--- title: "Modern Times: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/modern-times/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/modern-times" cast: 43 crew: 37 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." --- # Modern Times (1936): cast and crew 43 cast and 37 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md) as The Tramp (A Factory Worker) - [Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/person/paulette-goddard.md) as A Gamin - [Henry Bergman](https://film.one/person/henry-bergman.md) as Cafe Proprietor - [Tiny Sandford](https://film.one/person/tiny-sandford.md) as Big Bill - [Chester Conklin](https://film.one/person/chester-conklin.md) as Mechanic - [Hank Mann](https://film.one/person/hank-mann.md) as Burglar - [Stanley Blystone](https://film.one/person/stanley-blystone.md) as Gamin's Father - [Al Ernest Garcia](https://film.one/person/al-ernest-garcia.md) as President of the Electro Steel Corp. - [Richard Alexander](https://film.one/person/richard-alexander.md) as Prison Cellmate - [Cecil Reynolds](https://film.one/person/cecil-reynolds.md) as Minister - [Mira McKinney](https://film.one/person/mira-mckinney.md) as Minister's Wife - [Murdock MacQuarrie](https://film.one/person/murdock-macquarrie.md) as J. Widdecombe Billows - Wilfred Lucas as Juvenile Officer - Edward LeSaint as Sheriff Couler - Fred Malatesta as Cafe Head Waiter - Sammy Stein as Turbine Operator - Juana Sutton as Woman with Buttoned Bosom - Ted Oliver as Billows' Assistant - Norman Ainsley as Billows' Silent Assistant (uncredited) - Walter Bacon as Shopkeeper (uncredited) - [Bobby Barber](https://film.one/person/bobby-barber.md) as Worker (uncredited) - Heinie Conklin as Assembly Line Worker Next to Big Bill (uncredited) - Gloria DeHaven as Gamin's Sister (uncredited) - Gloria Delson as Gamin's Sister (uncredited) - Pat Flaherty as Jail Guard (uncredited) - Frank Hagney as Shipbuilder (uncredited) - Chuck Hamilton as Worker (uncredited) - Pat Harmon as Paddywagon Policeman (uncredited) - Lloyd Ingraham as Frustrated Cafe Patron (uncredited) - Walter James as Assembly Line Foreman (uncredited) - Edward Kimball as Doctor (uncredited) - Jack Low as Worker (uncredited) - Buddy Messinger as Cigar Counterman (uncredited) - Bruce Mitchell as Paddy Wagon Policeman (uncredited) - Frank Moran as Convict (uncredited) - James C. Morton as Assembly Line Relief Man (uncredited) - Dorothy Mueller as Woman in Crowd (uncredited) - Louis Natheaux as Burglar (uncredited) - J. C. Nugent as Department Store Section Manager (uncredited) - Russ Powell as Gypsy in Police Patrol Wagon (uncredited) - John Rand as Waiter (uncredited) - Wyn Ritchie Evans as Woman in Crowd (uncredited) - Harry Wilson as Worker (uncredited) ## Directing - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Director - [Henry Bergman](https://film.one/person/henry-bergman.md): Assistant Director - [Carter DeHaven](https://film.one/person/carter-dehaven.md): Assistant Director - Della Steele: Script Supervisor ## Writing - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Screenplay ## Production - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Producer - [Al Ernest Garcia](https://film.one/person/al-ernest-garcia.md): Casting - Jack Wilson: Production Manager - Alfred Reeves: Production Manager ## Camera - [Roland Totheroh](https://film.one/person/roland-totheroh.md): Director of Photography - [Ira H. Morgan](https://film.one/person/ira-h-morgan.md): Director of Photography - Morgan Hill: Assistant Camera - Ted Minor: Assistant Camera - Max Munn Autrey: Still Photographer - [Bud Thackery](https://film.one/person/bud-thackery.md): Director of Photography - Mark Marlatt: Camera Operator ## Editing - [Willard Nico](https://film.one/person/willard-nico.md): Editor - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Original Music Composer - Bernhard Kaun: Orchestrator - [David Raksin](https://film.one/person/david-raksin.md): Music Arranger - Frank Maher: Recording Supervision - Charles Dunworth: Music Supervision Assistant - Paul Neal: Recording Supervision - Edward B. Powell: Music Arranger - [Alfred Newman](https://film.one/person/alfred-newman.md): Conductor - Louis Kaufman: Musician ## Art - J. Russell Spencer: Art Direction, Settings - [Charles D. Hall](https://film.one/person/charles-d-hall.md): Production Design, Settings - Bob Depps: Props - Hal Atkins: Props - William Bogdanoff: Construction Foreman ## Costume and make-up - Elizabeth Arden: Makeup Artist ## Lighting - Frank Testera: Gaffer - Don Donaldson: Gaffer ## Crew - Frank Maher: Sound Recordist - Girwood Averill: Projection --- © 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/modern-times.md