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title: "The Exorcist: cast and crew"
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cast: 43
crew: 38
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# The Exorcist (1973): cast and crew

43 cast and 38 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Ellen Burstyn](https://film.one/person/ellen-burstyn.md) as Chris MacNeil
- [Linda Blair](https://film.one/person/linda-blair.md) as Regan MacNeil
- [Jason Miller](https://film.one/person/jason-miller.md) as Father Damien Karras
- [Max von Sydow](https://film.one/person/max-von-sydow.md) as Father Lankester Merrin
- [Lee J. Cobb](https://film.one/person/lee-j-cobb.md) as Lt. Bill Kinderman
- [William O'Malley](https://film.one/person/william-omalley.md) as Father Joseph Kevin Dyer
- [Kitty Winn](https://film.one/person/kitty-winn.md) as Sharon Spencer
- [Barton Heyman](https://film.one/person/barton-heyman.md) as Dr. Klein
- [Peter Masterson](https://film.one/person/peter-masterson.md) as Dr. Barringer
- [Jack MacGowran](https://film.one/person/jack-macgowran.md) as Burke Dennings
- [Rudolf Schündler](https://film.one/person/rudolf-schundler.md) as Karl
- [Gina Petrushka](https://film.one/person/gina-petrushka.md) as Willi
- Robert Symonds as Dr. Taney
- Arthur Storch as Psychiatrist
- Thomas Bermingham as Tom
- Vasiliki Maliaros as Mary Karras
- Titos Vandis as Uncle John
- [John Mahon](https://film.one/person/john-mahon.md) as Language Lab Director
- Wallace Rooney as Bishop Michael
- Ron Faber as Chuck / Demon (voice)
- Donna Mitchell as Mary Jo Perrin
- Roy Cooper as Jesuit Dean
- Robert Gerringer as Senator at Party
- Mercedes McCambridge as Demon (voice)
- Paul Bateson as Radiologist's Assistant (uncredited)
- Elinore Blair as Nurse (uncredited)
- [William Peter Blatty](https://film.one/person/william-peter-blatty.md) as The Producer (uncredited)
- Mary Boylan as First Mental Patient (uncredited)
- Dick Callinan as Astronaut (uncredited)
- Mason Curry as Doctor (voice) (uncredited)
- Toni Darnay as Violent psychotic patient (uncredited)
- Eileen Dietz as Demon / Regan Double (uncredited)
- Joanne Dusseau as Senator's Wife (uncredited)
- Bernard Eismann as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Beatrice Hunter as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Yvonne Jones as Bellevue Nurse (uncredited)
- Don LaBonte as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Barton Lane as Angiography Doctor (uncredited)
- Ann Miles as Spiderwalk (uncredited)
- John Nicola as Priest (uncredited)
- Vincent Russell as Subway Vagrant (uncredited)
- Gerard F. Yates as Priest Singing Around Piano at Party (uncredited)
- Rita Sakellariou as (her voice on the radio)

## Directing

- [William Friedkin](https://film.one/person/william-friedkin.md): Director
- Terence A. Donnelly: First Assistant Director
- [Nicholas Sgarro](https://film.one/person/nicholas-sgarro.md): Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [William Peter Blatty](https://film.one/person/william-peter-blatty.md): Novel, Screenplay

## Production

- [William Peter Blatty](https://film.one/person/william-peter-blatty.md): Producer
- Noel Marshall: Executive Producer
- David Salven: Associate Producer
- [Louis DiGiaimo](https://film.one/person/louis-digiaimo.md): Casting
- Juliet Taylor: Casting
- Nessa Hyams: Casting

## Camera

- [Owen Roizman](https://film.one/person/owen-roizman.md): Director of Photography
- Josh Weiner: Still Photographer
- David Wynn-Jones: Focus Puller

## Editing

- [Norman Gay](https://film.one/person/norman-gay.md): Editor
- [Evan A. Lottman](https://film.one/person/evan-a-lottman.md): Editor
- [Bud S. Smith](https://film.one/person/bud-s-smith.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Chris Newman: Sound
- Randy Nite: Sound Editor
- Ross Taylor: Sound Effects Editor
- [Jack Nitzsche](https://film.one/person/jack-nitzsche.md): Original Music Composer
- Fred J. Brown: Sound Effects Editor
- Eugene Marks: Music Editor
- C. Robert Fine: Sound
- Hal Landaker: Sound

## Art

- [Bill Malley](https://film.one/person/bill-malley.md): Production Design
- Jerry Wunderlich: Set Decoration
- [Charles Bailey](https://film.one/person/charles-bailey.md): Assistant Art Director
- Joseph M. Caracciolo: Property Master
- Dan Perri: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- [Joe Fretwell](https://film.one/person/joe-fretwell.md): Costume Design
- Dick Smith: Makeup Artist
- William A. Farley: Hairstylist

## Lighting

- Richard Quinlan: Gaffer

## Crew

- Edward Garzero: Scenic Artist
- Marcel Vercoutere: Special Effects
- Ann Miles: Stunts
- John Nicola: Technical Advisor
- Rick Baker: Special Effects Assistant

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