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title: "Forbidden Planet: cast and crew"
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cast: 22
crew: 38
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# Forbidden Planet (1956): cast and crew

22 cast and 38 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Walter Pidgeon](https://film.one/person/walter-pidgeon.md) as Dr. Edward Morbius
- [Anne Francis](https://film.one/person/anne-francis.md) as Altaira Morbius
- [Leslie Nielsen](https://film.one/person/leslie-nielsen.md) as Commander John J. Adams
- [Warren Stevens](https://film.one/person/warren-stevens.md) as Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow
- [Jack Kelly](https://film.one/person/jack-kelly.md) as Lt. Jerry Farman
- [Earl Holliman](https://film.one/person/earl-holliman.md) as Cookie
- [Richard Anderson](https://film.one/person/richard-anderson.md) as Chief Engineer Quinn
- [George D. Wallace](https://film.one/person/george-d-wallace.md) as Bosun
- [Robert Dix](https://film.one/person/robert-dix.md) as Crewman Grey
- [Jimmy Thompson](https://film.one/person/jimmy-thompson.md) as Crewman Youngerford
- [James Drury](https://film.one/person/james-drury.md) as Crewman Strong
- [Harry Harvey Jr.](https://film.one/person/harry-harvey-jr.md) as Crewman Randall
- Roger McGee as Crewman Lindstrom
- Peter Miller as Crewman Moran
- Morgan Jones as Crewman Nichols
- Richard Grant as Crewman Silvers
- [James Best](https://film.one/person/james-best.md) as Crewman (uncredited)
- William Boyett as Crewman (uncredited)
- [Les Tremayne](https://film.one/person/les-tremayne.md) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- [Frankie Darro](https://film.one/person/frankie-darro.md) as Robby the Robot (interior) (uncredited)
- [Marvin Miller](https://film.one/person/marvin-miller.md) as Robby the Robot (voice) (uncredited)
- Robby the Robot as Robby the Robot

## Directing

- [Fred M. Wilcox](https://film.one/person/fred-m-wilcox.md): Director
- George Rhein: Assistant Director
- John Greenwald: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Cyril Hume](https://film.one/person/cyril-hume.md): Screenplay
- [Irving Block](https://film.one/person/irving-block.md): Story
- Allen Adler: Story

## Production

- [Nicholas Nayfack](https://film.one/person/nicholas-nayfack.md): Producer

## Camera

- [George J. Folsey](https://film.one/person/george-j-folsey.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Ferris Webster](https://film.one/person/ferris-webster.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Bebe Barron](https://film.one/person/bebe-barron.md): Original Music Composer
- [Louis Barron](https://film.one/person/louis-barron.md): Original Music Composer
- Wesley C. Miller: Sound Recordist
- James Brock: Sound
- Kurt Hernfeld: Sound Editor
- John Lipow: Sound Editor
- Kendrick Kinney: Sound Editor

## Art

- [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction
- Arthur Lonergan: Art Direction
- Hugh Hunt: Set Decoration
- Edwin B. Willis: Set Decoration
- [Irving Block](https://film.one/person/irving-block.md): Production Design
- [Mentor Huebner](https://film.one/person/mentor-huebner.md): Production Design
- A.D. Flowers: Set Dresser

## Costume and make-up

- [Walter Plunkett](https://film.one/person/walter-plunkett.md): Costume Design
- [Helen Rose](https://film.one/person/helen-rose.md): Costume Design
- Sydney Guilaroff: Hairstylist
- William Tuttle: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Bob Abrams: Visual Effects
- Joshua Meador: Visual Effects

## Crew

- A. Arnold Gillespie: Special Effects
- Joshua Meador: Special Effects
- Warren Newcombe: Special Effects
- Irving G. Ries: Special Effects
- Logan Frazee: Special Effects
- Doug Hubbard: Special Effects
- Robert Kinoshita: Special Effects
- Glen Robinson: Special Effects Technician
- Franklyn Soldo: Special Effects Technician

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