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title: "Sons of the Desert: cast and crew"
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cast: 17
crew: 27
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# Sons of the Desert (1933): cast and crew

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

## Cast

- [Stan Laurel](https://film.one/person/stan-laurel.md) as Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
- [Oliver Hardy](https://film.one/person/oliver-hardy.md) as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
- [Mae Busch](https://film.one/person/mae-busch.md) as Mrs. Lottie Hardy
- [Dorothy Christy](https://film.one/person/dorothy-christy.md) as Mrs. Betty Laurel
- [Charley Chase](https://film.one/person/charley-chase.md) as Charley
- [Lucien Littlefield](https://film.one/person/lucien-littlefield.md) as Dr. Horace Meddick
- [Ernie Alexander](https://film.one/person/ernie-alexander.md) as Waiter (uncredited)
- [Brooks Benedict](https://film.one/person/brooks-benedict.md) as A Son of the Desert (uncredited)
- [Charita](https://film.one/person/charita.md) as Lead Hula Dancer (uncredited)
- [Ellen Corby](https://film.one/person/ellen-corby.md) as Partygoer at Table Next to Charley's (uncredited)
- [Robert Cummings](https://film.one/person/robert-cummings.md) as Steamship Announcement Witness (uncredited)
- [John Elliott](https://film.one/person/john-elliott.md) as Exalted Ruler (uncredited)
- [Billy Gilbert](https://film.one/person/billy-gilbert.md) as Mr. Ruttledge (voice) (uncredited)
- Charlie Hall as Waiter (uncredited)
- Pat Harmon as Doorman (uncredited)
- Ty Parvis as Singer of "Honolulu Baby" Number (uncredited)
- [Hal Roach](https://film.one/person/hal-roach.md) as Bit Part (uncredited)

## Directing

- [William A. Seiter](https://film.one/person/william-a-seiter.md): Director
- [Chet Brandenburg](https://film.one/person/chet-brandenburg.md): Assistant Director
- Lloyd French: Assistant Director
- [Byron Morgan](https://film.one/person/byron-morgan.md): Continuity

## Writing

- [Jack Barty](https://film.one/person/jack-barty.md): Writer
- [Glenn Tryon](https://film.one/person/glenn-tryon.md): Writer
- [William A. Seiter](https://film.one/person/william-a-seiter.md): Writer
- [Stan Laurel](https://film.one/person/stan-laurel.md): Writer
- [Oliver Hardy](https://film.one/person/oliver-hardy.md): Writer
- [Eddie Welch](https://film.one/person/eddie-welch.md): Writer
- [Charley Chase](https://film.one/person/charley-chase.md): Writer
- [Frank Terry](https://film.one/person/frank-terry.md): Writer
- [Hal Roach](https://film.one/person/hal-roach.md): Writer
- [Frank Craven](https://film.one/person/frank-craven.md): Story

## Production

- [Hal Roach](https://film.one/person/hal-roach.md): Producer
- Lawrence Tarver: Casting

## Camera

- [Kenneth Peach](https://film.one/person/kenneth-peach.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Bert Jordan](https://film.one/person/bert-jordan.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [William Axt](https://film.one/person/william-axt.md): Music
- [Leroy Shield](https://film.one/person/leroy-shield.md): Music
- [O'Donnell-Heath](https://film.one/person/odonnell-heath.md): Music
- [George M. Cohan](https://film.one/person/george-m-cohan.md): Music
- Louis H. Tolhurst: Sound
- [Paul Marquardt](https://film.one/person/paul-marquardt.md): Music
- [Marvin Hatley](https://film.one/person/marvin-hatley.md): Music
- Harry Baker: Sound Recordist

## Crew

- Ham Kinsey: Stunt Double

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