Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

It's lonely at the middle.

Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.

Cast (68)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Billy Crystal

Buddy Young Jr.

David Paymer

Stan

Julie Warner

Elaine

Helen Hunt

Annie Wells

Mary Mara

Susan

Jerry Orbach

Phil Gussman

Ron Silver

Larry Meyerson

Sage Allen

Mom

Jason Marsden

Buddy (Age 15)

M

Michael Weiner

Stan (Age 8)

Larry Gelman

Mr. Gimbel

K

Kay Freeman

Mrs. Gimbel

H

Howard Mann

Stage Manager

J

Julius Branca

Stage Manager

L

Liz Georges

Script Girl

B

Bill Wendell

Announcer

H

Hartley Haverty

Susan (Age 6)

Will Jordan

Ed Sullivan

Josh Byrne

Buddy (Age 6)

Ben Diskin

Stan (Age 9)

I

Irving Wasserman

Uncle Moe

P

Phil Forman

Uncle Julius

J

Joe Shea

MC

M

Michael Ben-Edward

Fat Guy in Audience

Carl Ballantine

Freddie

Slappy White

Joey

R

Richard Mehana

Sidney

Mark Lonow

Producer

Conrad Janis

Director

Tim Russ

A.D.

Marc Shaiman

Lucky Zindberg

C

Chayim Frenkel

Cantor at Funeral

J

Jan Lucas

Karen (Casting Director)

D

Daniel Tisman

Reece

P

Peter Kim

Maitre d'

Greg Joung Paik

Owner

E

Eugene Kaufmann

Old Man

Miranda Garrison

Apache Dancer

A

Alberto Toledano

Apache Dancer

Richard Kind

Reporter

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

E

Edith Fields

Woman in Commercial

Adam Goldberg

Eugene Gimbel

M

Maria A. Ferrari Olivo

Fat Guy's Wife

T

Talbot Perry Simons

Man at Catskills

L

Lonnie Burr

TV Show Dancer

R

Randy Doney

TV Show Dancer

J

Joe A. Giamalva

TV Show Dancer

B

Birl Jonns

TV Show Dancer

Shadoe Stevens

Fred

B

Bert Copello

Sullivan A.D.

Lindsay Crystal

Screaming Girl

D

Dana Lipsic

Other Screaming Girl

J

Jerry Gadette

Stage Hand

W

William Yamadera

Japanese Client

Lowell Ganz

Writer #1

Babaloo Mandel

Writer #2

Gary Grossman

Backstage Man

Bob Yerkes

Acrobat

M

Marinela Cimpoeru

Acrobat

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