--- title: "The Band Wagon: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-band-wagon" cast: 45 crew: 27 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." --- # The Band Wagon (1953): cast and crew 45 cast and 27 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Fred Astaire](https://film.one/person/fred-astaire.md) as Tony Hunter - [Cyd Charisse](https://film.one/person/cyd-charisse.md) as Gabrielle Gerard - [Oscar Levant](https://film.one/person/oscar-levant.md) as Lester Marton - [Nanette Fabray](https://film.one/person/nanette-fabray.md) as Lily Marton - [Jack Buchanan](https://film.one/person/jack-buchanan.md) as Jeffrey Cordova - [James Mitchell](https://film.one/person/james-mitchell-100918.md) as Paul Byrd - [Robert Gist](https://film.one/person/robert-gist.md) as Hal - [Ava Gardner](https://film.one/person/ava-gardner.md) as Ava Gardner (uncredited) - [Don Beddoe](https://film.one/person/don-beddoe.md) as Producer (uncredited) - [Henry Corden](https://film.one/person/henry-corden.md) as Orchestra Leader (uncredited) - [Steve Forrest](https://film.one/person/steve-forrest.md) as Passenger on Train (uncredited) - [Bess Flowers](https://film.one/person/bess-flowers.md) as Train Passenger (uncredited) - India Adams as Gabrielle Gerard (singing voice) (uncredited) - [Douglas Fowley](https://film.one/person/douglas-fowley.md) as Auctioneer (uncredited) - Thurston Hall as Colonel Tripp (uncredited) - Frank McLure as Investor (uncredited) - [Julie Newmar](https://film.one/person/julie-newmar.md) as Salon Model / Chorine in Ballet (uncredited) - [Colin Kenny](https://film.one/person/colin-kenny.md) as Drunk Outside Arcade (uncredited) - Bert Stevens as Train Station Passenger (uncredited) - Harold Miller as Bystander in Ballet (uncredited) - [Brandon Beach](https://film.one/person/brandon-beach.md) as Auction Guest (uncredited) - Leroy Daniels as Arcade Shoeshine Man (uncredited) - Dorinda Clifton as Dancer (uncredited) - Emory Parnell as Man on Train (uncredited) - [Madge Blake](https://film.one/person/madge-blake.md) as Investor (uncredited) - James Carlisle as Theatre Patron (uncredited) - Dick Cherney as Audience Member (uncredited) - Tom Coleman as Waiter (uncredited) - [Roy Engel](https://film.one/person/roy-engel.md) as Reporter (uncredited) - Al Ferguson as Stagehand (uncredited) - Jack Gargan as Hotel Doorman (uncredited) - Herschel Graham as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited) - Ted Jordan as Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited) - John Lupton as Jack (uncredited) - Ann McCrea as Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited) - Manuel París as Waiter (uncredited) - [Frank Scannell](https://film.one/person/frank-j-scannell.md) as Reporter (uncredited) - Hal Taggart as (uncredited) - Herb Vigran as Man on Train (uncredited) - Dick Gordon as Ballet Audience Member (uncredited) - Rudy Germane as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) - [Richard Alexander](https://film.one/person/richard-alexander.md) as Stagehand (uncredited) - George Ford as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited) - George Sherwood as Investor (uncredited) - Harry Stanton as Investor (uncredited) ## Directing - [Vincente Minnelli](https://film.one/person/vincente-minnelli.md): Director - Jerry Thorpe: Assistant Director ## Writing - [Betty Comden](https://film.one/person/betty-comden.md): Story, Screenplay - [Adolph Green](https://film.one/person/adolph-green.md): Story, Screenplay ## Production - [Arthur Freed](https://film.one/person/arthur-freed.md): Producer - [Roger Edens](https://film.one/person/roger-edens.md): Associate Producer ## Camera - [Harry Jackson](https://film.one/person/harry-jackson.md): Director of Photography ## Editing - [George White](https://film.one/person/george-white-120314.md): Editor - [Albert Akst](https://film.one/person/albert-akst.md): Editor ## Sound and music - Douglas Shearer: Recording Supervision - Arthur Schwartz: Songs - [Conrad Salinger](https://film.one/person/conrad-salinger.md): Orchestrator - Skip Martin: Orchestrator - Howard Dietz: Songs - [Alexander Courage](https://film.one/person/alexander-courage.md): Orchestrator - [Adolph Deutsch](https://film.one/person/adolph-deutsch.md): Music Director ## Art - [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction - E. Preston Ames: Art Direction - Edwin B. Willis: Set Decoration - [Oliver Smith](https://film.one/person/oliver-smith-20154.md): Production Design - F. Keogh Gleason: Set Decoration ## Costume and make-up - [Mary Ann Nyberg](https://film.one/person/mary-ann-nyberg.md): Costume Design - William Tuttle: Makeup Designer - John Truwe: Makeup Artist - Sydney Guilaroff: Hairstylist ## Crew - Michael Kidd: Choreographer - Warren Newcombe: Special 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/the-band-wagon.md