Elizabeth Taylor

Cynthia Bishop

George Murphy

Larry Bishop

S.Z. Sakall

Prof. Rosenkrantz

Mary Astor

Louise Bishop

Gene Lockhart

Dr. Fred I. Jannings

Spring Byington

Carrie Bishop Jannings

Jimmy Lydon

Ricky Latham

Scotty Beckett

Will Parker

Carol Brannon

Fredonia Jannings

Anna Q. Nilsson

Miss Brady, English Teacher

Morris Ankrum

Mr. Phillips, Principal

Kathleen Howard

Mac McQuillan, Jannings' Nurse

Shirley Johns

Stella Regan

Barbara Challis

Alice

Harlan Briggs

J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware

Will Wright

Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep

Minerva Urecal

Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)

Charles Bradstreet

Stubby Stubblefield (Uncredited)

Eula Guy

Bookkeeper (Uncredited)

Tom Leffingwell

Justice of the Peace (Uncredited)

Mickey Martin

Cheerleader (Uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Napoleon High Janitor (Uncredited)

Colleen O'Neill

Fat Girl (Uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

William Tannen

Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

Joan Elms

Student (Uncredited)

Leslie Haar

Student (Uncredited)

Dolores Dey

Student (Uncredited)

Stanley Haar

Student (Uncredited)

Mary Jane Smith

Student (Uncredited)

Charles Woolf

Student (Uncredited)

Robert Z. Leonard

Director

Harold Buchman

Writer

Viña Delmar

Theatre Play

Charles Kaufman

Writer

Irene

Costume Design

Paul G. Chamberlain

Set Decoration

Charles Schoenbaum

Director of Photography

Edwin B. Willis

Set Decoration

Edwin H. Knopf

Producer

Cotton Warburton

Editor

Bronislau Kaper

Original Music Composer

Edward C. Carfagno

Art Direction

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Douglas Shearer

Sound

Marvin Stuart

Assistant Director

Jack Dawn

Makeup Artist

Rudolph G. Kopp

Original Music Composer

Robert Franklyn

Additional Music

Harold Byrns

Orchestrator

Gilbert Miller

Presenter

Wally Heglin

Orchestrator

Johnny Green

Original Music Composer