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# A Night at the Opera (1935): cast and crew

39 cast and 14 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Groucho Marx](https://film.one/person/groucho-marx.md) as Otis B. Driftwood
- [Chico Marx](https://film.one/person/chico-marx.md) as Fiorello
- [Harpo Marx](https://film.one/person/harpo-marx.md) as Tomasso
- [Kitty Carlisle](https://film.one/person/kitty-carlisle.md) as Rosa
- [Allan Jones](https://film.one/person/allan-jones.md) as Ricardo Barroni
- [Sig Ruman](https://film.one/person/sig-ruman.md) as Gottlieb
- [Walter Woolf King](https://film.one/person/walter-woolf-king.md) as Lassparri
- [Robert Emmett O'Connor](https://film.one/person/robert-emmett-oconnor.md) as Henderson
- [Margaret Dumont](https://film.one/person/margaret-dumont.md) as Mrs. Claypool
- [Edward Keane](https://film.one/person/edward-keane.md) as Captain
- [Evelyn Selbie](https://film.one/person/evelyn-selbie.md) as The Fortune Teller in 'Trovatore' (uncredited)
- [Purnell Pratt](https://film.one/person/purnell-pratt.md) as The Mayor of New York (uncredited)
- [Jonathan Hale](https://film.one/person/jonathan-hale.md) as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Otto Fries as Otto the Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- [Gino Corrado](https://film.one/person/gino-corrado.md) as First Porter (uncredited)
- [Bess Flowers](https://film.one/person/bess-flowers.md) as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- Chuck Hamilton as Policeman (uncredited)
- Frank McLure as Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
- William H. O'Brien as Stagehand (uncredited)
- [George Irving](https://film.one/person/george-irving.md) as Committeeman (uncredited)
- [Billy Gilbert](https://film.one/person/billy-gilbert.md) as Orchestra Member Asking Fiorello Not to Play Piano (uncredited)
- Ruth Cherrington as Opera Spectator (uncredited)
- Al Bridge as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
- Selmer Jackson as Committeeman (uncredited)
- Jack 'Tiny' Lipson as Engineer's Assistant (uncredited)
- [Stanley Blystone](https://film.one/person/stanley-blystone.md) as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- Wedgwood Nowell as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- King Baggot as Dignitary (uncredited)
- John St. Polis as Opera Conductor (uncredited)
- Bud Geary as Stagehand (uncredited)
- [Rolfe Sedan](https://film.one/person/rolfe-sedan.md) as Aviator (uncredited)
- Sam Appel as Dungeon Guard (uncredited)
- Stephen Soldi as Ship's Steward (uncredited)
- [Purnell Pratt](https://film.one/person/purnell-pratt.md) as Mayor (uncredited)
- [Evelyn Selbie](https://film.one/person/evelyn-selbie.md) as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
- Jay Eaton as Aviator (uncredited)
- Harry 'Zoup' Welsh as Ship's Steward (uncredited)
- Gloria Delson as Child (uncredited)
- Jean Burt Reilly as The Manicurist (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Sam Wood](https://film.one/person/sam-wood.md): Director
- Lesley Selander: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Morrie Ryskind](https://film.one/person/morrie-ryskind.md): Screenplay
- [James Kevin McGuinness](https://film.one/person/james-kevin-mcguinness.md): Story
- [George S. Kaufman](https://film.one/person/george-s-kaufman.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Irving Thalberg](https://film.one/person/irving-thalberg.md): Executive Producer

## Camera

- [Merritt B. Gerstad](https://film.one/person/merritt-b-gerstad.md): Director of Photography
- A. Lindsley Lane: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [William LeVanway](https://film.one/person/william-levanway.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Herbert Stothart](https://film.one/person/herbert-stothart.md): Music
- Douglas Shearer: Sound Director

## Art

- [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Robert J. Schiffer: Makeup Artist
- [Dolly Tree](https://film.one/person/dolly-tree.md): Costume Design

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