The Cotton Club

Richard Gere

Richard 'Dixie' Dwyer

Age 35 (now 76)

Gregory Hines

Delbert 'Sandman' Williams

Age 38 (died at 57)

Diane Lane

Vera Cicero

Age 19 (now 61)

Lonette McKee

Lila Rose Oliver

Age 30 (now 71)

Bob Hoskins

Owney Madden

Age 42 (died at 71)

James Remar

Dutch Schultz

Age 30 (now 72)

Nicolas Cage

Vincent Dwyer

Age 20 (now 62)

Allen Garfield

Otto 'Abbadabba' Berman

Age 45 (died at 80)

Fred Gwynne

Frenchy Demange

Age 58 (died at 66)

Gwen Verdon

Tish Dwyer

Age 59 (died at 75)

Lisa Jane Persky

Frances Flegenheimer

Age 29 (now 71)

Maurice Hines

Clay Williams

Age 41 (died at 80)

Julian Beck

Sol Weinstein

Age 59 (died at 60)

Novella Nelson

Madame St. Clair

Age 44 (died at 77)

Laurence Fishburne

Bumpy Rhodes

Age 23 (now 64)

John P. Ryan

Joe Flynn

Age 48 (died at 70)

Tom Waits

Irving Stark

Age 35 (now 76)

Ron Karabatsos

Mike Best

Age 51 (died at 78)

Glenn Withrow

Ed Popke

Age 31 (now 72)

Jennifer Grey

Patsy Dwyer

Age 24 (now 66)

Wynonna Smith

Winnie Williams

Thelma Carpenter

Norma Williams

Age 62 (died at 75)

Charles "Honi" Coles

Suger Coates

Age 73 (died at 81)

Larry Marshall

Cab Calloway

Age 40 (now 82)

Joe Dallesandro

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Age 35 (now 77)

Diane Venora

Gloria Swanson

Age 32 (now 73)

Tucker Smallwood

Kid Griffin

Age 40 (now 82)

Marc Coppola

Ted Husing

Age 26 (now 68)

Robert Earl Jones

Stage Door Joe

Age 74 (died at 96)

Sofia Coppola

Child in Street

Age 13 (now 55)

Tracey Ross

Dancer

Age 25 (now 67)

Mario Van Peebles

Dancer

Age 27 (now 69)

Ed O'Ross

Monk

Age 38 (now 79)

Frederick Downs Jr.

Sullen Man

Woody Strode

Holmes

Age 70 (died at 80)

Bill Graham

J.W.

Age 53 (died at 60)

Dayton Allen

Solly

Kim Chan

Ling

Age 66 (died at 90)

Ed Rowan

Messiah

Leonard Termo

Danny

Age 49 (died at 77)

Brian Tarantina

Vince Hood

Age 25 (died at 60)

Bruce MacVittie

Vince Hood

Age 28 (died at 65)

James Russo

Vince Hood

Age 31 (now 73)

Giancarlo Esposito

Bumpy Hood

Age 26 (now 68)

Rony Clanton

Caspar Holstein

Age 38 (now 79)

Damien Leake

Bub Jewett

Age 32 (now 73)

Bill Cobbs

Big Joe Ison

Age 50 (died at 90)

Joe Lynn

Marcial Flores

Oscar Barnes

Spanish Henry

Ed Zang

Hotel Clerk

Age 50 (died at 54)

Sandra Beall

Myrtle Fay

Zane Mark

Duke Ellington

Paul Herman

Policeman #1

Age 38 (died at 76)

Randle Mell

Policeman #2

Age 32 (now 74)

Gregory Rozakis

Charlie Chaplin

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

James Cagney

Rosalind Harris

Fanny Brice

Age 37 (now 79)

Jackée Harry

Dancer

Age 28 (now 69)

Sonya Hensley

Dancer

Valarie Pettiford

Dancer

Age 24 (now 65)

Kimberly Dorsey

Joan Blondell (uncredited)

Anton Evangelista

Ownie Hood (uncredited)

Nicholas J. Giangiulio

Screen Test Thug (uncredited)

Suzanne Kaaren

The Duchess of Park Avenue (uncredited)

Age 72 (died at 92)

Robin Karfo

Vera's Sidekick / Banville Club (uncredited)

Mark Margolis

Charlie Workman (uncredited)

Age 45 (died at 83)

Naylon Mitchell

Busboy (uncredited)

Ray Negron

Waiter (uncredited)

Kirk Taylor

Cotton Club Waiter (uncredited)

Rick Washburn

Hitman (uncredited)

Linda Gillen

voice (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 77)

Rima Vetter

Dancer

Charles Young

Hoofer