Bird (1988) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Clint Eastwood.

Cast

• Forest Whitaker as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
• Diane Venora as Chan Parker
• Michael Zelniker as Red Rodney
• Samuel E. Wright as Dizzy Gillespie
• Keith David as Buster Franklin
• Michael McGuire as Brewster
• James Handy as Esteves
• Damon Whitaker as Young Bird
• Morgan Nagler as Kim
• Arlen Dean Snyder as Dr. Heath
• Sam Robards as Moscowitz
• Glenn Wright as Alcoholic Patient
• George Orrison as Patient with Checkers
• Bill Cobbs as Dr. Caulfield
• Hamilton Camp as Mayor of 52nd Street
• Chris Bosley as First Doorman
• George T. Bruce as Second Doorman
• Joey Green as Gene
• John Witherspoon as Sid
• Tony Todd as Frog
• Jo De Winter as Mildred Berg
• Richard Zavaglia as Ralph the Narc
• Anna Thomson as Audrey
• Al Pugliese as Owner - Three Deuces
• Hubert Kelly as Wilson
• Billy J. Mitchell as Prince
• Karl Vincent as Stratton
• Lou Cutell as Bride's Father
• Roger Etienne as Parisian Emcee
• Jason Bernard as Benny Tate
• Gretchen Oehler as Southern Nurse
• Richard McKenzie as Southern Doctor
• Tony Cox as Pee Wee Marquette
• Diane Salinger as Baroness Nica
• Penelope Windust as Bellevue Nurse
• Ann Weldon as Violet Wells

Crew

• Clint Eastwood — Director
• Clint Eastwood — Producer
• Lennie Niehaus — Original Music Composer
• Jack N. Green — Director of Photography
• Joel Oliansky — Writer

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