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Cast and crew

The Great Dictator (1940)

60 cast and 26 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.

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Cast60

  1. Charlie ChaplinAdenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
  2. Paulette GoddardHannah
  3. Jack OakieBenzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
  4. Reginald GardinerCommander Schultz
  5. Henry DaniellGarbitsch
  6. Billy GilbertField Marshal Herring
  7. Grace HayleMadame Napaloni
  8. Carter DeHavenSpook
  9. Maurice MoscovitchMr. Jaeckel
  10. Emma DunnMrs. Jaeckel
  11. Bernard GorceyMr. Mann
  12. Paul WeigelMr. Agar
  13. Chester ConklinBarber's Customer
  14. Esther MichelsonJewish Woman
  15. Hank MannStorm Trooper Stealing Fruit
  16. Florence WrightBlonde Secretary
  17. Eddie GribbonTomanian Storm Trooper
  18. Rudolph AndersTomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis
  19. Eddie DunnWhitewashed Storm Trooper
  20. Nita PikeSecretary
  21. George LynnCommander of Storm Troopers
  22. Wheeler DrydenHeinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)
  23. Fred AldrichSoldier (uncredited)
  24. Richard AlexanderTomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)
  25. Sig ArnoCompact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)
  26. William ArnoldTomanian Officer (uncredited)
  27. Joe BordeauxGhetto Extra (uncredited)
  28. Don BrodieReporter from International Press (uncredited)
  29. Gino CorradoSculptor (uncredited)
  30. John DavidsonHospital Superintendent (uncredited)
  31. Max DavidsonJewish Man (uncredited)
  32. Lew DavisHospital Orderly (uncredited)
  33. Pat FlahertyFriendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)
  34. Bud GearyStorm Trooper (uncredited)
  35. Sam HarrisOfficer (uncredited)
  36. Eddie HartPoliceman (uncredited)
  37. Leyland HodgsonBig Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
  38. William IrvingMan Seated on Bed (uncredited)
  39. Charles IrwinBanquet Butler (uncredited)
  40. Ethelreda LeopoldBlonde Secretary (uncredited)
  41. Torben MeyerBald Barbershop Customer (uncredited)
  42. Bert MoorhouseHynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited)
  43. Nellie V. NicholsJewish Woman (uncredited)
  44. Manuel ParísDance Extra at Ball (uncredited)
  45. Jack PerrinJewish Man (uncredited)
  46. Lucien PrivalStorm Trooper Officer (uncredited)
  47. Cyril RingOfficer Extra (uncredited)
  48. Henry RoquemoreSoldier (uncredited)
  49. Tiny SandfordSoldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)
  50. Hans SchummSoldier (uncredited)
  51. Harry SemelsJewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
  52. Charles SullivanPrison Guard (uncredited)
  53. Carl VossOfficer (uncredited)
  54. Leo WhiteHynkel's Barber (uncredited)
  55. Harry WilsonSoldier in Field (uncredited)
  56. Hans ConriedUndetermined Role (uncredited)
  57. Francis Ernest DrakeStorm Trooper (uncredited)
  58. Francesca SantoroAggie (uncredited)
  59. Leonard WalkerConductor (uncredited)
  60. Finn ZirzowSoldier (uncredited)

Crew26

Directing

Writing

Production

Camera

Editing

Sound and music

  • Meredith WillsonOriginal Music Composer
  • Charlie ChaplinOriginal Music Composer
  • Percy TownsendSound Designer
  • Glenn RomingerSound Designer
  • Carmen DragonOrchestrator
  • Max TerrOrchestrator

Art

  • J. Russell SpencerArt Direction
  • Edward G. BoyleSet Decoration
  • William BogdanoffConstruction Foreman

Costume and make-up

  • Ed VoightMakeup Artist
  • Ted TetrickCostume Supervisor

Visual effects

  • Jack CosgroveVisual Effects

Lighting

  • Frank TesteraElectrician

Crew

  • Ralph HammerasSpecial Effects
  • Wheeler DrydenSecond Unit
  • Buster WilesStunts