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title: "Rio Grande: cast and crew"
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cast: 27
crew: 46
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# Rio Grande (1950): cast and crew

27 cast and 46 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [John Wayne](https://film.one/person/john-wayne.md) as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke
- [Maureen O'Hara](https://film.one/person/maureen-ohara.md) as Mrs. Kathleen Yorke
- [Ben Johnson](https://film.one/person/ben-johnson.md) as Trooper Travis Tyree
- [Claude Jarman Jr.](https://film.one/person/claude-jarman-jr.md) as Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke
- [Harry Carey](https://film.one/person/harry-carey-jr.md) as Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone
- [Chill Wills](https://film.one/person/chill-wills.md) as Dr. Wilkins
- [J. Carrol Naish](https://film.one/person/j-carrol-naish.md) as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan
- [Victor McLaglen](https://film.one/person/victor-mclaglen.md) as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon
- [Grant Withers](https://film.one/person/grant-withers.md) as U.S. Deputy Marshal
- [Peter Ortiz](https://film.one/person/peter-ortiz.md) as Capt. St. Jacques
- [Steve Pendleton](https://film.one/person/steve-pendleton.md) as Capt. Prescott
- [Karolyn Grimes](https://film.one/person/karolyn-grimes.md) as Margaret Mary
- Alberto Morin as Lieutenant
- Stan Jones as Sergeant
- Fred Kennedy as Trooper Heinze
- [Ken Curtis](https://film.one/person/ken-curtis.md) as Donnelly - Regimental Singer (uncredited)
- Tommy Doss as Regimental Singer (uncredited)
- Hugh Farr as Regimental Singer (uncredited)
- Karl Farr as Regimental Singer (uncredited)
- Shug Fisher as Regimental Singer/Bugler (uncredited)
- Cliff Lyons as Soldier (uncredited)
- Lee Morgan as Minor Role (uncredited)
- [Jack Pennick](https://film.one/person/jack-pennick.md) as Sergeant (uncredited)
- Lloyd Perryman as Regimental Singer (uncredited)
- Chuck Roberson as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited)
- Barlow Simpson as Indian Chief (uncredited)
- [Patrick Wayne](https://film.one/person/patrick-wayne.md) as Boy (uncredited)

## Directing

- [John Ford](https://film.one/person/john-ford.md): Director
- Cliff Lyons: Second Unit Director
- Wingate Smith: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [James Kevin McGuinness](https://film.one/person/james-kevin-mcguinness.md): Screenplay
- James Warner Bellah: Original Story

## Production

- [John Ford](https://film.one/person/john-ford.md): Producer
- [Merian C. Cooper](https://film.one/person/merian-c-cooper.md): Producer
- Lee Lukather: Unit Manager

## Camera

- [Bert Glennon](https://film.one/person/bert-glennon.md): Director of Photography
- Archie Stout: Second Unit Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Jack Murray](https://film.one/person/jack-murray-30494.md): Editor
- Barbara Ford: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Victor Young](https://film.one/person/victor-young.md): Original Music Composer
- Dale Evans: Songs
- Stan Jones: Songs
- Howard Wilson: Sound
- Earl Crain Sr.: Sound
- [Sidney Cutner](https://film.one/person/sidney-cutner.md): Orchestrator
- [Leo Shuken](https://film.one/person/leo-shuken.md): Orchestrator

## Art

- Frank Hotaling: Art Direction
- John McCarthy Jr.: Set Decoration
- Charles S. Thompson: Set Decoration
- Dudley Holmes: Props
- Whitey Gibbs: Construction Manager

## Costume and make-up

- Peggy Gray: Hairstylist
- Bob Mark: Makeup Supervisor
- [Adele Palmer](https://film.one/person/adele-palmer.md): Costume Design

## Crew

- Frank McGrath: Stunts
- Everett Creach: Stunts
- Chuck Roberson: Stunts
- Terry Wilson: Stunts
- Cliff Lyons: Stunts
- Bob Rose: Stunts
- Barlow Simpson: Stunts
- Jack N. Young: Stunts
- Howard Lydecker: Special Effects
- Jerry Brown: Stunts
- Fred Kennedy: Stunts
- Theodore Lydecker: Special Effects
- John Hudkins: Stunts
- Chuck Hayward: Stunts
- Norm Taylor: Stunt Double
- George Coleman: Transportation Captain
- Philip Kieffer: Technical Advisor
- Herbert J. Yates: Presenter
- Sid Davis: Stand In

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