•
Eric Idle as: • Dirk McQuickly, a parody of
Paul McCartney • The Narrator, a parody of
Alan Whicker • Stanley J. Krammerhead III, Jr., occasional visiting professor of applied narcotics at the University of Please Yourself, California •
Neil Innes as Ron Nasty, a parody of
John Lennon •
John Halsey as Barry Wom (Barrington Womble), a parody of
Ringo Starr •
Ricky Fataar as Stig O'Hara, a parody of
George Harrison •
Michael Palin as Eric Manchester, Rutle Corp. Press Agent & Lawyer, a parody of
Derek Taylor •
George Harrison as The Interviewer •
Bianca Jagger as Martini McQuickly, a parody of
Linda McCartney •
John Belushi as Ron Decline, the most feared promoter in the world, a parody of
Allen Klein •
Dan Aykroyd as Brian Thigh, ex-record producer who turned down the Rutles, just as
Decca had turned down the Beatles, a parody of
Dick Rowe •
Gilda Radner as Mrs. Emily Pules •
Bill Murray as Bill Murray the K., a parody of
Murray the K. •
Gwen Taylor as: • Mrs. Iris Mountbatten, Leggy's mother, a parody of
Queenie Epstein • Chastity, a parody of
Yoko Ono •
Ron Wood as a Hell's Angel •
Terence Bayler as Leggy Mountbatten, a parody of
Brian Epstein •
Henry Woolf as Arthur Sultan, the Surrey Mystic, a parody of the
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi •
Jeannette Charles as a
Queen of the United Kingdom •
Mick Jagger as himself (uncredited) •
Paul Simon as himself (uncredited) •
Roger McGough as himself (uncredited) •
Ollie Halsall as Leppo, the "fifth Rutle" (
à la Zeppo, the fifth
Marx Brother), a parody of the so-called "fifth Beatle",
Stuart Sutcliffe •
Barry Cryer as Dick Jaws, a partial parody of music publisher and singer
Dick James •
Frank Williams as record producer Archie Macaw, a partial parody of
George Martin •
Penelope Tree as Stig's wife, a partial parody of Harrison's first wife
Pattie Boyd •
Lorne Michaels as Sleazy Merchandiser •
Al Franken as Ron Decline's Henchman •
Tom Davis as Ron Decline's Henchman • Jerome Greene as Blind Lemon Pye • Bob Gibson as Ruttling Orange Peel ==Production==