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# Being There (1979): cast and crew

22 cast and 23 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Peter Sellers](https://film.one/person/peter-sellers.md) as Chance
- [Shirley MacLaine](https://film.one/person/shirley-maclaine.md) as Eve Rand
- [Melvyn Douglas](https://film.one/person/melvyn-douglas.md) as Benjamin Rand
- [Jack Warden](https://film.one/person/jack-warden.md) as President 'Bobby'
- [Richard Dysart](https://film.one/person/richard-dysart.md) as Dr. Robert Allenby
- [Richard Basehart](https://film.one/person/richard-basehart.md) as Vladimir Skrapinov
- [Ruth Attaway](https://film.one/person/ruth-attaway.md) as Louise
- [David Clennon](https://film.one/person/david-clennon.md) as Thomas Franklin
- [Fran Brill](https://film.one/person/fran-brill.md) as Sally Hayes
- [Denise DuBarry](https://film.one/person/denise-dubarry.md) as Johanna Franklin
- [Alice Hirson](https://film.one/person/alice-hirson.md) as First Lady
- [Jerome Hellman](https://film.one/person/jerome-hellman.md) as Gary Burns
- John Harkins as Sidney Courtney
- James Noble as Kaufman
- Mitch Kreindel as Dennis Watson
- Oteil Burbridge as Lolo
- [Richard Venture](https://film.one/person/richard-venture.md) as Wilson
- [Sam Weisman](https://film.one/person/sam-weisman.md) as Colson
- Elya Baskin as Karpatov
- [Hal Ashby](https://film.one/person/hal-ashby.md) as Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited)
- Kenneth Patterson as Perkins
- Stanley Grover as Baldwin

## Directing

- [Hal Ashby](https://film.one/person/hal-ashby.md): Director
- David Hamburger: First Assistant Director
- Toby Lovallo: Second Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Jerzy Kosiński](https://film.one/person/jerzy-kosinski.md): Screenplay, Novel

## Production

- [Charles Mulvehill](https://film.one/person/charles-mulvehill.md): Producer, Associate Producer
- Jack Schwartzman: Executive Producer
- [Andrew Braunsberg](https://film.one/person/andrew-braunsberg.md): Producer
- Lynn Stalmaster: Casting

## Camera

- [Caleb Deschanel](https://film.one/person/caleb-deschanel.md): Director of Photography
- [Nick McLean](https://film.one/person/nick-mclean.md): Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Don Zimmerman](https://film.one/person/don-zimmerman.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Johnny Mandel](https://film.one/person/johnny-mandel.md): Original Music Composer
- Jeff Wexler: Sound Mixer
- Frank E. Warner: Supervising Sound Effects Editor
- Donald O. Mitchell: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

## Art

- [Michael D. Haller](https://film.one/person/michael-d-haller.md): Production Design
- Pablo Ferro: Title Designer
- Robert R. Benton: Set Decoration
- [James L. Schoppe](https://film.one/person/james-l-schoppe.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Frank Westmore: Makeup Artist
- Charles H. Schram: Makeup Artist
- [May Routh](https://film.one/person/may-routh.md): Costume Designer

## Lighting

- Gary H. Holt: Gaffer

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