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Bird

1988, Movie, R, 161 mins

Bird: Cast & Details

Year: 1988
Rated R
Parental Rating: Cautionary; some scenes objectionable
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 161
Format: Color
Genre(s): Biography
Production Co(s).: Malpaso
Released By: Warner Bros.

Award(s)
Academy Award Winner: Best Sound - Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton

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Cast
Forest Whitaker: Charlie "Yardbird" Parker
Diane Venora: Chan Richardson Parker
Michael Zelniker: Red Rodney
Samuel E. Wright: Dizzy Gillespie
Keith David: Buster Franklin
Michael McGuire: Brewster
James Handy: Esteves
Damon Whitaker: Young Bird
Morgan Nagler: Kim
Arlen Dean Snyder: Dr. Heath
Sam Robards: Moscowitz
Penelope Windust: Bellevue Nurse
Glenn T. Wright: Alcoholic Patient
George Orrison: Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs: Dr. Caulfield
Hamilton Camp: Mayor of 52nd Street
Chris Bosley
George T. Bruce: Doormen
Joey Green: Gene
John Witherspoon: Sid
Tony Todd: Frog
Jo de Winter: Mildred Berg
Richard Zavaglia: Ralph, the Narc
Anna Levine: Audrey
Al Pugliese: Owner of Three Deuces
Hubert Kelly: John Wilson
Billy Mitchell: Billy Prince
Karl Vincent: Stratton
Lou Cutell: Bride's Father
Roger Etienne: Parisian MC
Jason Bernard: Benny Tate
Gretchen Oehler: Southern Nurse
Richard McKenzie: Southern Doctor
Tony Cox: Pee Wee Marquette
Diane Salinger: Baroness Nica
Natalia Silverwood: Red's Girl Friend
Duane Matthews: Engineer
Slim Jim Phantom: Grainger
Matthew Faison: Judge
Peter Crook: Bird's Lawyer
Alec Paul Rubinstein: Recording Producer
Patricia Herd: Nun
Steve Zettler: Owner of Oasis Club
Ann Weldon: Violet Welles
Charley Lang: DJ at the Paramount
Tim Russ: Harris
Richard Jeni: Chummy Morello
Don Starr: Doctor at Nica's
Richard Mawe: Medical Examiner

Credits
Clint Eastwood: Director
Joel Oliansky: Writer
Clint Eastwood: Producer
David Valdes: Exec. Producer
Jack N. Green: Cinematographer - Technicolor
Joel Cox: Editor
Lennie Niehaus: Musical Composer
Judy Cammer: Set Decorator
Joe Day: Special Effects
Michael Hancock: Make Up