One Terrible Day - The Cast - The Adults

The Adults

  • Ed Brandenburg – the cook – He has a small part as the operator of a sidewalk café where the monkey lands after falling from the kite.
  • William Gillespie – the chauffer who chases the monkey and gets squirted with the garden hose. He is tormented by the boys when they continue to pester him while he is changing the tire. When Farina is found hiding under the car, he crawls under the car to retrieve her, but the monkey gets into the driver’s seat, and pulls a lever, which spills oil on the chauffer’s face.
  • Helen Gilmore – Caroline Culpepper – Society Reporter for "The Tattler". She shows Mrs. Van Renssalaer an article about a rival socialite's party. Her long haired cat also tangles with the monkey. She is listed by the Internet Movie Data Base and The Lucky Corner as Carlene Culpepper. However, her business card has the name printed as Caroline Culpepper.
  • Clara Guiol – Alvira, Mrs. Van Rensselaer’s secretary. She is seen receiving the boys at the mansion and accepting their invitations. She is affronted when Mrs. Van Rensselaer’s monkey mimics her with reading glasses. Throughout the film, she and Mrs. Van Rensselaer react to the children’s antics with snooty snobbishness.
  • Wallace Howe – The Policeman who stops the limousine at the intersection just before the car has a blowout.
  • Charles Stevenson – The Butler at the country estate.
  • Unknown actress – Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, who invites the local children on the outing to her country estate. She has a pet monkey and is the butt of many of the sight jokes because of her wealthy snootiness.
  • Unknown actress - the maid (caucasian) - She is seen applying beauty cream to Mrs. Van Renssalaer's neck during the opening scene of the film. She later carries the monkey into the kitchen.
  • Unknown actress - the maid (African-American) - She appears briefly and gets a face full of beauty cream courtesy of Caroline Culpepper's cat.
  • Unknown actress - Lady seen with Peggy Cartwright outside of the country estate.
  • Unknown actor - Man riding in the front seat of the limousine next to the chauffer.

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