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Happy Birthday, Bob (1978) Poster

(1978 TV Special)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Bob Wynn

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Bob Arnott
James Lipton

Cast (in credits order)  

Bob Hope ... Self
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lynn Anderson ... Self
Ann-Margret ... Self (archive footage)
Pearl Bailey ... Self
Lucille Ball ... Self
Christie Brinkley ... Self
Les Brown ... Conductor
George Burns ... Self
The Carl Jablonski Dancers The Carl Jablonski Dancers ... Themselves
Johnny Carson ... Self
Jimmy Carter ... Self
Lynda Carter ... Self
Harry Wayne Casey ... Self (as KC and the Sunshine Band)
Charo ... Self
Bert Convy ... Self
Howard Cosell ... Self
Sammy Davis Jr. ... Self
Mac Davis ... Self
Michael S. Davison Michael S. Davison ... Self
Phyllis Diller ... Self
Redd Foxx ... Self
Elliott Gould ... Self
Kathryn Grant ... Self (as Kathryn Crosby)
Jim Henson ... Kermit the Frog (voice)
Dolores Hope ... Self
Julio Iglesias ... Self
Peter Isacksen ... Self
Peter Jay Peter Jay ... Self
Ann Jillian ... Self
Alan King ... Self
Dorothy Lamour ... Self
Carol Lawrence ... Self
Loretta Lynn ... Self
Fred MacMurray ... Self
Barbara Mandrell ... Self
Dudley Moore ... Self
Tony Orlando ... Self
Donny Osmond ... Self
Marie Osmond ... Self
Frank Oz ... Miss Piggy (voice)
Charles Nelson Reilly ... Self
Don Rickles ... Self
George C. Scott ... Self
Tom Selleck ... Self
Robert Shields ... Self (as Shields & Yarnell)
Red Skelton ... Self
David Soul ... Self
Elizabeth Taylor ... Self
Danny Thomas ... Self
Cheryl Tiegs ... Self
Fred Travalena ... Self
Tommy Tune ... Self
Twiggy ... Self
John Wayne ... Self
Flip Wilson ... Self
Lorene Yarnell Jansson ... Self (as Shields & Yarnell) (as Lorene Yarnell)
John King John King ... Dancer (uncredited)
Stan Mazin ... Dancer (uncredited)

Produced by 

John Hamlin ... co-producer
Joe Kay ... associate producer
McAdory Lipscomb Jr. ... associate executive producer
James Lipton ... executive producer
Gerald Rafshoon ... executive producer
Bob Wynn ... producer

Editing by 

Max K. Curtis ... videotape editor
Gary Princz ... videotape editor
Marshall Ragir ... (film sequences)

Art Direction by 

Bob Keene

Costume Design by 

Sanford Slepak ... (as Sandy Slepak)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Don Buccola ... associate director
Michael Onofrio ... associate director (as Mike Onofrio)
Suzanne Pelsang ... associate director

Sound Department 

Norm Schwartz ... audio

Camera and Electrical Department 

Fred McKinnon ... lighting director (as Red McKinnon)
Keith Winikoff ... video

Music Department 

Bob Alberti ... musical coordinator
Earl Brown ... writer: Donny & Marie medley
Marvin Laird ... writer: special musical material
Donn Trenner ... musical director
James Argiro ... music coordinator (uncredited) / pianist (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Jerry Bixman ... technical director
Ray Brannigan ... staging supervisor
Bruce Bryant ... graphic montage
James Castle ... graphic montage (as Jim Castle)
Connie Cockrell ... production assistant
Dan Dwyer ... talent coordinator
Brooks Fountain ... stage manager
Bob Graner ... stage manager
Jim House ... graphic montage
Carl Jablonski ... choreographer
Toni Kaye ... assistant choreographer
Vic Mangini ... special consultant
Mortimer J. O'Brien ... stage manager
Dom Ortuso ... stage manager
John Rusch ... military coordinator (as Cmdr. John Rusch)
Frances Anne Varallo ... assistant to the producer
Betty Jane York ... assistant to the producer
Danette Herman ... executive in charge of talent (uncredited)

Thanks 

Michael S. Davison ... acknowledgment: for the USO (as General Michael S. Davison)
Richard Rohaeur ... acknowledgment: film footage furnished by

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