Editing Blazing Saddles (section)

== Cast ==
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* [[Cleavon Little]] as Bart, a black railroad worker who becomes a sheriff in Rock Ridge
* [[Gene Wilder]] as Jim the Waco Kid, an alcoholic gunslinger who allies with Bart
* [[Slim Pickens]] as Taggart, a minion of Lamarr
* [[David Huddleston]] as Olson Johnson, a high-ranking influencial inhabitant of Rock Ridge
* [[Liam Dunn]] as Reverend Johnson, the [[The Reverend|reverend]] of Rock Ridge
* [[Alex Karras]] as Mongo, an immensely strong underling of Taggart who rides a [[zebu]] and sides with Bart
* [[John Hillerman]] as Howard Johnson, the owner of an ice cream parlor in Rock Ridge
* [[George Furth]] as Van Johnson, a [[barber]] in Rock Ridge who alerts Bart of Mongo's arrival and describes Mongo to him
* [[Jack Starrett|Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.]] as Gabby Johnson, Rock Ridge's residential [[town drunk]]
* [[Mel Brooks]] as:
** Governor William J. Le Petomane, the governor of the unnamed state that Rock Ridge is in
** [[Yiddish]]-speaking Indian Chief
** Aviator Applicant, a nod to [[Howard Hughes]]
** Voice of German Dancer (uncredited)
** Voice of Grouchy Moviegoer (uncredited)<ref name="crick">{{cite book |last=Crick |first=Robert Alan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbtuDkazJfQC&q=aviator |title=The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks |pages=65–66 |publisher=McFarland |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-7864-4326-0 |quote=As for Mel Brooks himself, his aviator and voice-overs as a German dancer and cranky film-goer provide funny cameos .... The book credits him as playing "William J. LePetomane/Indian Chief/Aviator/Voice of German Dancer/Voice of Moviegoer." |access-date=November 21, 2015 |archive-date=May 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505101527/https://books.google.com/books?id=LbtuDkazJfQC&q=aviator |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Harvey Korman]] as Hedley Lamarr, a crooked [[State attorney general|territorial attorney general]]
* [[Madeline Kahn]] as Lili Von Shtupp, a German seductress-for-hire that Lamarr tries to use on Bart
* [[Carol Arthur]] as Harriett Johnson, a [[teacher]] who lives in Rock Ridge
* Richard Collier as Dr. Sam Johnson, a [[Physician|doctor]] who lives in Rock Ridge
* [[Charles McGregor]] as Charlie, the best friend of Bart
* [[Robyn Hilton]] as Miss Stein, the secretary of Governor Le Petomane
* [[Burton Gilliam]] as Lyle, a railroad supervisor who works for Lamarr and Taggart
* [[Dom DeLuise]] as Buddy Bizarre, a film director whose musical called ''French Mistake'' gets crashed by the brawling ''Blazing Saddles'' actors
* [[Count Basie]] as himself
* [[Sally Kirkland]] as a studio commissary cashier (uncredited)
* [[Patrick Labyorteaux]] as Harry (uncredited)
* [[John Alderson (actor)|John Alderson]] as Gum Chewer (uncredited)
* [[Ralph Manza]] as Joey (uncredited), an actor in the studio commissary who is portraying [[Adolf Hitler]] in a movie where he answers a fellow actor's question on how many days he has left on the movie he's in by telling him that "they lose me right after the bunker scene".
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'''Cast notes:'''
* [[Count Basie]] and his orchestra make a cameo appearance, playing "April in Paris" in the middle of the desert as Bart rides toward Rock Ridge to assume the post of sheriff.
* Brooks appears in three on-screen roles: Governor William J. Le Petomane, the [[Yiddish]]-speaking Native American chief (appearing in [[redface]]) in Bart's backstory, and an applicant for Hedley Lamarr's thug army (an aviator wearing sunglasses and a [[flight jacket]]). He also has two off-screen voice roles, as one of Lili's German chorus boys during "I'm Tired" and as a grouchy moviegoer.<ref name="crick"/>
* "Le Petomane" refers to [[Le Pétomane|Joseph Pujol]], a performer in 19th-century France who was a professional [[flatulist]] using "Le Pétomane" as his stage name.<ref name=afi /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Davis|first=Igor|title=A Conversation With Mel Brooks|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/a-conversation-with-mel-brooks|date=June 28, 2016|access-date=July 18, 2020|website=[[Tablet (magazine)|Tablet]]|language=en|archive-date=July 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718045440/https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/a-conversation-with-mel-brooks|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Carol Arthur (Harriett Johnson) was DeLuise's wife.<ref name=afi />
* "Olson Johnson" is a reference to the [[vaudeville]] comedy team [[Olsen and Johnson]], "Howard Johnson" to the now-defunct [[Howard Johnson's|Howard Johnson's restaurant chain]], "Van Johnson" to the actor [[Van Johnson]], and "Dr. Samuel Johnson" to the 18th-century English writer [[Samuel Johnson|by that name]].<ref name=afi /> The character of "Gabby Johnson" is a direct parody of cowboy actor [[Gabby Hayes]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Bob |date=June 29, 2019 |title=Pioneer Cowboy Gabby Hayes made a visit to Johnson City, Kingsport and Bluefield in October 1948, including members of his Western review |url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/living/features/pioneer-cowboy-gabby-hayes-made-a-visit-to-johnson-city-kingsport-and-bluefield-in-october/article_15f49b49-ad5f-56db-a036-c144524989cb.html |work=Johnson City Press |access-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424213743/https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/living/features/pioneer-cowboy-gabby-hayes-made-a-visit-to-johnson-city-kingsport-and-bluefield-in-october/article_15f49b49-ad5f-56db-a036-c144524989cb.html |url-status=live }}</ref>