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So You Want to Be in Pictures
Released 1947 • 79 years ago11m21 cast members
- Comedy
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
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George O'Hanlon
as Joe McDoakes / Self
DeceasedView profileBorn: November 23, 1912
Died: February 11, 1989
Age at death: 76
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice)
DeceasedView profileBorn: March 18, 1912
Died: September 25, 2010
Age at death: 98
Jack Carson
as Man Giving Directions (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: October 27, 1910
Died: January 2, 1963
Age at death: 52
George Chandler
as Assistant Director Sammy (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: June 30, 1898
Died: June 10, 1985
Age at death: 86
Clyde Cook
as Actor in Army Scene (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: December 15, 1891
Died: August 13, 1984
Age at death: 92
Franklyn Farnum
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: June 5, 1878
Died: July 4, 1961
Age at death: 83
Bess Flowers
as Woman at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: November 23, 1898
Died: July 28, 1984
Age at death: 85
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Dick Gordon
as Man at Brown Derby with Sunglasses (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: June 21, 1893
Died: September 20, 1956
Age at death: 63
Jane Harker
as Actress Playing Alice McDoakes (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: November 13, 1923
Died: September 10, 1988
Age at death: 64
Robert Hutton
as Self (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: June 11, 1920
Died: August 7, 1994
Age at death: 74
Joan Leslie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: January 26, 1925
Died: October 12, 2015
Age at death: 90
Fredric March
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: August 31, 1897
Died: April 14, 1975
Age at death: 77
Wayne Morris
as Self (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: February 17, 1914
Died: September 14, 1959
Age at death: 45
Jack Mower
as So You Want to Hold Your Wife Director (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: September 5, 1890
Died: January 6, 1965
Age at death: 74
Janis Paige
as Self (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: September 16, 1922
Died: June 2, 2024
Age at death: 101
Ronald Reagan
as Self (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: February 6, 1911
Died: June 5, 2004
Age at death: 93
Ralph Sanford
as Anthony Anguish (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: May 20, 1899
Died: June 20, 1963
Age at death: 64
Alexis Smith
as Self (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: June 8, 1921
Died: June 9, 1993
Age at death: 72
Martha Vickers
as Self (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: May 28, 1925
Died: November 2, 1971
Age at death: 46
Leo White
as Waiter at Brown Derby (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: November 9, 1873
Died: September 20, 1948
Age at death: 74
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Jack Wise
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
DeceasedView profileBorn: January 2, 1888
Died: March 7, 1954
Age at death: 66