On screen
Cast
36 credited performers
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Diane Venora
Chan 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
Artwork unavailable
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
Artwork unavailable
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient
George Orrison
Patient with Checkers
Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield
Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
Artwork unavailable
Chris Bosley
First Doorman
Artwork unavailable
George T. Bruce
Second Doorman
Joey Green
Gene
John Witherspoon
Sid
Tony Todd
Frog
Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
Artwork unavailable
Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc
Anna Thomson
Audrey
Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
Hubert Kelly
Wilson
Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
Artwork unavailable
Karl Vincent
Stratton
Lou Cutell
Bride's Father
Artwork unavailable
Roger Etienne
Parisian Emcee
Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
Artwork unavailable
Gretchen Oehler
Southern Nurse
Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor
Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette
Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
Artwork unavailable
Penelope Windust
Bellevue Nurse
Ann Weldon
Violet Wells