The Comedian
The Comedian
The Comedian
1957
Drama
TV Episode
1h 30m
Sammy Hogarth, a vaudeville comedian who now has his own TV show, is a ruthless egomaniac who demands instant obedience from his staff and heaps abuse on those in lesser positions than he is. His most vituperative behavior, however, is reserved for his weak-willed brother, Lester, who Sammy has hired as his assistant but who really uses him as his whipping boy. (imdb)
Directed by:
John Frankenheimer
41 total credits
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films.
Writers:
Ernest Lehman
18 total credits
Ernest Lehman has 18 credits at Criticker, including: North by Northwest, West Side Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sabrina and Sweet Smell of Success
46 total credits
Rod Serling has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Twilight Zone
Starring:
Edmond O'Brien
74 total credits
Edmond O'Brien has 74 credits at Criticker, including: The Wild Bunch, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, White Heat, The Longest Day and The Killers
45 total credits
Kim Hunter has 45 credits at Criticker, including: Planet of the Apes, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Matter of Life and Death and Beneath the Planet of the Apes
204 total credits
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning more than 80 years...(Wikipedia)
91 total credits
Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a half beast in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Bissell specialized in playing doctors, military officers and other authority figures. On television he was a regular on Bachelor Father (1957) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He also served on the Screen Actors
17 total credits
King Donovan has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Defiant Ones, I Was a Male War Bride, The Enforcer and The Hanging Tree
16 total credits
Constance Ford has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Home from the Hill, A Summer Place, All Fall Down, The Cabinet of Caligari and The Comedian
20 total credits
H.M. Wynant has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Decision at Sundown, Run of the Arrow, It Happened at the World's Fair, The Stranger and Solar Crisis
6 total credits
Eddie Ryder has 6 credits at Criticker, including: The Country Girl, The Comedian, Mr. Dingle, the Strong, Hot Rod Girl and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Cast & Info
Directed by:
John Frankenheimer 41 total credits
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films.
Writers:
Ernest Lehman 18 total credits
Ernest Lehman has 18 credits at Criticker, including: North by Northwest, West Side Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sabrina and Sweet Smell of Success
46 total credits
Rod Serling has 46 credits at Criticker, including: Planet of the Apes, Twilight Zone: The Movie and The Twilight Zone
Starring:
Edmond O'Brien 74 total credits
Edmond O'Brien has 74 credits at Criticker, including: The Wild Bunch, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, White Heat, The Longest Day and The Killers
45 total credits
Kim Hunter has 45 credits at Criticker, including: Planet of the Apes, A Streetcar Named Desire, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, A Matter of Life and Death and Beneath the Planet of the Apes
204 total credits
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a small child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning more than 80 years...(Wikipedia)
91 total credits
Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a half beast in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Bissell specialized in playing doctors, military officers and other authority figures. On television he was a regular on Bachelor Father (1957) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He also served on the Screen Actors
17 total credits
King Donovan has 17 credits at Criticker, including: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Defiant Ones, I Was a Male War Bride, The Enforcer and The Hanging Tree
16 total credits
Constance Ford has 16 credits at Criticker, including: Home from the Hill, A Summer Place, All Fall Down, The Cabinet of Caligari and The Comedian
20 total credits
H.M. Wynant has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Decision at Sundown, Run of the Arrow, It Happened at the World's Fair, The Stranger and Solar Crisis
6 total credits
Eddie Ryder has 6 credits at Criticker, including: The Country Girl, The Comedian, Mr. Dingle, the Strong, Hot Rod Girl and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
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