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Man on the Flying Trapeze

Released: August 3, 1935 (1935)

Runtime: 66 minutes

Genres: Comedy

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Vera Lewis as Mrs. Cordelia Neselrode
Age at release: 62
Oscar Apfel as President Malloy
Age at release: 57
W.C. Fields as Ambrose Wolfinger
Age at release: 55
Lew Kelly as Adolph Berg
Age at release: 55
Kathleen Howard as Leona Wolfinger
Age at release: 51
Tammany Young as 'Willie' the Weasel
Age at release: 48
Walter Brennan as 'Legs' Garnett
Age at release: 41
Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Peabody
Age at release: 39
Mary Brian as Hope Wolfinger
Age at release: 29
Grady Sutton as Claude Neselrode
Age at release: 29

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Heinie Conklin as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Age at release: 55
Arthur Aylesworth as Judge (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
David Clyde as J. Farnsworth Wallaby (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
Florence Lawrence as (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
James Burke as Patrolman
Age at release: 48
Michael Visaroff as Cellmate (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
Rosemary Theby as Helpful Passerby (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
Billy Bletcher as Timekeeper (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Minerva Urecal as Italian Woman in Ambulance (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
Edward Gargan as Patrolman
Age at release: 33
Harry Ekezian as Hookalakah Meshobbab (uncredited)
Age at release: 33
Tor Johnson as Tosoff - Wrestler (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
James Flavin as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
Carlotta Monti as Secretary
Age at release: 28