--- title: "Sunset Boulevard: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard" cast: 60 crew: 44 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." --- # Sunset Boulevard (1950): cast and crew 60 cast and 44 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [William Holden](https://film.one/person/william-holden.md) as Joe Gillis - [Gloria Swanson](https://film.one/person/gloria-swanson.md) as Norma Desmond - [Erich von Stroheim](https://film.one/person/erich-von-stroheim.md) as Max von Mayerling - [Nancy Olson](https://film.one/person/nancy-olson.md) as Betty Schaefer - [Fred Clark](https://film.one/person/fred-clark.md) as Sheldrake - [Lloyd Gough](https://film.one/person/lloyd-gough.md) as Morino - [Jack Webb](https://film.one/person/jack-webb.md) as Artie Green - [Franklyn Farnum](https://film.one/person/franklyn-farnum.md) as Undertaker - [Larry J. Blake](https://film.one/person/larry-j-blake.md) as Finance Man #1 - [Charles Dayton](https://film.one/person/charles-dayton.md) as Finance Man #2 - [Cecil B. DeMille](https://film.one/person/cecil-b-demille.md) as Cecil B. DeMille - [Hedda Hopper](https://film.one/person/hedda-hopper.md) as Hedda Hopper - [H.B. Warner](https://film.one/person/h-b-warner.md) as H.B. Warner - [Buster Keaton](https://film.one/person/buster-keaton.md) as Buster Keaton - Ray Evans as Ray Evans - Anna Q. Nilsson as Anna Q. Nilsson - Jay Livingston as Jay Livingston - Fred Aldrich as Cop Dragging Body from Pool (uncredited) - Joel Allen as Prop Man #2 (uncredited) - Gertrude Astor as Courtier (uncredited) - Anne Bauchens as Editor (uncredited) - [Edward Biby](https://film.one/person/edward-biby.md) as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) - Danny Borzage as Accordionist (uncredited) - Ken Christy as Homicide Captain (uncredited) - Ruth Clifford as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited) - John Cortay as Mac (uncredited) - Archie R. Dalzell as Camera Operator (uncredited) - Eddie Dew as Assistant Coroner (uncredited) - Julia Faye as Hisham (uncredited) - Al Ferguson as Phone Standby (uncredited) - Gerry Ganzer as Connie (uncredited) - Rudy Germane as Detective (uncredited) - Kenneth Gibson as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) - Creighton Hale as Creighton Hale (uncredited) - Chuck Hamilton as Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited) - Len Hendry as Police Sergeant (uncredited) - E. Mason Hopper as Doctor (uncredited) - Stan Johnson as First Assistant Director (uncredited) - Tiny Jones as Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited) - Howard Joslin as Police Lieutenant (uncredited) - Arthur Lane as Camera Operator (uncredited) - Perc Launders as Violinist at New Year's Eve Party (uncredited) - William Meader as Party Guest (uncredited) - Gertrude Messinger as Hairdresser (uncredited) - Harold Miller as Man on Golf Course (uncredited) - Howard Negley as Police Captain (uncredited) - John 'Skins' Miller as Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited) - Lee Miller as Party Guest / Studio Employee (uncredited) - Ralph Montgomery as Prop Man #1 (uncredited) - Bert Moorhouse as Gordon Cole (uncredited) - Jay Morley as Fat Man (uncredited) - Eva Novak as Courtier (uncredited) - Frank O'Connor as Courtier (uncredited) - Robert Emmett O'Connor as Jonesy (uncredited) - Jack Perrin as Detective (uncredited) - Sidney Skolsky as Sidney Skolsky (uncredited) - Emmett Smith as Black Man (uncredited) - Archie Twitchell as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited) - Yvette Vickers as Giggling Girl on Phone (uncredited) - Henry Wilcoxon as Actor on Samson & Delilah Set (uncredited) ## Directing - [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md): Director - Charles C. Coleman: Assistant Director - [Gerd Oswald](https://film.one/person/gerd-oswald.md): Second Assistant Director ## Writing - [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md): Screenplay - [D.M. Marshman Jr.](https://film.one/person/d-m-marshman-jr.md): Screenplay - [Charles Brackett](https://film.one/person/charles-brackett.md): Screenplay ## Production - [Charles Brackett](https://film.one/person/charles-brackett.md): Producer - Hugh Brown: Production Manager ## Camera - [John F. Seitz](https://film.one/person/john-f-seitz.md): Director of Photography - Otto Pierce: Camera Operator - Harlow Stengel: Assistant Camera - Glen E. Richardson: Still Photographer - Fred True: Grip ## Editing - [Arthur P. Schmidt](https://film.one/person/arthur-p-schmidt.md): Editor - Frank Bracht: Assistant Editor - [Doane Harrison](https://film.one/person/doane-harrison.md): Supervising Editor ## Sound and music - [Franz Waxman](https://film.one/person/franz-waxman.md): Original Music Composer - George Parrish: Orchestrator - Leonid Raab: Orchestrator - [Leo Shuken](https://film.one/person/leo-shuken.md): Orchestrator - [Sidney Cutner](https://film.one/person/sidney-cutner.md): Orchestrator - Harry Lindgren: Sound Recordist - John Cope: Sound Recordist ## Art - Hans Dreier: Art Direction - John Meehan: Art Direction - Sam Comer: Set Decoration - Ray Moyer: Set Decoration - Gene Lauritzen: Construction Coordinator - Jack Colconda: Assistant Property Master - Steve Beers: Head Carpenter - Tom Plews: Props ## Costume and make-up - [Edith Head](https://film.one/person/edith-head.md): Costume Design - Nellie Manley: Hairstylist - Karl Silvera: Makeup Artist - Hazel Hegarty: Wardrobe Master - Wally Westmore: Makeup Supervisor - Vera Tomei: Hairstylist - Ed Fitzharris: Wardrobe Master - Frank Thayer: Makeup Artist ## Visual effects - Farciot Edouart: Visual Effects - Gordon Jennings: Visual Effects ## Lighting - Walter Tayler: Gaffer ## Crew - Ronnie Lubin: Dialogue Coach - Norris Stensland: Technical Advisor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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