--- title: "How the West Was Won: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won" cast: 60 crew: 96 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." --- # How the West Was Won (1962): cast and crew 60 cast and 96 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Carroll Baker](https://film.one/person/carroll-baker.md) as Eve Prescott Rawlings - [Lee J. Cobb](https://film.one/person/lee-j-cobb.md) as Marshal Lou Ramsey - [Henry Fonda](https://film.one/person/henry-fonda.md) as Jethro Stuart - [Carolyn Jones](https://film.one/person/carolyn-jones.md) as Julie Rawlings - [Karl Malden](https://film.one/person/karl-malden.md) as Zebulon Prescott - [Gregory Peck](https://film.one/person/gregory-peck.md) as Cleve Van Valen - [George Peppard](https://film.one/person/george-peppard.md) as Zeb Rawlings - [Robert Preston](https://film.one/person/robert-preston.md) as Roger Morgan - [Debbie Reynolds](https://film.one/person/debbie-reynolds.md) as Lilith Prescott - [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md) as Linus Rawlings - [Eli Wallach](https://film.one/person/eli-wallach.md) as Charlie Gant - [John Wayne](https://film.one/person/john-wayne.md) as William Sherman - [Richard Widmark](https://film.one/person/richard-widmark.md) as Mike King - [Spencer Tracy](https://film.one/person/spencer-tracy.md) as Narrator (voice) - Brigid Bazlen as Dora Hawkins - [Walter Brennan](https://film.one/person/walter-brennan.md) as Jeb Hawkins - David Brian as Lilith's Attorney - [Andy Devine](https://film.one/person/andy-devine.md) as Corporal Peterson - [Raymond Massey](https://film.one/person/raymond-massey.md) as Abraham Lincoln - [Agnes Moorehead](https://film.one/person/agnes-moorehead.md) as Rebecca Prescott - [Harry Morgan](https://film.one/person/harry-morgan.md) as Ulysses S. Grant - [Thelma Ritter](https://film.one/person/thelma-ritter.md) as Agatha Clegg - [Mickey Shaughnessy](https://film.one/person/mickey-shaughnessy.md) as Deputy Stover - [Russ Tamblyn](https://film.one/person/russ-tamblyn.md) as Confederate Deserter - [Harry Dean Stanton](https://film.one/person/harry-dean-stanton.md) as Gant Henchman - [Lee Van Cleef](https://film.one/person/lee-van-cleef.md) as River Pirate - Rodolfo Acosta as Gant Gang Member (uncredited) - Clinton Sundberg as Hylan Seabury (uncredited) - Willis Bouchey as Civil War Surgeon (uncredited) - Claude Johnson as Jeremiah Rawlings (uncredited) - Kim Charney as Sam Prescott (uncredited) - Bryan Russell as Zeke Prescott (uncredited) - Stanley Livingston as Prescott Rawlings (uncredited) - Jay C. Flippen as Huggins (uncredited) - [Tudor Owen](https://film.one/person/tudor-owen.md) as Parson Alec Harvey (uncredited) - Karl Swenson as Train Conductor (uncredited) - [James Griffith](https://film.one/person/james-griffith-3347.md) as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited) - [Jack Pennick](https://film.one/person/jack-pennick.md) as Corporal Murphy (uncredited) - Jim Michael as Barfly (uncredited) - Chuck Roberson as Officer (uncredited) - [Claude Akins](https://film.one/person/claude-akins.md) as Man (uncredited) - Mark Allen as Colin Harvey (uncredited) - Don Anderson as Auction Guest (uncredited) - Beulah Archuletta as Arapaho Woman (uncredited) - Robert Banas as Dance Hall Dancer (uncredited) - Willie Bloom as Barfly (uncredited) - Bill Borzage as Barfly (uncredited) - John Breen as Waiter (uncredited) - Charlie Briggs as Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited) - Buddy Bryan as Music Hall Dancer / Wagon Train Traveler (uncredited) - Paul Bryar as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited) - [Walter Burke](https://film.one/person/walter-burke.md) as Wagon Poker Player (uncredited) - Polly Burson as Stock Player (uncredited) - [Ken Curtis](https://film.one/person/ken-curtis.md) as Corporal Ben (uncredited) - John Damler as Lawyer (uncredited) - Christopher Dark as Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited) - Kem Dibbs as Blacksmith (uncredited) - Forrest Draper as (uncredited) - Craig Duncan as James Marshall (uncredited) - Ben Black Elk Sr. as Arapaho Chief (uncredited) ## Directing - [John Ford](https://film.one/person/john-ford.md): Director - [George Marshall](https://film.one/person/george-marshall-19093.md): Director - [Henry Hathaway](https://film.one/person/henry-hathaway.md): Director - [Richard Thorpe](https://film.one/person/richard-thorpe-70862.md): Special Guest Director - [Hank Moonjean](https://film.one/person/hank-moonjean.md): Assistant Director - Richard Talmadge: Second Unit Director - Michael Preece: Script Supervisor - William McGarry: Assistant Director - George Marshall Jr.: Assistant Director - Wingate Smith: Assistant Director - Robert Saunders: Assistant Director - William Shanks: Assistant Director ## Writing - [John Gay](https://film.one/person/john-gay.md): Writer - Ken Darby: Lyricist - Sammy Cahn: Lyricist - [James R. Webb](https://film.one/person/james-r-webb.md): Writer - Johnny Mercer: Lyricist ## Production - [Bernard Smith](https://film.one/person/bernard-smith.md): Producer - Abe Steinberg: Production Supervisor, Production Executive - Thomas Conroy: Production Supervisor ## Camera - [Milton Krasner](https://film.one/person/milton-krasner.md): Director of Photography - [Charles Lang](https://film.one/person/charles-lang.md): Director of Photography - [William H. Daniels](https://film.one/person/william-h-daniels.md): Director of Photography - [Joseph LaShelle](https://film.one/person/joseph-lashelle.md): Director of Photography - James V. King: Camera Operator - Harold E. Wellman: Second Unit Director of Photography - Bill Johnson: Camera Operator - Pete G. Papanickolas: Grip - Owen Marsh: Camera Technician ## Editing - [Harold F. Kress](https://film.one/person/harold-f-kress.md): Editor - Mike Henry: Negative Cutter - Charles K. Hagedon: Editorial Consultant, Color Assistant ## Sound and music - [Alfred Newman](https://film.one/person/alfred-newman.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor - Carl Brandon: Sound Editor - John Logan: Supervising Sound Editor - Kendrick Kinney: Sound Editor - John Lipow: Sound Editor - Van Allen James: Sound Editor - Milo B. Lory: Sound Editor - Harold Humbrock: Sound Editor - Ethmer Roten: Musician - Paul Salamunovich: Vocals - Carl Fortina: Musician - Ken Darby: Vocals - Louise Di Tullio: Musician - [Leo Shuken](https://film.one/person/leo-shuken.md): Orchestrator - Sally Stevens: Vocals - Dave Guard: Vocals - Vince De Rosa: Musician - Tommy Morgan: Musician - Robert Armbruster: Conductor - [Robert E. Dolan](https://film.one/person/robert-emmett-dolan.md): Conductor, Music Coordinator - Robert Bain: Musician - Jack Hayes: Orchestrator - Uan Rasey: Musician - Franklin Milton: Recording Supervision ## Art - Matty Azzarone: Leadman - Frank Wesselhoff: Painter - Addison Hehr: Art Direction - Jack Mills: Set Decoration - Don Greenwood Jr.: Set Decoration - William Ferrari: Art Direction - George W. Davis: Art Direction - Henry Grace: Set Decoration ## Costume and make-up - Sydney Guilaroff: Hairstylist - [Walter Plunkett](https://film.one/person/walter-plunkett.md): Costume Design - Lynn F. Reynolds: Makeup Artist - Jay Sebring: Hair Designer - [Ron Talsky](https://film.one/person/ron-talsky.md): Costume Design - William Tuttle: Makeup Designer - John Truwe: Makeup Artist - Robert Fuca: Set Costumer ## Visual effects - A. Arnold Gillespie: Visual Effects - Robert R. Hoag: Visual Effects ## Crew - Hal Needham: Stunts - Ronnie Rondell Jr.: Stunts - Lester Swartz: Special Effects - Bob Overbeck: Special Effects Technician - Loren Janes: Stunt Double - Ted Mapes: Stunts - Danny Sands: Stunts - Rick Arnold: Stunts - Charles Schulthies: Special Effects Technician - Polly Burson: Stunts - Al Carmichael: Stunts - Everett Creach: Stunts - Richard Talmadge: Stunt Coordinator - Donna Hall: Stunts - Troy Melton: Stunts - Dick Shane: Stunts - Bob Terhune: Stunts - Jerry Vance: Stunts - Troy Ward: Stunts - Ken Terrell: Stunts - Bob Morgan: Stunts - Jack N. Young: Stunts --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/how-the-west-was-won.md