Bill Paterson as Narrator (voice)

Albert Austin as Self (archive footage)

Henry Bergman as Self (archive footage)

Eric Campbell as Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)

Syd Chaplin as Self (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy as Self (archive footage)

Fred Karno as Self (archive footage)

Edna Purviance as Self (archive footage)

Harry Relph as Self (archive footage)

Billie Ritchie as Self (archive footage)