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title: "David Copperfield: cast and crew"
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cast: 31
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# David Copperfield (1935): cast and crew

31 cast and 13 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Freddie Bartholomew](https://film.one/person/freddie-bartholomew.md) as David Copperfield as a Boy
- [Frank Lawton](https://film.one/person/frank-lawton.md) as David Copperfield as a Man
- [Edna May Oliver](https://film.one/person/edna-may-oliver.md) as Aunt Betsey Trotwood
- [Jessie Ralph](https://film.one/person/jessie-ralph.md) as Clara Peggotty
- [Madge Evans](https://film.one/person/madge-evans.md) as Agnes Wickfield as a Woman
- [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://film.one/person/maureen-osullivan.md) as Dora Spenlow
- [Elizabeth Allan](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-allan.md) as Clara Copperfield
- [Harry Beresford](https://film.one/person/harry-beresford.md) as Dr. Chillip
- [Hugh Walpole](https://film.one/person/hugh-walpole.md) as The Vicar
- [Basil Rathbone](https://film.one/person/basil-rathbone.md) as Mr. Edward Murdstone
- [Herbert Mundin](https://film.one/person/herbert-mundin.md) as Barkis
- [John Buckler](https://film.one/person/john-buckler.md) as Ham Peggotty
- Fay Chaldecott as Little Em'ly as a Girl
- [Una O'Connor](https://film.one/person/una-oconnor.md) as Mrs. Gummidge
- [Lionel Barrymore](https://film.one/person/lionel-barrymore.md) as Dan Peggotty
- Violet Kemble Cooper as Jane Murdstone
- [Elsa Lanchester](https://film.one/person/elsa-lanchester.md) as Clickett
- W.C. Fields as Wilkins Micawber
- Jean Cadell as Emma Micawber
- Lennox Pawle as Mr. Dick
- Renee Gadd as Janet
- [Roland Young](https://film.one/person/roland-young.md) as Uriah Heep
- [Lewis Stone](https://film.one/person/lewis-stone.md) as Mr. Wickfield
- Marilyn Knowlden as Agnes Wickfield as a Girl
- [Hugh Williams](https://film.one/person/hugh-williams.md) as James Steerforth
- Florine McKinney as Little Em'ly as a Woman
- [Ivan Simpson](https://film.one/person/ivan-f-simpson.md) as Littimer
- Mabel Colcord as Mary Ann
- [Lionel Belmore](https://film.one/person/lionel-belmore.md) as Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
- [E. E. Clive](https://film.one/person/e-e-clive.md) as Sheriff's Man (uncredited)
- Arthur Treacher as Donkey Man (uncredited)

## Directing

- [George Cukor](https://film.one/person/george-cukor.md): Director
- [Joseph M. Newman](https://film.one/person/joseph-m-newman.md): Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Howard Estabrook](https://film.one/person/howard-estabrook.md): Screenplay
- Charles Dickens: Novel
- [Hugh Walpole](https://film.one/person/hugh-walpole.md): Adaptation

## Production

- [David O. Selznick](https://film.one/person/david-o-selznick.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Oliver T. Marsh](https://film.one/person/oliver-t-marsh.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Robert J. Kern](https://film.one/person/robert-kern.md): Editor

## Sound and music

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

## Art

- Cedric Gibbons: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Dolly Tree](https://film.one/person/dolly-tree.md): Costume Design

## Crew

- [Slavko Vorkapić](https://film.one/person/slavko-vorkapich.md): Special Effects

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