--- title: "The Great Dictator: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator" cast: 60 crew: 26 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 Great Dictator (1940): cast and crew 60 cast and 26 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md) as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber - [Paulette Goddard](https://film.one/person/paulette-goddard.md) as Hannah - [Jack Oakie](https://film.one/person/jack-oakie.md) as Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria - [Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/person/reginald-gardiner.md) as Commander Schultz - [Henry Daniell](https://film.one/person/henry-daniell.md) as Garbitsch - [Billy Gilbert](https://film.one/person/billy-gilbert.md) as Field Marshal Herring - [Grace Hayle](https://film.one/person/grace-hayle.md) as Madame Napaloni - [Carter DeHaven](https://film.one/person/carter-dehaven.md) as Spook - [Maurice Moscovitch](https://film.one/person/maurice-moscovitch.md) as Mr. Jaeckel - [Emma Dunn](https://film.one/person/emma-dunn.md) as Mrs. Jaeckel - [Bernard Gorcey](https://film.one/person/bernard-gorcey.md) as Mr. Mann - [Paul Weigel](https://film.one/person/paul-weigel.md) as Mr. Agar - [Chester Conklin](https://film.one/person/chester-conklin.md) as Barber's Customer - Esther Michelson as Jewish Woman - [Hank Mann](https://film.one/person/hank-mann.md) as Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit - Florence Wright as Blonde Secretary - Eddie Gribbon as Tomanian Storm Trooper - Rudolph Anders as Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis - Eddie Dunn as Whitewashed Storm Trooper - Nita Pike as Secretary - [George Lynn](https://film.one/person/george-lynn.md) as Commander of Storm Troopers - Wheeler Dryden as Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice) - Fred Aldrich as Soldier (uncredited) - [Richard Alexander](https://film.one/person/richard-alexander.md) as Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited) - Sig Arno as Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited) - William Arnold as Tomanian Officer (uncredited) - Joe Bordeaux as Ghetto Extra (uncredited) - Don Brodie as Reporter from International Press (uncredited) - [Gino Corrado](https://film.one/person/gino-corrado.md) as Sculptor (uncredited) - John Davidson as Hospital Superintendent (uncredited) - Max Davidson as Jewish Man (uncredited) - Lew Davis as Hospital Orderly (uncredited) - Pat Flaherty as Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited) - Bud Geary as Storm Trooper (uncredited) - Sam Harris as Officer (uncredited) - Eddie Hart as Policeman (uncredited) - Leyland Hodgson as Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited) - William Irving as Man Seated on Bed (uncredited) - Charles Irwin as Banquet Butler (uncredited) - Ethelreda Leopold as Blonde Secretary (uncredited) - [Torben Meyer](https://film.one/person/torben-meyer.md) as Bald Barbershop Customer (uncredited) - Bert Moorhouse as Hynkel's Staff Officer (uncredited) - Nellie V. Nichols as Jewish Woman (uncredited) - Manuel París as Dance Extra at Ball (uncredited) - Jack Perrin as Jewish Man (uncredited) - [Lucien Prival](https://film.one/person/lucien-prival.md) as Storm Trooper Officer (uncredited) - Cyril Ring as Officer Extra (uncredited) - Henry Roquemore as Soldier (uncredited) - [Tiny Sandford](https://film.one/person/tiny-sandford.md) as Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited) - Hans Schumm as Soldier (uncredited) - Harry Semels as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited) - Charles Sullivan as Prison Guard (uncredited) - Carl Voss as Officer (uncredited) - Leo White as Hynkel's Barber (uncredited) - Harry Wilson as Soldier in Field (uncredited) - Hans Conried as Undetermined Role (uncredited) - Francis Ernest Drake as Storm Trooper (uncredited) - Francesca Santoro as Aggie (uncredited) - Leonard Walker as Conductor (uncredited) - Finn Zirzow as Soldier (uncredited) ## Directing - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Director - Wheeler Dryden: Assistant Director ## Writing - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Screenplay ## Production - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Producer - [Carter DeHaven](https://film.one/person/carter-dehaven.md): Associate Producer - Alfred Reeves: Production Manager - Kathleen Pryor: Production Secretary ## Camera - [Roland Totheroh](https://film.one/person/roland-totheroh.md): Director of Photography - [Karl Struss](https://film.one/person/karl-struss.md): Director of Photography ## Editing - [Willard Nico](https://film.one/person/willard-nico.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Meredith Willson](https://film.one/person/meredith-willson.md): Original Music Composer - [Charlie Chaplin](https://film.one/person/charlie-chaplin.md): Original Music Composer - Percy Townsend: Sound Designer - Glenn Rominger: Sound Designer - Carmen Dragon: Orchestrator - Max Terr: Orchestrator ## Art - J. Russell Spencer: Art Direction - Edward G. Boyle: Set Decoration - William Bogdanoff: Construction Foreman ## Costume and make-up - Ed Voight: Makeup Artist - Ted Tetrick: Costume Supervisor ## Visual effects - Jack Cosgrove: Visual Effects ## Lighting - Frank Testera: Electrician ## Crew - Ralph Hammeras: Special Effects - Wheeler Dryden: Second Unit - Buster Wiles: Stunts --- © 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-great-dictator.md