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title: "Bride of Frankenstein: cast and crew"
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cast: 55
crew: 51
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# Bride of Frankenstein (1935): cast and crew

55 cast and 51 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Boris Karloff](https://film.one/person/boris-karloff.md) as The Monster
- [Colin Clive](https://film.one/person/colin-clive.md) as Henry Frankenstein
- [Valerie Hobson](https://film.one/person/valerie-hobson.md) as Elizabeth
- [Ernest Thesiger](https://film.one/person/ernest-thesiger.md) as Doctor Pretorius
- [Elsa Lanchester](https://film.one/person/elsa-lanchester.md) as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
- [Gavin Gordon](https://film.one/person/gavin-gordon.md) as Lord Byron
- [Douglas Walton](https://film.one/person/douglas-walton.md) as Percy Bysshe Shelley
- [Una O'Connor](https://film.one/person/una-oconnor.md) as Minnie
- [E. E. Clive](https://film.one/person/e-e-clive.md) as Burgomaster
- [Lucien Prival](https://film.one/person/lucien-prival.md) as Butler
- [O. P. Heggie](https://film.one/person/o-p-heggie.md) as Hermit
- [Dwight Frye](https://film.one/person/dwight-frye.md) as Karl
- Reginald Barlow as Hans
- Mary Gordon as Hans' Wife
- Anne Darling as Shepherdess
- Ted Billings as Ludwig
- Billy Barty as Baby (uncredited)
- Robert Adair as Hunter in Woods  (uncredited)
- Norman Ainsley as Archbishop (uncredited)
- Frank Benson as Villager (uncredited)
- Maurice Black as Gypsy (uncredited)
- Walter Brennan as Peasant (uncredited)
- Mae Bruce as Villager (uncredited)
- A.S. Byron as King Homunculus (uncredited)
- [John Carradine](https://film.one/person/john-carradine.md) as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
- D'Arcy Corrigan as Procession Leader (uncredited)
- Grace Cunard as Villager (uncredited)
- J. Gunnis Davis as Uncle Glutz (uncredited)
- Marie DeForrest as Ballerina (uncredited)
- Elspeth Dudgeon as Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
- Neil Fitzgerald as Rudy (uncredited)
- Brenda Fowler as Mother (uncredited)
- John George as Villager (uncredited)
- Helen Gibson as Villager (uncredited)
- Marilyn Harris as Girl (uncredited)
- Carmencita Johnson as Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)
- Rollo Lloyd as Neighbor (uncredited)
- [Murdock MacQuarrie](https://film.one/person/murdock-macquarrie.md) as Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)
- Josephine McKim as Little Mermaid (uncredited)
- [Torben Meyer](https://film.one/person/torben-meyer.md) as Victim in flashback (uncredited)
- Edwin Mordant as Coroner (uncredited)
- Charles Murphy as Guard (uncredited)
- Joseph North as Servant (uncredited)
- Helen Parrish as Communion Girl (uncredited)
- Edward Peil Sr. as Villager (uncredited)
- Tempe Pigott as Auntie Glutz (uncredited)
- Sarah Schwartz as Marta (uncredited)
- Peter Shaw as Devil (uncredited)
- Mary Stewart as Neighbor (uncredited)
- Frank Terry as Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
- Anders Van Haden as Villager (uncredited)
- Dorothy Vernon as Maid (uncredited)
- Lucio Villegas as Priest (uncredited)
- Joan Woodbury as Queen Homunculus (uncredited)

## Directing

- [James Whale](https://film.one/person/james-whale.md): Director
- Fred Frank: Assistant Director
- Harry Mancke: Assistant Director
- Joseph A. McDonough: Assistant Director
- Flo Brummel: Script Coordinator

## Writing

- [Robert Florey](https://film.one/person/robert-florey.md): Story
- Mary Shelley: Original Story
- R.C. Sherriff: Adaptation
- Lawrence G. Blochman: Adaptation
- Philip MacDonald: Adaptation
- [Edmund Pearson](https://film.one/person/edmund-pearson.md): Screenplay
- Josef Berne: Adaptation
- Morton Covan: Adaptation
- Flo Brummel: Script Consultant
- [William Hurlbut](https://film.one/person/william-hurlbut.md): Adaptation, Screenplay
- John L. Balderston: Adaptation

## Production

- [Carl Laemmle Jr.](https://film.one/person/carl-laemmle-jr.md): Producer

## Camera

- [John J. Mescall](https://film.one/person/john-j-mescall.md): Director of Photography
- Alan Jones: Camera Operator
- William Dodds: Assistant Camera
- Fred Stoll: Grip

## Editing

- [Ted J. Kent](https://film.one/person/ted-j-kent.md): Editor
- Maurice Pivar: Supervising Film Editor

## Sound and music

- [Franz Waxman](https://film.one/person/franz-waxman.md): Original Music Composer
- William Hedgcock: Sound Engineer
- Gilbert Kurland: Sound Supervisor, Music Supervisor
- Edwin Wetzel: Sound Effects Editor
- Abe Meyer: Music Coordinator
- Larry Aicholtz: Scoring Mixer
- Clifford Vaughan: Orchestrator
- Oliver Wallace: Musician
- Louis Kaufman: Musician
- C. Bakaleinikoff: Conductor

## Art

- [Charles D. Hall](https://film.one/person/charles-d-hall.md): Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- Irma Kusely: Hairstylist, Hair Setup
- Otto Lederer: Assistant Makeup Artist, Makeup Trainee
- [Vera West](https://film.one/person/vera-west.md): Costume Design
- Jack Pierce: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- David S. Horsley: Visual Effects
- Cleo E. Baker: Visual Effects
- Jack Cosgrove: Matte Painter
- Russell Lawson: Matte Painter
- John P. Fulton: Visual Effects

## Crew

- John P. Fulton: Special Effects
- Tom Reed: Additional Writing
- Ken Strickfaden: Special Effects Technician
- David S. Horsley: Special Effects Assistant
- Monte Montague: Stand In
- George DeNormand: Stand In
- Peter Shaw: Stand In
- Carl Laemmle: Presenter

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