The Desk Clerk — High Anxiety Character Profile

About The Desk Clerk

The hotel employee who processes Thorndyke's check-in. His reservation is covertly altered to place the protagonist in a top-floor room, exacerbating his fear of heights.

Character Facts

Played by

Jack Riley

Appears in

High Anxiety (1977)

Role

Supporting

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• Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke (Mel Brooks)
• Victoria Brisbane (Madeline Kahn)
• Nurse Charlotte Diesel (Cloris Leachman)
• Dr. Charles Montague (Harvey Korman)
• 'Braces' - Killer (Rudy De Luca)
• Brophy (Ron Carey)
• Piano Player (Murphy Dunne)
• Dennis - Bellboy (Barry Levinson)
• Dr. Eckhardt (Darrell Zwerling)
• Norton (Lee Delano)
• Flasher (Robert Ridgely)
• Customer (Billy Sands)