The Olympic Hero is a 1928 American silent comedy sports film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Charles Paddock, Julanne Johnston and Crauford Kent. It incorporated some real footage from the 1924 Olympic Games. Cast Charles Paddock as Charlie Patterson Julanne Johnston as Mary Brown Donald Stuart as Assistant Coach Harvey Clark as Coach Regan Crauford Kent as Man-About-Town Jack Selwyn as Harold Fellows Emile Chautard as Grandpa Brown R.O. Pennell as Professor Aileen Manning as Physical Instructress Bob Maxwell as Balfor Champ Raoul Paoli as French Champ References Bibliography Wiley Lee Umphlett. The Movies Go to College: Hollywood and the World of the College-life Film. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1984. External links 1928 films 1920s sports comedy films 1928 comedy films American sports comedy films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Roy William Neill American black-and-white films 1920s American films Silent American comedy films Silent sports comedy films