Bruce Dern as Grayson Potchuck

Madeline Kahn as Estie Del Ruth

Art Carney as J.J. Fromberg

Phil Silvers as Murray Fromberg

Teri Garr as Fluffy Peters

Ron Leibman as Rudy Montague

Sterling Holloway as Old Man on Bus

Virginia Mayo as Miss Battley

Henny Youngman as Manny Farber

Ethel Merman as Hedda Parsons

Ricardo Montalban as Silent Film Star

Aldo Ray as Stubby Stebbins

Joan Blondell as Landlady

Broderick Crawford as Special Effects Man

Dorothy Lamour as Visiting Film Star

Ann Miller as Presidents' Girl 2

Dean Stockwell as Paul Levell

Tab Hunter as David Hamilton

Victor Mature as Nick

Barbara Nichols as Nick's Girl

Army Archerd as Premiere MC

Zsa Zsa Gabor as Premiere Female Star

Doodles Weaver as Man in Mexican Film

Cyd Charisse as President's Girl 4

Alice Faye as Secretary at Gate

Milton Berle as Blind Man

Walter Pidgeon as Grayson's Butler

Gloria DeHaven as President's Girl 1 (as Gloria De Haven)

Johnny Weissmüller as Stagehand 2

Mike Mazurki as Studio Guard

Carmel Myers as Woman Journalist

Dennis Morgan as Tour Guide

Ann Rutherford as Grayson's Studio Secretary

Eli Mintz as Tailor

Yvonne De Carlo as Cleaning Woman

Billy Barty as Assistant Director

Shecky Greene as Tourist

Phil Leeds as Dog Catcher

Cliff Norton as Dog Catcher

Romo Vincent as Short Order Cook

William Benedict as Man on Bus

Dorothy Gulliver as Old Woman on Bus

William Demarest as Studio Gatekeeper

Rory Calhoun as Philip Hart

Henry Wilcoxon as Silent Film Director

Jackie Coogan as Stagehand 1

Andy Devine as Priest in Dog Pound

Richard Arlen as Silent Film Star 2

Jack La Rue as Silent Film Villain

Nancy Walker as Mrs. Fromberg

Gloria DeHaven as President's Girl 1

Louis Nye as Radio Interviewer

Stepin Fetchit as Dancing Butler

Ken Murray as Souvenir Salesman

Rudy Vallee as Autograph Hound

George Jessel as Awards Announcer

Rhonda Fleming as Rhoda Flaming

Dick Haymes as James Crawford

Robert Alda as Richard Entwhistle

Fritz Feld as Rudy's Butler

Edward Ashley as Second Butler

Kres Mersky as Girl in Arab Film

Jane Connell as Waitress

Janet Blair as President's Girl 3

Dennis Day as Singing Telegraph Man

Harry Ritz as Cleaning Woman

Jimmy Ritz as Cleaning Woman

Jesse White as Rudy's Agent

Jack Carter as Male Journalist

Jack Bernardi as Fluffy's Escort

Fernando Lamas as Premiere Male Star

Huntz Hall as Moving Man

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Mexican Projectionist

Edward Le Veque as Prostitute Customer

Edgar Bergen as Professor Quicksand

Ronny Graham as Mark Bennett

Morey Amsterdam as Custard Pie Star

Eddie Foy Jr. as Custard Pie Star

Peter Lawford as Slapstick Star

Patricia Morison as Star at Screening

Guy Madison as Star at Screening

Regis Toomey as Burlesque Stagehand

James Brodhead as Priest

Keye Luke as Cook in Kitchen

John Carradine as Drunk