--- title: "The Dead Zone: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-dead-zone" cast: 38 crew: 96 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 Dead Zone (1983): cast and crew 38 cast and 96 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Christopher Walken](https://film.one/person/christopher-walken.md) as Johnny Smith - [Brooke Adams](https://film.one/person/brooke-adams.md) as Sarah Bracknell - [Tom Skerritt](https://film.one/person/tom-skerritt.md) as Sheriff Bannerman - [Herbert Lom](https://film.one/person/herbert-lom.md) as Dr. Sam Weizak - [Anthony Zerbe](https://film.one/person/anthony-zerbe.md) as Roger Stuart - [Colleen Dewhurst](https://film.one/person/colleen-dewhurst.md) as Henrietta Dodd - [Martin Sheen](https://film.one/person/martin-sheen.md) as Greg Stillson - [Nicholas Campbell](https://film.one/person/nicholas-campbell.md) as Frank Dodd - [Sean Sullivan](https://film.one/person/sean-sullivan.md) as Herb Smith - [Jackie Burroughs](https://film.one/person/jackie-burroughs.md) as Vera Smith - [Géza Kovács](https://film.one/person/geza-kovacs.md) as Sonny Elliman - [Roberta Weiss](https://film.one/person/roberta-weiss.md) as Alma Frechette - Simon Craig as Chris Stuart - Peter Dvorsky as Dardis - Julie-Ann Heathwood as Amy - Barry Flatman as Walt - Raffi Tchalikian as Denny #1 - Ken Pogue as Vice President - Gordon Jocelyn as Five-Star General - Bill Copeland as Secretary of State - Jack Messinger as Therapist - Chapelle Jaffe as Nurse - Cindy Hinds as Natalie - Helene Udy as Weizak's Mother - Ramon Estevez as Teenage Boy with Camera - Joseph Domenchini as Young Weizak - Roger Dunn as Reporter - Vladimir Bondarenko as Reporter - Claude Rae as Reporter - John Koensgen as T.V. Anchorman - [Leslie Carlson](https://film.one/person/leslie-carlson.md) as Brenner - James Bearden as Deputy #1 - Hardee T. Lineham as Deputy #2 - [William B. Davis](https://film.one/person/william-b-davis.md) as Ambulance Driver - Seirge LeBlanc as Denny #2 - Vera Winiauski as Polish Peasant - Joe Kapnaiko as Polish Peasant - David Rigby as Truck Driver ## Directing - [David Cronenberg](https://film.one/person/david-cronenberg.md): Director - Otta Hanus: Second Assistant Director - John Board: First Assistant Director - Lydia Wazana: Third Assistant Director - Gillian Richardson: Script Supervisor ## Writing - [Stephen King](https://film.one/person/stephen-king.md): Novel - [Jeffrey Boam](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-boam.md): Screenplay ## Production - Dino De Laurentiis: Executive Producer - [Debra Hill](https://film.one/person/debra-hill.md): Producer - John M. Eckert: Production Manager - Deirdre Bowen: Casting - Jeffrey Chernov: Associate Producer - Jane Jenkins: Casting - Janet Hirshenson: Casting - Andreas Blackwell: Production Assistant - Randi Chernov: Producer's Assistant - Philippa King: Production Coordinator - Heather McIntosh: Production Accountant - Lyn Lucibello: Assistant Accountant - Prudence Emery: Publicist - Susan Starre McKibbin: Assistant Accountant - [David Coatsworth](https://film.one/person/david-coatsworth.md): Location Manager - Peter Lavender: Extras Casting ## Camera - [Mark Irwin](https://film.one/person/mark-irwin.md): Director of Photography - Christopher Dean: Grip - Scotty Allan: Best Boy Grip - Mark Silver: Grip - David Hynes: Grip - Maris H. Jansons: Key Grip - Donna Mobbs: Second Assistant Camera - Rick Porter: Still Photographer - David J. Woods: Camera Trainee - John Stoneman: Underwater Camera - Robin Miller: First Assistant Camera ## Editing - [Ronald Sanders](https://film.one/person/ronald-sanders.md): Editor - Michael Rea: Assistant Editor - Elaine Foreman: Assistant Editor ## Sound and music - [Michael Kamen](https://film.one/person/michael-kamen.md): Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Conductor, Orchestrator, Music Arranger - Michael C. Gutierrez: Sound Editor - David Lewis Yewdall: Supervising Sound Editor - Don White: ADR Recordist - David E. Stone: Sound Editor - Gregg Landaker: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Steve Maslow: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Michael LaCroix: Boom Operator - Bill Varney: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Duane Hartzell: Sound Editor - Caryl Wickman: Sound Editor - Eric Tomlinson: Sound Recordist - Bryan Day: Sound Mixer - Kendrick Sweet: Sound Editor - Skaila Kanga: Musician ## Art - [Carol Spier](https://film.one/person/carol-spier.md): Production Design - Barbara Dunphy: Art Direction - Tom Coulter: Set Decoration - Kirk Cheney: Head Carpenter - Dan Davis: Assistant Art Director - Greg Diachok: Painter - Jon Bankson: Head Carpenter - Peter Lauterman: Property Master - Steve Meil: Painter - Jo-Ann Ladenheim: Art Direction Intern - Jim Craig: Storyboard Artist - Harry Pavelson: Painter - Tom Reid: Set Dresser - Joe Curtin: Construction Manager - Gareth Wilson: Set Dresser - Alfred: Draughtsman - Janet Cormack: Painter - Gary Jack: Set Dresser - Don Miloyevich: Assistant Property Master - Nick Kosonic: Painter - Wayne Fitzgerald: Title Designer ## Costume and make-up - Shonagh Jabour: Makeup Artist - Jenny Arbour: Hairstylist - Maureen Mestan: Hair Assistant - [Olga Dimitrovová](https://film.one/person/olga-dimitrovova.md): Costume Design - Maureen Gurney: Wardrobe Assistant - Arthur Rowsell: Wardrobe Master - [Denise Cronenberg](https://film.one/person/denise-cronenberg.md): Wardrobe Master ## Visual effects - Calvin Joe Acord: Special Effects Supervisor - Michael Lennick: Visual Effects ## Lighting - Ira Cohen: Electrician - Jock Brandis: Gaffer - John Herzog: Electrician - Gary Phipps: Genetator Operator ## Crew - Myles Roth: Carpenter - Jon G. Belyeu: Special Effects Coordinator - Robert Wiens: Carpenter - Richard Cosgrave: Animal Wrangler - Cactus Simser: Driver - Tom Glass: Animal Wrangler - Allen Kosonic: Transportation Captain - Carolyn McKenzie: Production Office Assistant - Alex Dawes: Driver - Andrea Poulis: Production Office Assistant --- © 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-dead-zone.md