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cast: 37
crew: 30
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# A Soldier's Story (1984): cast and crew

37 cast and 30 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Howard Rollins](https://film.one/person/howard-rollins.md) as Captain Davenport
- [Adolph Caesar](https://film.one/person/adolph-caesar.md) as Sergeant Waters
- [Art Evans](https://film.one/person/art-evans.md) as Private Wilkie
- [Robert Townsend](https://film.one/person/robert-townsend.md) as Corporal Ellis
- [Denzel Washington](https://film.one/person/denzel-washington.md) as Private First Class Peterson
- [David Alan Grier](https://film.one/person/david-alan-grier.md) as Corporal Cobb
- [David Harris](https://film.one/person/david-harris-1058172.md) as Private Smalls
- [Dennis Lipscomb](https://film.one/person/dennis-lipscomb.md) as Captain Taylor
- [Patti LaBelle](https://film.one/person/patti-labelle.md) as Big Mary
- [Wings Hauser](https://film.one/person/wings-hauser.md) as Lieutenant Byrd
- [Larry Riley](https://film.one/person/larry-riley.md) as C.J. Memphis
- [William Allen Young](https://film.one/person/william-allen-young.md) as Private Henson
- [Scott Paulin](https://film.one/person/scott-paulin.md) as Captain Wilcox
- John Hancock as Sergeant Washington
- Robert Tyler as Private Seymour
- [Trey Wilson](https://film.one/person/trey-wilson.md) as Colonel Nivens
- Patricia Brandkamp as Ida Nivens
- Carl Dreher as Bus driver
- Vaughn Reeves as Captain Estes
- [Michael Williams](https://film.one/person/michael-anthony-williams.md) as Barracks Soldier
- Bobby McGee as Barracks Soldier
- Rick Ramey as Barracks Soldier
- Pat Grabe as White Lieutenant #1
- Terry Dodd as White Lieutenant #2
- Warren Clements as Sergeant Hooks
- James W. Bryant as Chaplain
- John Valentine as Umpire
- Ronald E. Greenfield as M.P. Sergeant
- Anthony C. Sanders as M.P. at Gate
- Traftin E. Thompson as M.P. in Barracks
- Roy Wells as Training Field Sergeant
- Tommy G. Liggins as Solider Painting
- Calvin Franklin as Barracks Soldier
- Kevin T. Mosley as Barracks Soldier
- David Ashley as Barracks Soldier
- Thomas Howard as Barracks Soldier
- Lacarnist Hiriams as Barracks Soldier

## Directing

- [Norman Jewison](https://film.one/person/norman-jewison.md): Director
- Wilma Garscadden-Gahret: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Charles Fuller](https://film.one/person/charles-fuller.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Norman Jewison](https://film.one/person/norman-jewison.md): Producer
- Charles Milhaupt: Associate Producer
- [Patrick J. Palmer](https://film.one/person/patrick-j-palmer.md): Producer
- Chiz Schultz: Executive Producer
- [Ronald L. Schwary](https://film.one/person/ronald-l-schwary.md): Producer
- Reuben Cannon: Casting Director
- [Gerald R. Molen](https://film.one/person/gerald-r-molen.md): Unit Production Manager
- Megan Branman: Extras Casting

## Camera

- [Russell Boyd](https://film.one/person/russell-boyd.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Caroline Biggerstaff](https://film.one/person/caroline-biggerstaff.md): Editor
- [Mark Warner](https://film.one/person/mark-warner.md): Editor
- [Edward A. Warschilka](https://film.one/person/edward-a-warschilka.md): Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Herbie Hancock](https://film.one/person/herbie-hancock.md): Original Music Composer
- Linda Dove: Sound Editor
- Julie Feiner: Assistant Sound Editor
- [Gib Jaffe](https://film.one/person/gib-jaffe.md): Sound Editor
- Dessie Markovsky: Sound Editor
- Emile Razpopov: Supervising Sound Editor
- Catherine Shorr: Sound Editor
- Michael Tomack: Sound Editor
- Else Blangsted: Music Editor

## Art

- [Walter Scott Herndon](https://film.one/person/walter-scott-herndon.md): Production Design
- Thomas L. Roysden: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- Bernadine M. Anderson: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Dennis Dion: Special Effects Supervisor

## Crew

- [Mark Warner](https://film.one/person/mark-warner.md): Editorial Staff
- James Camomile: Special Effects

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