Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night
Mr. Saturday Night
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1992
1h 59m
5.7(59 votes)
Comedy
Drama

Overview

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.

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New Line Cinema
Castle Rock Entertainment

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Cast & Crew

68 members
Acting

Billy Crystal

Buddy Young Jr.

Billy Crystal
Acting

David Paymer

Stan

David Paymer
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Julie Warner

Elaine

Julie Warner
Acting

Helen Hunt

Annie Wells

Helen Hunt
Acting

Mary Mara

Susan

Mary Mara
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Jerry Orbach

Phil Gussman

Jerry Orbach
Acting

Ron Silver

Larry Meyerson

Ron Silver
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Sage Allen

Mom

Sage Allen
Acting

Jason Marsden

Buddy (Age 15)

Jason Marsden
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Michael Weiner

Stan (Age 8)

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Larry Gelman

Mr. Gimbel

Larry Gelman
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Kay Freeman

Mrs. Gimbel

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Howard Mann

Stage Manager

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Julius Branca

Stage Manager

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Liz Georges

Script Girl

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Bill Wendell

Announcer

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Hartley Haverty

Susan (Age 6)

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Will Jordan

Ed Sullivan

Will Jordan
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Josh Byrne

Buddy (Age 6)

Josh Byrne
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Ben Diskin

Stan (Age 9)

Ben Diskin
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Irving Wasserman

Uncle Moe

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Phil Forman

Uncle Julius

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Joe Shea

MC

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Michael Ben-Edward

Fat Guy in Audience

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Carl Ballantine

Freddie

Carl Ballantine
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Slappy White

Joey

Slappy White
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Richard Mehana

Sidney

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Mark Lonow

Producer

Mark Lonow
Acting

Conrad Janis

Director

Conrad Janis
Acting

Tim Russ

A.D.

Tim Russ
Sound

Marc Shaiman

Lucky Zindberg

Marc Shaiman
Acting

Chayim Frenkel

Cantor at Funeral

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Jan Lucas

Karen (Casting Director)

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Daniel Tisman

Reece

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Peter Kim

Maitre d'

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Greg Joung Paik

Owner

Greg Joung Paik
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Eugene Kaufmann

Old Man

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Miranda Garrison

Apache Dancer

Miranda Garrison
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Alberto Toledano

Apache Dancer

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Richard Kind

Reporter

Richard Kind
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Jerry Lewis

Himself

Jerry Lewis
Acting

Edith Fields

Woman in Commercial

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Adam Goldberg

Eugene Gimbel

Adam Goldberg
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Maria A. Ferrari Olivo

Fat Guy's Wife

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Talbot Perry Simons

Man at Catskills

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Lonnie Burr

TV Show Dancer

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Randy Doney

TV Show Dancer

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Joe A. Giamalva

TV Show Dancer

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Birl Jonns

TV Show Dancer

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Shadoe Stevens

Fred

Shadoe Stevens
Acting

Bert Copello

Sullivan A.D.

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Acting

Lindsay Crystal

Screaming Girl

Lindsay Crystal
Acting

Dana Lipsic

Other Screaming Girl

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Art

Jerry Gadette

Stage Hand

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Acting

William Yamadera

Japanese Client

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Writing

Lowell Ganz

Writer #1

Lowell Ganz
Writing

Babaloo Mandel

Writer #2

Babaloo Mandel
Acting

Gary Grossman

Backstage Man

Gary Grossman
Crew

Bob Yerkes

Acrobat

Bob Yerkes
Acting

Marinela Cimpoeru

Acrobat

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Acting

Costin Csizmas

Acrobat

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Acting

Voinea Dumitru

Acrobat

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Acting

Adrian Smertcov

Acrobat

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Steven Kravitz

Young Comic

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Acting

Randy Crenshaw

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Randy Crenshaw
Acting

Geoff Koch

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

Geoff Koch
Acting

Steve Lively

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

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Acting

Rick Logan

'Buddy Buddy' Singer

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