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title: "On Golden Pond: cast and crew"
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cast: 8
crew: 55
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# On Golden Pond (1981): cast and crew

8 cast and 55 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Katharine Hepburn](https://film.one/person/katharine-hepburn.md) as Ethel Thayer
- [Henry Fonda](https://film.one/person/henry-fonda.md) as Norman Thayer Jr.
- [Jane Fonda](https://film.one/person/jane-fonda.md) as Chelsea Thayer Wayne
- [Doug McKeon](https://film.one/person/doug-mckeon.md) as Billy Ray
- [Dabney Coleman](https://film.one/person/dabney-coleman.md) as Bill Ray
- [William Lanteau](https://film.one/person/william-lanteau.md) as Charlie Martin
- [Christopher Rydell](https://film.one/person/christopher-rydell.md) as Sumner Todd
- [Troy Garity](https://film.one/person/troy-garity.md) as Young Boy on Jetty (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Mark Rydell](https://film.one/person/mark-rydell.md): Director
- Marshall Schlom: Script Supervisor
- Venita Ozols-Graham: Second Assistant Director
- Gary Daigler: First Assistant Director
- [Stephen B. Grimes](https://film.one/person/stephen-b-grimes.md): Second Unit Director

## Writing

- [Ernest Thompson](https://film.one/person/ernest-thompson.md): Theatre Play, Screenplay

## Production

- [Bruce Gilbert](https://film.one/person/bruce-gilbert-14841.md): Producer
- Barry Primus: Casting
- Dianne Crittenden: Casting
- Terry Carr: Production Supervisor
- James Rosenfield: Location Manager
- Geralyn Miller: Production Coordinator

## Camera

- [Billy Williams](https://film.one/person/billy-williams.md): Director of Photography
- [James A. Contner](https://film.one/person/james-a-contner.md): Camera Operator
- Adger W. Cowans: Still Photographer
- Hank Muller: Assistant Camera, First Assistant Camera
- Gary Muller: Second Assistant Camera
- Scott Rathner: Assistant Camera
- Leonard Lookabaugh: Key Grip
- Peter Norman: Second Unit Director of Photography
- Rexford L. Metz: Aerial Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Robert L. Wolfe](https://film.one/person/robert-l-wolfe.md): Editor
- [Greg Wong](https://film.one/person/greg-wong.md): Assistant Editor
- Mark Conte: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Dave Grusin](https://film.one/person/dave-grusin.md): Original Music Composer
- David M. Ronne: Production Sound Mixer
- Else Blangsted: Music Editor
- Pat Suraci: Boom Operator
- Kay Rose: Supervising Sound Editor
- Victoria Sampson: Sound Editor
- Richard Portman: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

## Art

- [Stephen B. Grimes](https://film.one/person/stephen-b-grimes.md): Production Design
- Jane Bogart: Set Decoration
- Gary Martin: Construction Coordinator
- Emad Helmy: Set Designer
- Phill Norman: Title Designer
- Donald Krafft: Leadman
- William Trobaugh: Construction Foreman
- Robert L. Clark: Painter
- [Ida Random](https://film.one/person/ida-random.md): Assistant Art Director
- Emily Ferry: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- [Dorothy Jeakins](https://film.one/person/dorothy-jeakins.md): Costume Design
- Thomas Tuttle: Makeup Artist
- Arlene Encell: Costume Supervisor
- Ramon Gow: Hairstylist
- Jerry Masarone: Hairstylist
- Tony Faso: Costume Supervisor

## Visual effects

- Matt Sweeney: Special Effects Supervisor

## Lighting

- Richmond L. Aguilar: Gaffer

## Crew

- Walter Scott: Stunt Coordinator
- James Potter: Post Production Supervisor
- [Bobby Porter](https://film.one/person/bobby-porter.md): Stunt Double
- James W. Gavin: Pilot
- [Robert L. Wolfe](https://film.one/person/robert-l-wolfe.md): In Memory Of
- Ken Reed: Prop Maker

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