--- title: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington" cast: 60 crew: 12 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." --- # Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939): cast and crew 60 cast and 12 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [James Stewart](https://film.one/person/james-stewart.md) as Jefferson Smith - [Jean Arthur](https://film.one/person/jean-arthur.md) as Clarissa Saunders - [Claude Rains](https://film.one/person/claude-rains.md) as Joseph Paine - [Edward Arnold](https://film.one/person/edward-arnold.md) as Jim Taylor - [Guy Kibbee](https://film.one/person/guy-kibbee.md) as Governor Hopper - [Thomas Mitchell](https://film.one/person/thomas-mitchell.md) as Diz Moore - [Eugene Pallette](https://film.one/person/eugene-pallette.md) as Chick McGann - [Beulah Bondi](https://film.one/person/beulah-bondi.md) as Ma Smith - [H.B. Warner](https://film.one/person/h-b-warner.md) as Senate Majority Leader - [Harry Carey](https://film.one/person/harry-carey.md) as President of the Senate - [Astrid Allwyn](https://film.one/person/astrid-allwyn.md) as Susan Paine - [Ruth Donnelly](https://film.one/person/ruth-donnelly.md) as Emma Hopper - Grant Mitchell as Senator MacPherson - [Porter Hall](https://film.one/person/porter-hall.md) as Senator Monroe - Pierre Watkin as Senator Barnes - Charles Lane as Nosey - [William Demarest](https://film.one/person/william-demarest.md) as Bill Griffith - Dick Elliott as Carl Cook - Billy Watson as Peter Hopper - Delmar Watson as Jimmie Hopper - [John Russell](https://film.one/person/john-russell.md) as Hopper Boy - Harry Watson as Hopper Boy - Garry Watson as Hopper Boy - Larry Simms as Hopper Boy - H.V. Kaltenborn as Radio Broadcaster - Russell Simpson as Kenneth Allen (uncredited) - Frances Gifford as Hopper Girl (uncredited) - Colin James Mackey as Narrator (uncredited) - Wilson Benge as Hopper's Butler (uncredited) - Dickie Jones as Richard Jones (uncredited) - Erville Alderson as Handwriting Expert (uncredited) - [Frank Puglia](https://film.one/person/frank-puglia.md) as Handwriting Expert (uncredited) - Maurice Cass as Handwriting Expert (uncredited) - Stanley Andrews as Senator Hodges (uncredited) - Al Bridge as Senator Dwight (uncredited) - Edwin August as Senator (uncredited) - Edmund Cobb as Senator Gower (uncredited) - Sam Ash as Senator Lancaster (uncredited) - Harry A. Bailey as Senator Hammett (uncredited) - Stanley Mack as Senator (uncredited) - Brooks Benedict as Senate Clerk (uncredited) - Wade Boteler as Family Man (uncredited) - [Dorothy Comingore](https://film.one/person/dorothy-comingore.md) as Woman at Station (uncredited) - [Chester Conklin](https://film.one/person/chester-conklin.md) as Reporter (uncredited) - [Gino Corrado](https://film.one/person/gino-corrado.md) as Barber (uncredited) - [Ann Doran](https://film.one/person/ann-doran.md) as Paine's Secretary (uncredited) - Robert Emmett Keane as Editor (uncredited) - Matt McHugh as Reporter (uncredited) - Kathryn Bates as Committeewoman (uncredited) - Frank Austin as Inventor (uncredited) - William Arnold as Reporter (uncredited) - Tommy Baker as Boy Ranger (uncredited) - Robert Sterling as Senate Reporter (uncredited) - Dub Taylor as Reporter (uncredited) - George Chandler as Reporter (uncredited) - Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Porter (uncredited) - Jack Carson as Sweeney Farrell (uncredited) - Tommy Bupp as Cheering Boy (uncredited) - [Dora Clement](https://film.one/person/dora-clement.md) as Mrs. McGann (uncredited) - Bert Moorhouse as Man in Senate Building (uncredited) ## Directing - [Frank Capra](https://film.one/person/frank-capra.md): Director - Arthur S. Black Jr.: Assistant Director ## Writing - [Sidney Buchman](https://film.one/person/sidney-buchman.md): Screenplay - Lewis R. Foster: Story ## Camera - [Joseph Walker](https://film.one/person/joseph-walker.md): Director of Photography ## Editing - [Gene Havlick](https://film.one/person/gene-havlick.md): Editor - [Al Clark](https://film.one/person/al-clark-117774.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://film.one/person/dimitri-tiomkin.md): Original Music Composer - Morris Stoloff: Music Director ## Art - Lionel Banks: Art Direction ## Costume and make-up - [Robert Kalloch](https://film.one/person/robert-kalloch.md): Costume Design ## Visual effects - Slavko Vorkapich: Visual Effects --- © 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/mr-smith-goes-to-washington.md