Screen Directors Playhouse The Silent Partner (Season 1, Episode 12)
TV Episode | 26 min | Drama

Screen Directors Playhouse

The Silent Partner (Season 1, Episode 12)

TV Episode | 26 min | Drama

When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not realizing that man is now destitute, watching the show on TV from a barstool.

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Buster Keaton Kelsey Dutton Kelsey Dutton See fewer	The General (1926)
Zasu Pitts Selma Selma See fewer	Greed (1924)
Joe E. Brown Arthur Vail Arthur Vail See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Evelyn Ankers Miss Loving Miss Loving See fewer	The Wolf Man (1941)
Jack Kruschen Ernie Ernie See fewer	The Apartment (1960)
Jack Elam Shanks Shanks See fewer	Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Percy Helton Barney Barney See fewer	The Set-Up (1949)
Joe Corey Arnold (as Joseph Corey) Arnold (as Joseph Corey) See fewer	Burke's Law (1963)
Lyle Latell Ernie's Friend Ernie's Friend See fewer	Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Charles Horvath Barber Barber See fewer	A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
George Marshall Self - Introduction Self - Introduction See fewer	How the West Was Won (1962)
Steve Carruthers Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) See fewer	Angela (1954)
Heinie Conklin Saloon Waiter in Western Comedy (uncredited) Saloon Waiter in Western Comedy (uncredited) See fewer	Hard Boiled (1926)
Russell Custer Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited) See fewer	Adventures of Superman (1952)
Charles Ferguson Academy Awards Attendee / Film Shoot Onlooker (uncredited) Academy Awards Attendee / Film Shoot Onlooker (uncredited) See fewer
Rudy Germane Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited) See fewer	The Doris Day Show (1968)
Bob Hope Bob Hope (uncredited) Bob Hope (uncredited) See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Jack Kenny Barfly in Western Comedy (uncredited) Barfly in Western Comedy (uncredited) See fewer	The Northern Code (1925)
Hank Mann Cameraman (uncredited) Cameraman (uncredited) See fewer	Modern Times (1936)
Spec O'Donnell Film Shoot Onlooker (uncredited) Film Shoot Onlooker (uncredited) See fewer	Accidents Will Happen (1938)
'Snub' Pollard Special Effects Man (uncredited) Special Effects Man (uncredited) See fewer	Rollin' Plains (1938)
Jeffrey Sayre Academy Awards Attendee / Film Shoot Onlooker (uncredited) Academy Awards Attendee / Film Shoot Onlooker (uncredited) See fewer	Men of San Quentin (1942)
Cap Somers Barfly in Western Comedy (uncredited) Barfly in Western Comedy (uncredited) See fewer	Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena (1979)