Bird

Status:
Released
Production:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Aired:
1988-06-01
Bird
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.
Drama
Music
Characters

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