inga (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Garrett ... Betty Barrett (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Gielgud ... Hobson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert ... Actor - 'County Hospital' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Gilford ... Actor - 'A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Forum' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burton Gilliam ... Actor - 'Blazing Saddles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Gleason ... Actor - 'Smoky and the Bandit' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paulette Goddard ... Actress - 'Modern Times' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thomas Gomez ... Actor - 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leo Gorcey ... Actor - 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Grable ... Julie Lowndes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger ... Actress - 'The Dentist' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cary Grant ... Mortimer Brewster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reed Hadley ... Actor - 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julie Hagerty ... Actress - 'Airplane!' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Haley ... Actor - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Huntz Hall ... Actor - 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margaret Hamilton ... Actor - 'Angels Wash Their Faces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy ... Actor - 'Another Fine Mess' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean Harlow ... Actress - 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Goldie Hawn ... Judy Benjamin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Hays ... Actor - 'Airplane!' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Audrey Hepburn ... Regina Lampert (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katharine Hepburn ... Actress - 'Adam's Rib' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregory Hines ... Actor - 'History of the World, Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Holliday ... Actress - 'Born Yesterday' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darla Hood ... Actress - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope ... Actor - 'Star-Spagled Rhythm (archive footage) (uncredited)
Curly Howard ... Actor - 'Soup to Nuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kathleen Howard ... Actress - 'The Pharmacist' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moe Howard ... Actor - 'Soup to Nuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Trevor Howard ... Actor - 'Father Goose' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mary-Margaret Humes ... Actress - 'History of the World, Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Glynis Johns ... Maid Jean (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chic Johnson ... Actor - 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Allan Jones ... Actor - 'One Night in the Tropics' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madeline Kahn ... Victoria Brisbane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carol Kane ... Annie Hickman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Danny Kaye ... Actor - 'The Court Jester' & 'The Inspector General' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster Keaton ... Actor - 'Cops' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Diane Keaton ... Annie Hall (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly ... Frances Stevens (archive footage) (uncredited)
Percy Kilbride ... Actor - 'Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Knotts ... Actor - 'The Private Eyes' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harvey Korman ... Actor - 'History of the World Part 1' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kris Kristofferson ... Marvin 'Shake' Tiller (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bert Lahr ... Actor - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Lake ... Actor - 'Leave It to Blondie' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dorothy Lamour ... Princess Lala (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Langdon ... Actor - Unidentified Mack Sennett Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel ... Actor - 'Another Fine Mess' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis ... Actor - 'Sailor Beware' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cleavon Little ... Actor - 'Blazing Saddles' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold Lloyd ... Actor - 'Safety Last' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Perry Lopez ... Actor - 'Mr. Roberts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sophia Loren ... Actress - 'Houseboat' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edmund Lowe ... Actor - 'Every Day's a Holiday' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myrna Loy ... Nora (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marjorie Main ... Ma Kettle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hank Mann ... Actor - 'City Lights' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cheech Marin ... Actor - 'Up in Smoke' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marion Marshall ... Actress - 'Star Spangled Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dean Martin ... Al Crowthers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steve Martin ... Actor - 'The Jerk' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chico Marx ... Actress - 'The Cocoanuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Groucho Marx ... Actor - 'Monkey Business' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harpo Marx ... Actor - 'The Cocoanuts' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elaine May ... Millie Michaels (archive footage) (uncredited)
George 'Spanky' McFarland ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Miljan ... Actor - 'Belle of the Nineties' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe ... Actress - 'Some Like It Hot' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Colleen Moore ... Actress - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dudley Moore ... Actor - 'Arthur' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Morrison ... Actor - 'The Old Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Zero Mostel ... Actor - 'A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Forum' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall ... Actor - 'The Old-Fashioned Way' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Murray ... Actor / Stripes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mildred Natwick ... Actress - 'The Court Jester' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leslie Nielsen ... Actor - 'Airplane!' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mabel Normand ... Actress - Unidentified Mack Sennett Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Donald O'Connor ... Actor - 'Singin' in the Rain' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Oakie ... Actor - Unidentfied Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ole Olson Ole Olson ... Actor - 'Crazy House' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn ... Actor - 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cecil Parker ... Actor - 'The Court Jester' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Slim Pickens ... Actor - 'Blazing Saddles' (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Powell ... Actor - Unidentified 'Thin Man' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Quinn ... Actor - 'Bustin' Loose' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jessie Ralph ... Actress - 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Basil Rathbone ... Sherlock Holmes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martha Raye ... Actress - Unidentified Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan ... Actor - 'Bedside for Bonzo' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tracy Reed ... Actress - 'A Shot in the Dark' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lee Remick ... Kirsten Arnesen Clay (archive footage) (uncredited)
Debbie Reynolds ... Molly Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter ... Grace Arden (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Ritz Brothers ... Actor - 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Al Ritz ... Actor - 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Ritz ... Actor - 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Ritz ... Actor - 'Never a Dull Moment' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ginger Rogers ... Actress - 'Monkey Business' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland ... Actor - 'She Done Him Wrong' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mickey Rooney ... Actor - 'Love Finds Andy Hardy' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosalind Russell ... Actress - 'The Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford ... Actor - 'Modern Times' (archive footage) (uncredited)
George C. Scott ... Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vito Scotti ... Actor - 'How Sweet It Is' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Sellers ... Actor - 'Casino Royale' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mack Sennett ... Actor - 'The Hollywood Kid' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Penny Singleton ... Actress - 'Leave It to Blondie' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Red Skelton ... Actor - 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alison Skipworth ... Actress - 'Tillie and Gus' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Walter Slezak ... Actor - 'The Inspector General' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Stack ... Actor - 'Airplane!' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Stanwyck ... Actress - 'The Lady Eve' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Graham Stark ... Actor - 'Casino Royale' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ford Sterling ... Actor - Unidentified Mack Sennett Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbra Streisand ... Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mack Swain ... Big Jim McKay (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gloria Swanson ... Actress - Unidentified Mack Sennett Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas ... Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kenneth Tobey ... Actor - 'Airplane!' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lily Tomlin ... Violet Newstead (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spencer Tracy ... Adam Bonner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ben Turpin ... Actor - 'His New Job' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Murvyn Vye ... Actor - 'Road to Bali' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sam Wanamaker ... Actor - 'Private Benjamin' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mae West ... Actress - 'My Little Chickadee' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gene Wilder ... Actor - 'Young Frankenstein' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert J. Wilke ... Actor - 'Stripes' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Esther Williams ... Actress - 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hal Williams ... Actor - 'Private Benjamin' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grant Withers ... Actor - 'Goin' to Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cora Witherspoon ... Actress - 'The Bank Dick' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Woods ... Actor - 'Monkey Business' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tammany Young ... Actor - 'Six of a Kind' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Michael Bloom ... co-producer (as Michael A. Bloom)
Jack Haley Jr. ... producer
Julian Ludwig ... associate producer (as Julian J. Ludwig)
David L. Wolper ... executive producer

Music by 

Billy Goldenberg
Fred Karlin

Editing by 

David E. Blewitt ... (as David Blewitt)
Bea Dennis
Lawrence Saltzman
Vic Lowrey ... (uncredited)
Sol Weisel ... (uncredited)

Production Design by 

Ron Talsky

Production Management 

Bea Dennis ... post-production supervisor
Vic Lowrey ... assistant production supervisor
Phil Savenick ... assistant production supervisor
Tony Wade ... production manager
Sol Weisel ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Tony Wade ... first assistant director

Art Department 

Bruce Bryant ... graphic artist
James Castle ... graphic artist

Sound Department 

Tom Overton ... sound (as Tommy Overton)
Stanley H. Polinsky ... re-recording mixer
Artie Torgersen ... re-recording mixer
Clancy T. Troutman ... sound
James G. Williams ... re-recording mixer (as James Williams)

Editorial Department 

Paul Anderson ... assistant editor
James Briley ... assistant editor
Richard Bruce Elliott ... assistant editor (as Bruce Elliott)
Ed Fantl ... assistant editor
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein ... negative cutter (as Mary Nelson)
Martin November ... assistant editor (as Marty November)
James Seidelman ... assistant editor
Donald Wylie ... assistant editor (as Donald M. Wylie)

Music Department 

Steve Danforth ... music editor
Michael Isaacson ... orchestrator

Additional Crew 

Donna Egan ... production coordinator (as Donna Egan-Kaplan)
Eleanor Grand ... production coordinator
Jessica Huppert Berman ... film research (as Jessica Berman)
Marge Karney ... assistant to producer
Jim Kwan ... production assistant
Lauren Levine ... production assistant (as Lauren A. Levine)
Leonard Maltin ... film consultant
Auriel Sanderson ... production coordinator
Mark Wolper ... production assistant

See also

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