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title: "His Girl Friday: cast and crew"
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cast: 36
crew: 19
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# His Girl Friday (1940): cast and crew

36 cast and 19 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Cary Grant](https://film.one/person/cary-grant.md) as Walter Burns
- [Rosalind Russell](https://film.one/person/rosalind-russell.md) as Hildy Johnson
- [Ralph Bellamy](https://film.one/person/ralph-bellamy.md) as Bruce Baldwin
- [Gene Lockhart](https://film.one/person/gene-lockhart.md) as Sheriff Hartwell
- [Porter Hall](https://film.one/person/porter-hall.md) as Murphy
- [Ernest Truex](https://film.one/person/ernest-truex.md) as Bensinger
- [Cliff Edwards](https://film.one/person/cliff-edwards.md) as Endicott
- [Clarence Kolb](https://film.one/person/clarence-kolb.md) as Mayor
- [Roscoe Karns](https://film.one/person/roscoe-karns.md) as McCue
- [Frank Jenks](https://film.one/person/frank-jenks.md) as Wilson
- [Regis Toomey](https://film.one/person/regis-toomey.md) as Sanders
- [Abner Biberman](https://film.one/person/abner-biberman.md) as Louie
- Frank Orth as Duffy
- [John Qualen](https://film.one/person/john-qualen.md) as Earl Williams
- Helen Mack as Mollie Malloy
- Alma Kruger as Mrs. Baldwin
- [Billy Gilbert](https://film.one/person/billy-gilbert.md) as Joe Pettibone
- Pat West as Warden Cooley
- Edwin Maxwell as Dr. Egelhoffer
- [Irving Bacon](https://film.one/person/irving-bacon.md) as Gus (uncredited)
- Wade Boteler as Mike (uncredited)
- Harry C. Bradley as Insurance Doctor (uncredited)
- Wheaton Chambers as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- Edmund Cobb as Cop (uncredited)
- [Ann Doran](https://film.one/person/ann-doran.md) as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
- Ralph Dunn as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- Earl Dwire as Pete Davis (uncredited)
- Pat Flaherty as Frank the Policeman (uncredited)
- Jack Gardner as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- Eddie Hart as Carl the Plainclothesman (uncredited)
- Marion Martin as Evangeline (uncredited)
- Frank McLure as Newsman (uncredited)
- James Millican as Tim (uncredited)
- Gene Morgan as Gene (uncredited)
- Delmar Watson as Skinny (uncredited)
- Katherine Yorke as Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Howard Hawks](https://film.one/person/howard-hawks.md): Director
- Cliff P. Broughton: Assistant Director
- Paul Helmick: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Charles MacArthur](https://film.one/person/charles-macarthur.md): Theatre Play
- [Ben Hecht](https://film.one/person/ben-hecht.md): Theatre Play, Screenplay
- [Charles Lederer](https://film.one/person/charles-lederer.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Howard Hawks](https://film.one/person/howard-hawks.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Joseph Walker](https://film.one/person/joseph-walker.md): Director of Photography
- Cliff Shirpser: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Gene Havlick](https://film.one/person/gene-havlick.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Lodge Cunningham: Sound
- Morris Stoloff: Music Director
- [Sidney Cutner](https://film.one/person/sidney-cutner.md): Original Music Composer
- [Felix Mills](https://film.one/person/felix-mills.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Lionel Banks: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Robert Kalloch](https://film.one/person/robert-kalloch.md): Costume Design
- Eugene Joseff: Other

## Crew

- Morrie Ryskind: Additional Dialogue
- Ben Oakland: Additional Music

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