On screen
Cast
280 credited performers
Paul Morley
Self
Maureen Lipman
Self
Howard Keel
Wild Bill Hickok (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Carpenter
Self
Bill Cotton
Self
Lynne Seymour
Self - Narrator (voice)
James Galway
Self (archive footage)
Denis Norden
Self
Elvis Costello
Self
Marc Warren
Self - Narrator (voice)
Laverne Andrews
Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)
Patty Andrews
Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)
Seán Carlsen
Narrator (voice)
Bobby Ball
Self
Tommy Cannon
Self
Max Clifford
Self
Maxene Andrews
Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)
Ernest Maxin
Self
Bob Monkhouse
Joy Beverley (archive footage)
Peter Stringfellow
Self
Jimmy Tarbuck
Self
Michael York
Self
Roy Orbison
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Orbison
Self - widow
Terry Widlake
Self - Road Manager
Jeff Lynne
Self
Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage)
Olivia Harrison
Self
Bono
Self
Tony King
Self - Promotions Man
Robin Gibb
Self
Gerry Marsden
Self
David Lynch
Self
Joe Walsh
Self
Bernie Taupin
Self
Sophie Walton Masters
Self - Commentary (voice)
Bill Wyman
Self
Mario Lanza
Self (archive footage)
Gavin Lambert
Self (archive footage)
Luisa DiMeo
Self
Murray Garrett
Self
Sara Montiel
Self
Peter Prichard
Self
Terry Robinson
Self
Petula Clark
Self
Honor Blackman
Self - Narrator (voice)
Michael Ball
Self
David Cassidy
Self
Bill Kenwright
Self
Rod McKuen
Self
Lucy O'Brien
Self
Jackie Trent
Self
Andy Williams
Self
Kathy Wolff
Self
Val Doonican
Self
Pauline McLynn
Self - Narrator (voice)
Gerry Anderson
Self
Arthur Askey
Self (archive footage)
Michael Caine
Self (archive footage)
Rosemary Clooney
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
John Denver
Self (archive footage)
Crystal Gayle
Self (archive footage)
Rolf Harris
Self
Gloria Hunniford
Self
Yvonne Littlewood
Self
Anthony Newley
Self (archive footage)
Django Reinhardt
Self (archive footage)
John Williams
Self
Dave Allen
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joyce Grenfell
Self / Various characters (archive footage)
Richard Baker
Self
Frith Banbury
Self
Kit Hesketh-Harvey
Self
Myra Hess
Self (archive footage)
Dillie Keane
Self
Denis Moriarty
Self
Daphne Oxenford
Self
Doris Day
Various Roles (archive footage)
Michael Brandon
Self - Narrator (voice)
Terence Davies
Self
Marilyn French
Self
James Garner
Self
Molly Haskell
Self
A. E. Hotchner
Self
Jackie Joseph
Self
Don Pippin
Self
Ethel Barrymore
Aunt Jessie Tuttle (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Cagney
Martin Snyder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eddie Foy Jr.
Vernon Hines (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carol Haney
Gladys Hotchkiss (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Roy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Allyn Ann McLerie
Katie Brown (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Melcher
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Janis Paige
Elvira Kent (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thelma Pelish
Mae (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Raitt
Sid Sorokin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Randall
Pete Ramsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Reta Shaw
Mabel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sidney Skolsky
Sidney Skolsky (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rod Taylor
Mike Harper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alma Cogan
Self (archive footage)
Siriol Jenkins
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sandra Caron
Self - Younger Sister
Bruce Forsyth
Self
Andrew Loog Oldham
Self
Rosemary Squires
Self
Vera Lynn
Self (archive footage)
Betty Boothroyd
Self
Betty Driver
Self
Ralph Harvey
Self
David Jacobs
Self
Marcel Stellman
Self
Carmen Miranda
Self (archive footage)
Carla Mendonça
Narrator (voice)
Ruy Castro
Self
Mickey Rooney
Self
Matt Monro
Self (archive footage)
Neil Pearson
Self - Narrator (voice)
John Barry
Self
Don Black
Self
Robert Elms
Self
Paul Gambaccini
Self
Robert Hewison
Self
George Martin
Self
Al Bowlly
Self (archive footage)
Ian Holm
Self - Narrator (voice)
Carrie Grant
Self
Hugh Hefner
Self
Jimmy Perry
Self
Tony Staveacre
Self
Jacques Brel
Self (archive footage)
Louis Prima
Self (archive footage)
Sam Butera
Self
Ron Cannatella
Self
Gia Maione
Self
Louis Prima Jr.
Self
Bruce Boyd Raeburn
Self
John Dankworth
Self
Russell Davies
Self - Narrator (voice)
Cleo Laine
Self
Alec Dankworth
Self
Jacqui Dankworth
Self
Laurie Holloway
Self
Julian Lloyd Webber
Self
Laurie Morgan
Self (archive footage)
Mark Nightingale
Self
Alan Plater
Self
Ned Sherrin
Self
Kevin Whately
Self
Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
James Last
Self (archive footage)
Richard Clayderman
Self
Ron Last
Self
Édith Piaf
Self (archive footage)
Gene Lees
Self
Ute Lemper
Self
Kevin Conneff
Self
Andrea Corr
Self
Seán Keane
Self
Paddy Moloney
Self
Keith Richards
Self
Sting
Self
Marty Feldman
Self / Various (archive footage)
Nigel Planer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Don Archell
Self
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Self
Jim Clark
Self
John Cleese
Self
Dick Clement
Self
Dom DeLuise
Self
Stanley Dorfman
Self
Lauretta Feldman
Self (archive footage)
David Frost
Self
Larry Gelbart
Self
Denis King
Self
Ian La Frenais
Self
Barry Levinson
Self
Allan McKeown
Self
Michael Palin
Self
Geoffrey Robertson
Self
Barry Took
Self (archive footage)
Lyn Took
Self
Gene Wilder
Self
Anne Bancroft
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mel Brooks
Mel Funn (archive footage) (uncredited)
Graham Chapman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Teri Garr
Inga (archive footage) (uncredited)
Madeline Kahn
Elizabeth (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andy Kaufman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster Keaton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louise Lasser
Mary (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dean Martin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Pryor
G.O.D. (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barney Ales
Self
Rosalind Ashford
Self
Madeline Bell
Self
Tony Blackburn
Self
Lamont Dozier
Self
Abdul 'Duke' Fakir
Self
Brian Holland
Self
Eddie Holland
Self
Paul McCartney
Self
Martha Reeves
Self
Claudette Robinson
Self
Vicki Wickham
Self
Mary Wilson
Self
Julie London
Self
Mariella Frostrup
Self - Narrator
Mari Wilson
Self
Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage)
Josette Simon
Narrator (voice)
Patti Boulaye
Self
Molly Molloy
Self
Daniel André Pageon
Self
Neil Sedaka
Self
Carole Bayer Sager
Self
Connie Francis
Self
Don Kirshner
Self - Co-founder, Aldon Music
Philip Norman
Self - Writer
Jay Siegel
Self - The Tokens
Mark Radcliffe
Self - Narrator (voice)
Blondie Chaplin
Self - Beach Boys Guitarist
John Hanlon
Self - Recording Engineer
Taylor Hawkins
Self - Drummer, The Foo Fighters
Gregg Jakobson
Self - Producer
Al Jardine
Self - Beach Boy
David Marks
Self - Founding Member, Beach Boys
Jon Stebbins
Self - Biographer
Ron Swallow
Self - Beach Boys Roadie
Brian Wilson
Self (archive footage)
Bruce Johnston
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Karen Lamm
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Love
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Manson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Aubree Wilson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carl Wilson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dennis Wilson
Self / The Mechanic (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan Sutherland
Self
Richard Bonynge
Self
Plácido Domingo
Self
Luciano Pavarotti
Self
Franco Zeffirelli
Self
Herb Alpert
Self
Lou Adler
Self
Randy "Badazz" Alpert
Self
Robert Edmondson
Self - Trombone, The Tijuana Brass
Gil Friesen
Self
Lani Hall
Self
Barney Hoskyns
Self
Quincy Jones
Self
Terry Lewis
Self
Sérgio Mendes
Self
Jerry Moss
Self
John Pisano
Self - Guitar, The Tijuana Brass
Pat Senatore
Self - Bass, The Tijuana Brass
Stephen Fry
Self (uncredited)
Naphtalia Loderick
Actor in Reenactment Scenes
Maurice Tompkins
Actor in Reenactment Scenes
Elis Williams
Actor in Reenactment Scenes
Osian Williams-Huw
Actor in Reenactment Scenes
Gene Barge
Self
Marshall Chess
Self - Son of Leonard Chess
Chuck D
Self
Mick Hucknall
Self
Paul Jones
Self
Charlie Musselwhite
Self
Jimmy Page
Self
Steven Van Zandt
Self
Andre Williams
Self
Philip Glenister
Self - Narrator (voice)
Eric Bell
Self
Brian Downey
Self
Bob Geldof
Self
Scott Gorham
Self
Phil Lynott
Self (archive footage)
Frank Murray
Self - Thin Lizzy Road Manager
Brian Robertson
Self
Midge Ure
Self
Tony Visconti
Self