Bird
01/06/1988
3h

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Cast


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


Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath


Sam Robards
Moscowitz
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient


George Orrison
Patient with Checkers


Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield


Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street
Chris Bosley
First Doorman
George T. Bruce
Second Doorman


Joey Green
Gene


John Witherspoon
Sid


Tony Todd
Frog


Jo De Winter
Mildred Berg
Richard Zavaglia
Ralph the Narc


Anna Thomson
Audrey


Al Pugliese
Owner - Three Deuces
Hubert Kelly
Wilson


Billy J. Mitchell
Prince
Karl Vincent
Stratton


Lou Cutell
Bride's Father
Roger Etienne
Parisian Emcee


Jason Bernard
Benny Tate
Gretchen Oehler
Southern Nurse


Richard McKenzie
Southern Doctor


Tony Cox
Pee Wee Marquette


Diane Salinger
Baroness Nica
Penelope Windust
Bellevue Nurse


Ann Weldon
Violet Wells
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