Winchell

Year:

1998

Duration:

105 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Paul Mazursky

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 7 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-11-21

Filming Locations: Doheny Mansion - 8 Chester Place, Mount St. Mary's College - 12001 Chalon Road, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Tiffany Burton

Stanley Tucci

Walter Winchell

Glenne Headly

Dallas Wayne

Paul Giamatti

Herman Kurfeld

Christopher Plummer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Xander Berkeley

Gavreau

Kevin Tighe

William Randolph Hearst

Frank Medrano

Melvin Diamond

Vic Polizos

Sam Hague

John F. O'Donohue

Harry the Doorman (as John O'Donohue)

Michael Greene

Bellamy

Rod McCary

Emcee

Victoria Gabrielle Platt

Josephine Baker

Jonathan Aaron

Rabbi (as Rabbi Jonathan Aaron)

Pat Asanti

Vaudeville Magician

Sean Michael Allen

Mirror Reporter (as Sean Barnes)

Joe Basile

Post Reporter #2

Marissa Leigh

Schwing Sister #3 (as Marissa Leigh Baumgartner)

Joe Bays

Post Reporter #1

Danielle Beckstrom

Walda - Age 6

Matt Bellner

Walter Jr. - Age 20

Joseph Benti

Announcer

Kate Brian

Girl with Walter

Stacey Brooks

Stork Club Patron #1

Carolyn Smith Bryant

Beautiful Women

Paula Cale

Mrs. Klurfeld

Michael Chieffo

Photographer at Stork Club

Phillip Connery

Miami Reporter #3

Ricky Davila

Walter Jr. - Age 10

Palmer Davis

Showgirl

Raffi Di Blasio

Walter Winchell - Age 20

Gary Donovan

Josephine Baker's Manager

Don Fischer

Reporter #1

Kayley Gable

Walda (Age 12)

Marshall Gitter

News Seller

Phillip Geoffrey Hough

Copy Boy

Jason Huber

Ed Sullivan

Paul Jenkins

Lawrence Newman

Lamont Johnson

Radio Executive #2

Kris Kamm

Reporter #2

Michael Laskin

Radio Executive #1

Sean Lawlor

Miami Sergeant

Richard Livingston

Musician (as Richard B. Livingston)

Jack Lotz

Bartender

Mason Lucero

Walter Jr. - Age 4

Ray Lykins

Newman's Driver

Raf Mauro

Backstage Manager

Paul Mazursky

Winchell's Father

Jon Menick

Precinct Reporter #2 (as John Menick)

Peggy Miley

Candy Store Woman

Michael Monks

Miami Reporter #1

Oliver Muirhead

Stork Club Captain #2

Megan Mullally

June Winchell

Francis X. McCarthy

Winchell's Attorney

J. Patrick McCormack

Senator #2

Katherine Ann McGregor

Madam (as Katherine McGregor)

Stuart Nisbet

Senator #1

Enrique Peralta

Barber

Mary Portser

Janet Winchell

Clive Rosengren

Senator #3

Joel Rooks

Stork Club Captain #1

Blake Rose

The Fighter

Aria Rosenberg

Schwing Sister #2

Anthony Russell

Fitter

Tiffany Salerno

Stork Club Patron #2

Emily Saunders

Walda

Nina Savelle

Woman in Hotel Room

Rick Scarry

Miami Reporter #2

Tony Schubert

Cab Driver

Jack Shearer

Politician

Sean Stavropoulos

Walter Winchell - Age 8

Carrie Stroud

Schwing Sister #1

David St. James

Miami Reporter #4

Sven-Ole Thorsen

German Man

Dennis Tracy

Stork Club Patron #3 (as Dennis A. Tracy)

Blayne Weaver

Country Club Worker

James Wellington

First Doorman

Robert Verlaque

Stork Club Reporter

Richard Kent Green

Stand-In ( Stanley Tucci)

John W. Allen

Reporter (uncredited)

Catherine Campion

Angry woman in market (uncredited)

James DuMont

Reporter #1 (uncredited)

Janna Giacoppo

Young actress (uncredited)

Taimie Hannum

(uncredited)

Bobby Harwell

Gruen Chairman (uncredited)

Phil Hawn

Vaudeville Pit Piano Player (uncredited)

Stan Klimecko

Poker Player (uncredited)

Joseph McCarthy

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Haley Smith

Apple girl (uncredited)

Ed Sullivan

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Vincent Tumeo

Dancer (uncredited)

Regina Whitcomb

Dancer (uncredited)

Walter Winchell

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Randy Woltz

Drummer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The character of Dallas Wayne is a fictionalized version of real-life Winchell confidante and speakeasy owner Texas Guinan.

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Goofs

Near the end of the film there is a shot of two newspaper headlines: one saying Winchell lost his radio show and the other that the Stork Club was closing. The articles under the headlines do not refer to either subject, and most of the wording in one article is repeated exactly in the other.

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When Winchell does a Las Vegas nightclub act in 1958, a sign can be seen advertising a show starring Seigfried and Roy - who didn't become headliners until years after Winchell's death.

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Quotes

Franklin D. Roosevelt: The face of fear is coming. And when it comes, Walter, you'll answer to no one, not even me.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt: I've got a scoop for you, Walter. Senator Taft is a horse's aft.

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Walter Winchell: Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and all the ships at sea! Let's go to press!

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