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Robert Downey's satire on the Madison Avenue Establishment. Contains color sequences. Arnold Johnson. Arab: Antonio Fargas. Mrs. Swope: Laura Greene. Marc: Eric Krupnik. The President: Pepi Hermine. First Lady: Ruth Hermine.
1969
English
Stereo
Comedy
Cult Classic
Satire
Cast & Crew
Arnold Johnson
(Actor)
.. Putney
Antonio Fargas
(Actor)
.. The Arab
Eric Krupnik
(Actor)
.. Mark Focus
Laura Greene
(Actor)
.. Mrs. Swope
Stan Gottlieb
(Actor)
.. Nathan
Allen Garfield
(Actor)
.. Elias Jr.
Archie Russell
(Actor)
.. Joker
Ramon Gordon
(Actor)
.. Bissinger
Bert Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Hawker
Joe Engler
(Actor)
.. Mr. Syllables
David Kirk
(Actor)
.. Elias Sr.
Don George
(Actor)
.. Mr. Cards
Buddy Butler
(Actor)
.. Putney's Bodyguard
Vincent Hamill
(Actor)
.. Man in White Suit
Tom Odachi
(Actor)
.. Wing Soney
Ching Yeh
(Actor)
.. Wing Soney Jr.
Spunky-Funk Johnson
(Actor)
.. Mr. Major
Joe Fields
(Actor)
.. Pittsburgh Willie
Norman Schreiber
(Actor)
.. Messenger
Robert Staats
(Actor)
.. Mr. War Toys
Alan Abel
(Actor)
.. Mr. Lucky
Sol Brawerman
(Actor)
.. Mr. Dinkleberry
Ben Israel
(Actor)
.. Mr. Pit Stop
Mel Brooks
(Actor)
.. Mr. Forget It
Louise Heath
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Barbara Clarke
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Catherine Lojacono
(Actor)
.. Lady Beaver
Johnjohn Robinson
(Actor)
.. Wayne
Charles Buffum
(Actor)
.. Director
Ron Palombo
(Actor)
.. Assistant Director
Wendy Appel
(Actor)
.. Script Girl
Geegee Brown
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Vance Amaker
(Actor)
.. Wall Man
Al Green
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
Chuck Ender
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
Anthony Chisholm
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
Walter Jones
(Actor)
.. Jim Keranga
Khaula Bakr
(Actor)
.. Mrs. Keranga
Melvia Marshall
(Actor)
.. Little Keranga
Annette Marshall
(Actor)
.. Little Keranga
Andrea Marshall
(Actor)
.. Little Keranga
Eddie Gordon
(Actor)
.. Mr. Victrola Cola
George Morgan
(Actor)
.. Mr. Token
Abdul Hakeim
(Actor)
.. Bouncer
Allan Arbus
(Actor)
.. Mr. Bad News
Jesse McDonald
(Actor)
.. Young Militant
C. Robert Scott
(Actor)
.. Militant
Leopoldo Mandeville
(Actor)
.. Militant
Vince Morgan Jr.
(Actor)
.. West Indian
Al Browne
(Actor)
.. Moderate
Marie Claire
(Actor)
.. Eugenie Ferlinger/Nun
Eileen Peterson
(Actor)
.. Narrator
William H. Boesen
(Actor)
.. Bert/Mr. Lunger
Carol Farber
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Cerves McNeil
(Actor)
.. Youngblood
Carolyn Cardwell
(Actor)
.. Borman Six Girl
Chuck Green
(Actor)
.. Myron X
Pepi Hermine
(Actor)
.. President of the United States
Ruth Hermine
(Actor)
.. First Lady
Paul Storob
(Actor)
.. Secret Service Man
Lawrence Wolf
(Actor)
.. Mr. Borman Six
Jeff Lord
(Actor)
.. Mr. Bald
Tom Boya
(Actor)
.. Mr. O'Dinga
Major Cole
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
David Butts
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Franklin Scott
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Paul Alladice
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Exit
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Ronnie Dyson
(Actor)
.. Face-Off Boy
Shelley Plimpton
(Actor)
.. Face-Off Girl
Elżbieta Czyżewska
(Actor)
.. Putney's Maid
Paulette Marron
(Actor)
.. Air Conditioner Girl
Carol Hobbs
(Actor)
.. 2nd Stewardess
Marco Heiblim
(Actor)
.. Lucky Passenger
Grania
(Actor)
.. Interviewer
Peter Maloney
(Actor)
.. Putney's Chauffeur
Larry Greenfield
(Actor)
.. Lead Reporter
Lloyd Kagin
(Actor)
.. Billy Reilly
Perry Gerwitz
(Actor)
.. Sonny Williams
Herbert Kerr
(Actor)
.. Bodyguard No. 2
Hal Schochet
(Actor)
.. President Mimeo's Chauffeur
George T. Marshall
(Actor)
.. Mr. Executive
Donald Lev
(Actor)
.. Poet
Fred Hirshhorn
(Actor)
.. Mr. Bourbon
Donahl Breitman
(Actor)
.. Mr. Ethereal Cereal
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Mr. Jingle
Stanley Gottlieb
(Actor)
.. Nathan
Charles Green
(Actor)
More Information
Did You Know..
Arnold Johnson
(Actor)
.. Putney
Born:
November 15, 1921
Died: April 10, 2000
Died: April 10, 2000
Antonio Fargas
(Actor)
.. The Arab
Born:
August 14, 1946
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Trivia:
Black supporting actor Antonio Fargas first appeared onscreen in the '70s.
Eric Krupnik
(Actor)
.. Mark Focus
Laura Greene
(Actor)
.. Mrs. Swope
Stan Gottlieb
(Actor)
.. Nathan
Allen Garfield
(Actor)
.. Elias Jr.
Born:
November 22, 1939
Trivia:
Rotund character actor Allen Garfield was trained at the Actors Studio. He interrupted a fruitful stage career in 1968 to appear in a string of low-budget, Manhattan-based films, among them the seminal Brian de Palma project Hi, Mom! (1970) and Woody Allen's Bananas (1971, as the Christ figure who has trouble finding a parking space for his cross). He was promoted to leading man in 1970's Cry Uncle, a raunchy R-rated detective spoof which attracted extensive press coverage thanks to the scene in which Garfield has sex with a corpse! In mainstream films like The Long Goodbye (1973) The Conversation (1974) and Nashville (1975), Garfield was generally cast as slimy executives and promoters. As MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer in Gable and Lombard, Garfield offered a fascinating amalgam of sticky sentimentality, sharp business acumen and cold-blooded ruthlessness. From 1978 through 1983, Garfield billed himself under his given name of Allen Goorwitz, and also lost a great deal of weight; but with 1984's Cotton Club onward, it was back to "Garfield" and excess poundage. In 1993, Allen Garfield played his first starring role in years in the angst-driven theatrical feature Jack and His Friends.
Archie Russell
(Actor)
.. Joker
Ramon Gordon
(Actor)
.. Bissinger
Bert Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Hawker
Joe Engler
(Actor)
.. Mr. Syllables
David Kirk
(Actor)
.. Elias Sr.
Don George
(Actor)
.. Mr. Cards
Buddy Butler
(Actor)
.. Putney's Bodyguard
Vincent Hamill
(Actor)
.. Man in White Suit
Tom Odachi
(Actor)
.. Wing Soney
Ching Yeh
(Actor)
.. Wing Soney Jr.
Spunky-Funk Johnson
(Actor)
.. Mr. Major
Joe Fields
(Actor)
.. Pittsburgh Willie
Born:
November 14, 1953
Norman Schreiber
(Actor)
.. Messenger
Robert Staats
(Actor)
.. Mr. War Toys
Alan Abel
(Actor)
.. Mr. Lucky
Trivia:
Cited by many a journalist as one of the world's most brilliant satirists, Alan Abel cultivated a reputation for mounting outrageous practical jokes that he sprung repeatedly on an unsuspecting public -- often with the help of adopted pseudonyms. These included teaming up in 1959 with a then-unknown Buck Henry to "clothe animals for the sake of decency," launching a topless string quartet (in 1967), and staging a fake press meeting with a phony stand-in for the "Deep Throat'" Watergate source (in 1975) among many, many other gags. Abel attained added recognition in 2005, when his daughter -- filmmaker Jenny Abel -- co-directed the documentary Abel Raises Cain about his zany exploits.
Sol Brawerman
(Actor)
.. Mr. Dinkleberry
Ben Israel
(Actor)
.. Mr. Pit Stop
Mel Brooks
(Actor)
.. Mr. Forget It
Born:
June 28, 1926
Birthplace: New York City (Brooklyn), New York
Birthplace: New York City (Brooklyn), New York
Trivia:
Farce, satire, and parody come together with Vaudeville roots and manic energy to create the Mel Brooks style of comedy. Born Melvin Kaminsky to a Russian Jewish family in Brooklyn, NY, the writer/producer/director/actor was one of very few people to win an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony award. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he worked as a standup comic at resorts in the Catskills and started writing comedy. Along with Woody Allen, Neil Simon, and others, he wrote for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, which later became Caesar's Hour. Teaming up with fellow staff writer Carl Reiner, he developed the award-winning "2000 Year Old Man" comedy skit, which led to several recordings, television appearances, and a 1998 Grammy. He and writer Buck Henry also created the spy-parody TV series Get Smart (1965-1970) starring Don Adams. During this time, he produced theater, married actress Anne Bancroft, and made his first film: an Oscar-winning animated short parody of modern art called The Critic. He then put together a screenplay based upon his experiences working with Broadway executives that led to his feature-length debut The Producers. He cast stage legend Zero Mostel in the lead role and got B-movie producer Joseph Levine to put up the funds, but the movie didn't get distributed until Peter Sellers saw it and encouraged its release. Brooks ended up winning an Oscar for Best Screenplay and, in 2000, adapted the film into a highly successful Broadway musical. By 1970, after the release of his next film The Twelve Chairs, Hollywood thought his work was "too Jewish." In 1974, Brooks made the marketable move toward parodies with the Western spoof Blazing Saddles, winning him a Writer's Guild award and introducing his stock actors Harvey Korman and Madeline Kahn. Finding his niche, he would continue to make parodies throughout his career by spoofing horror (Young Frankenstein), silent movies (Silent Movie), Hitchcock (High Anxiety), historical epics (History of the World -- Part I), and science fiction (Spaceballs). Working simultaneously as writer, director, and lead actor, Brooks started to generate negative press about his excessive style. In 1983, appearing opposite Bancroft, he concentrated on just acting for the remake of the Ernst Lubitch classic To Be or Not to Be. He continued working with his production company Brooksfilms during the '80s as an executive producer on projects as varied as The Fly, The Elephant Man, Solarbabies, and 84 Charing Cross Road (starring Bancroft). His brief stray into non-parody films in 1991 (Life Stinks) was universally dismissed, so he returned to form with Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Other than the occasional cameo or random appearance as voice talent, Brooks spent the late '90s winning awards and playing Uncle Phil on the NBC series Mad About You. In 2001, the Broadway musical version of The Producers (starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick) led to a successful national tour and broke a new record by winning one Grammy and 12 Tony awards. The stage version would lead to a new big screen adaptation in 2005, creating a whole new generation of fans. Over the coming years, Brooks would lend his voice to Spaceballs: The Animated Series and Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
Louise Heath
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Barbara Clarke
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Catherine Lojacono
(Actor)
.. Lady Beaver
Johnjohn Robinson
(Actor)
.. Wayne
Charles Buffum
(Actor)
.. Director
Ron Palombo
(Actor)
.. Assistant Director
Wendy Appel
(Actor)
.. Script Girl
Geegee Brown
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Vance Amaker
(Actor)
.. Wall Man
Al Green
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
Born:
April 13, 1946
Chuck Ender
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
Anthony Chisholm
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
Walter Jones
(Actor)
.. Jim Keranga
Born:
November 30, 1970
Khaula Bakr
(Actor)
.. Mrs. Keranga
Melvia Marshall
(Actor)
.. Little Keranga
Annette Marshall
(Actor)
.. Little Keranga
Andrea Marshall
(Actor)
.. Little Keranga
Eddie Gordon
(Actor)
.. Mr. Victrola Cola
George Morgan
(Actor)
.. Mr. Token
Abdul Hakeim
(Actor)
.. Bouncer
Allan Arbus
(Actor)
.. Mr. Bad News
Born:
February 15, 1918
Died: April 19, 2013
Died: April 19, 2013
Trivia:
Picking up acting as a second career later in life, Allan Arbus was initially known for being a photographer. Married to famed photographer Diane Arbus, the pair built up an extensive business in the late 1940s and early 1950s, shooting artwork for fashion magazines like Glamour and Vogue. After the pair divorced, Arbus moved to California to try his hand at acting. He quickly won roles in two Robert Downey Sr. films, Putney Swope (1969) and Greaser's Palace (1972). Soon after, he landed his most memorable role, Major Sidney Freedman, the psychiatrist on-duty at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, on M*A*S*H. Arbus was never a regular cast member, only appearing as a recurring guest star, which left him free to pursue other projects, frequently appearing as a guest star on a number of TV shows like The Odd Couple, Taxi and Starsky and Hutch. His final on-screen appearance was in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2000. Arbus passed away in 2013 at age 95.
Jesse McDonald
(Actor)
.. Young Militant
C. Robert Scott
(Actor)
.. Militant
Leopoldo Mandeville
(Actor)
.. Militant
Vince Morgan Jr.
(Actor)
.. West Indian
Al Browne
(Actor)
.. Moderate
Marie Claire
(Actor)
.. Eugenie Ferlinger/Nun
Eileen Peterson
(Actor)
.. Narrator
William H. Boesen
(Actor)
.. Bert/Mr. Lunger
Carol Farber
(Actor)
.. Secretary
Cerves McNeil
(Actor)
.. Youngblood
Carolyn Cardwell
(Actor)
.. Borman Six Girl
Chuck Green
(Actor)
.. Myron X
Pepi Hermine
(Actor)
.. President of the United States
Ruth Hermine
(Actor)
.. First Lady
Paul Storob
(Actor)
.. Secret Service Man
Lawrence Wolf
(Actor)
.. Mr. Borman Six
Jeff Lord
(Actor)
.. Mr. Bald
Tom Boya
(Actor)
.. Mr. O'Dinga
Major Cole
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
David Butts
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Franklin Scott
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Paul Alladice
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Exit
(Actor)
.. Idea Man
Ronnie Dyson
(Actor)
.. Face-Off Boy
Born:
June 05, 1950
Shelley Plimpton
(Actor)
.. Face-Off Girl
Born:
February 27, 1947
Elżbieta Czyżewska
(Actor)
.. Putney's Maid
Paulette Marron
(Actor)
.. Air Conditioner Girl
Carol Hobbs
(Actor)
.. 2nd Stewardess
Marco Heiblim
(Actor)
.. Lucky Passenger
Grania
(Actor)
.. Interviewer
Peter Maloney
(Actor)
.. Putney's Chauffeur
Born:
November 23, 1944
Trivia:
Small, sad eyed actor, onscreen from the '70s.
Larry Greenfield
(Actor)
.. Lead Reporter
Lloyd Kagin
(Actor)
.. Billy Reilly
Perry Gerwitz
(Actor)
.. Sonny Williams
Herbert Kerr
(Actor)
.. Bodyguard No. 2
Hal Schochet
(Actor)
.. President Mimeo's Chauffeur
George T. Marshall
(Actor)
.. Mr. Executive
Born:
December 29, 1891
Died: February 17, 1975
Died: February 17, 1975
Trivia:
An extra in films of the early teens, George Marshall began writing comedy shorts and by 1916 was directing westerns. He went on to helm serials and short comedies and actioners in the silent era, as well as features. A natural director of comedy, Marshall guided several beloved comedians in the sound era: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in their classic shorts Their First Mistake and Towed In A Hole, and their feature Pack Up Your Troubles (1932), which Marshall acted in and co-directed with Raymond McCarey; W.C. Fields in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939); Bob Hope in The Ghost Breakers (1940), Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), Fancy Pants (1950), Boy' Did I Get A Wrong Number (1966) and Eight on the Lam (1967); Martin and Lewis in My Friend Irma (1949), Scared Stiff (1953) and Money from Home (1953); and Jerry Lewis in The Sad Sack (1957) and Hook, Line and Sinker (1969). Other notable films by this prolific and reliable craftsman include the western spoof Destry Rides Again (1939) ,with James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich; the slapstick mystery Murder, He Says (1945); the serious mystery The Blue Dahlia (1946); and the quirky Glenn Ford comedies The Sheepman (1958) and The Gazebo (1959).
Donald Lev
(Actor)
.. Poet
Fred Hirshhorn
(Actor)
.. Mr. Bourbon
Donahl Breitman
(Actor)
.. Mr. Ethereal Cereal
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Mr. Jingle
Stanley Gottlieb
(Actor)
.. Nathan
Charles Green
(Actor)
