Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Full Cast of Zelig
Patrick Horgan
as The Narrator (voice)
Marvin Chatinover
as Glandular Diagnosis Doctor
Stanley Swerdlow
as Mexican Food Doctor
Howard Erskine
as Hypodermic Doctor
Richard Whiting
as Other Doctor
Ralph Bell
as Other Doctor
Will Hussung
as Other Doctor
Alice Beardsley
as Telephone Operator
Charles Denny
as Actor Doctor
Michael Kell
as Actor Koslow
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Stanley Simmonds
as Lita's Lawyer
Robert Berger
as Zelig's Lawyer
Marshall Cole Sr.
as Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews
Ellen Garrison
as Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Jack Cannon
as Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews
Theodore R. Smits
as Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews
Sherman Loud
as Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews
Elizabeth Rothschild
as Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Kuno Sponholz
as Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews
George Hamlin
as Experimental Drugs Doctor
Robert Iglesia
as Man in Barber Chair
Eli Resnick
as Man in Park
Edward McPhillips
as Scotsman
Sol Lomita
as Martin Geist
Ed Lane
as Man on Telephone
Sharon Ferrol-Young
as Miss Baker
Dimitri Vassilopoulos
as Martinez
Francis Beggins
as City Hall Speaker
Jean Trowbridge
as Dr. Fletcher's Mother
Ken Chapin
as On-Camera Interviewer
Gerald Klein
as Hearst Guest
Erma Campbell
as Zelig's Wife
Anton Marco
as Wrist Victim
Louise Deitch
as House-Painting Victim
Bernice Dowis
as Vilification Woman
Bernie Herold
as Carter Dean
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