--- title: "Captains Courageous: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/captains-courageous/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/captains-courageous" cast: 58 crew: 20 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Captains Courageous (1937): cast and crew 58 cast and 20 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Freddie Bartholomew](https://film.one/person/freddie-bartholomew.md) as Harvey Cheyne - [Spencer Tracy](https://film.one/person/spencer-tracy.md) as Manuel Fidello - [Lionel Barrymore](https://film.one/person/lionel-barrymore.md) as Captain Disko Troop - [Melvyn Douglas](https://film.one/person/melvyn-douglas.md) as Frank Burton Cheyne - [Charley Grapewin](https://film.one/person/charley-grapewin.md) as Uncle Salters - [Mickey Rooney](https://film.one/person/mickey-rooney.md) as Dan Troop - [John Carradine](https://film.one/person/john-carradine.md) as Long Jack - [Oscar O'Shea](https://film.one/person/oscar-oshea.md) as Captain Walt Cushman - [Jack La Rue](https://film.one/person/jack-la-rue.md) as Priest - [Walter Kingsford](https://film.one/person/walter-kingsford.md) as Dr. Finley - [Donald Briggs](https://film.one/person/donald-briggs.md) as Tyler - [Sam McDaniel](https://film.one/person/sam-mcdaniel.md) as 'Doc' - Bill Burrud as Charles - Norman Ainsley as Robbins (uncredited) - C.E. Anderson as Fisherman (uncredited) - Edward Peil Sr. as Fisherman (uncredited) - [Wally Albright](https://film.one/person/wally-albright.md) as Boy (uncredited) - Lee Van Atta as Boy (uncredited) - Tommy Bupp as Boy on Ship (uncredited) - [Gene Reynolds](https://film.one/person/gene-reynolds.md) as Boy in Print Shop (uncredited) - Betty Alden as Bit Role (uncredited) - Sherry Hall as Bit Role (uncredited) - [Mira McKinney](https://film.one/person/mira-mckinney.md) as Bit Role (uncredited) - [Dennis O'Keefe](https://film.one/person/dennis-okeefe.md) as Bit Role (uncredited) - William Arnold as Reporter (uncredited) - [Don Brodie](https://film.one/person/don-brodie.md) as Reporter (uncredited) - Bobby Watson as Reporter (uncredited) - Art Berry Sr. as Capt. Anderson (uncredited) - Jack Kennedy as Captain of Flying Swan (uncredited) - Wade Boteler as Skipper of Blue Gill (uncredited) - Lloyd Ingraham as Skipper of Ship (uncredited) - [Leo G. Carroll](https://film.one/person/leo-g-carroll.md) as Burns (uncredited) - [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://film.one/person/charles-coleman.md) as Burns the Butler (uncredited) - Jimmy Conlin as Martin (uncredited) - Lester Dorr as Corridor Steward (uncredited) - [Billy Gilbert](https://film.one/person/billy-gilbert.md) as Soda Steward (uncredited) - Richard Powell as First Steward (uncredited) - Larry Fisher as Crewman (uncredited) - James Kilgannon as Crewman (uncredited) - Stubby Kruger as Crewman (uncredited) - Philo McCullough as Crewman (uncredited) - Gil Perkins as Crewman (uncredited) - Jack Sterling as Crewman (uncredited) - Roger Gray as Nate Rogers (uncredited) - Henry Hanna as (uncredited) - Gladden James as Secretary Cobb (uncredited) - Murray Kinnell as Minister (uncredited) - Myra Marsh as Chester's Wife (uncredited) - [Christian Rub](https://film.one/person/christian-rub.md) as Old Clement (uncredited) - William Stack as Elliott (uncredited) - [Frank Sully](https://film.one/person/frank-sully.md) as Taxi Driver (uncredited) - Gertrude Sutton as Nate's Wife (uncredited) - David Thursby as Tom (uncredited) - [Charles Trowbridge](https://film.one/person/charles-trowbridge.md) as Dr. Dick Walsh (uncredited) - Monte Vandergrift as Sailor on Flying Swan (uncredited) - Jay Ward as Pogey Williams (uncredited) - Dave Wengren as Lars (uncredited) - Kenneth Wilson as Alvin Savage (uncredited) ## Directing - [Victor Fleming](https://film.one/person/victor-fleming.md): Director ## Writing - [Dale Van Every](https://film.one/person/dale-van-every.md): Screenplay - Rudyard Kipling: Novel - [John Lee Mahin](https://film.one/person/john-lee-mahin.md): Screenplay - [Marc Connelly](https://film.one/person/marc-connelly.md): Screenplay - [Tom Kilpatrick](https://film.one/person/tom-kilpatrick.md): Screenplay ## Production - [Louis D. Lighton](https://film.one/person/louis-d-lighton.md): Producer ## Camera - [Harold Rosson](https://film.one/person/harold-rosson.md): Director of Photography - Bob Roberts: Camera Operator - Harold J. Marzorati: Camera Operator ## Editing - [Elmo Veron](https://film.one/person/elmo-veron.md): Editor ## Sound and music - Douglas Shearer: Sound - [Franz Waxman](https://film.one/person/franz-waxman.md): Original Music Composer, Songs - [Paul Marquardt](https://film.one/person/paul-marquardt.md): Orchestrator - Charles Maxwell: Orchestrator ## Art - [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction - Edwin B. Willis: Art Direction - A. Arnold Gillespie: Art Direction ## Costume and make-up - Robert J. Schiffer: Makeup Artist ## Crew - Clifford Vaughan: Additional Music --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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