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title: "The Human Comedy: cast and crew"
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cast: 31
crew: 16
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# The Human Comedy (1943): cast and crew

31 cast and 16 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Mickey Rooney](https://film.one/person/mickey-rooney.md) as Homer Macauley
- [Frank Morgan](https://film.one/person/frank-morgan.md) as Willie Grogan
- [James Craig](https://film.one/person/james-craig.md) as Tom Spangler
- [Marsha Hunt](https://film.one/person/marsha-hunt-1215925.md) as Diana Steed
- [Fay Bainter](https://film.one/person/fay-bainter.md) as Mrs. Macauley
- [Ray Collins](https://film.one/person/ray-collins.md) as Mr. Macauley
- [Van Johnson](https://film.one/person/van-johnson.md) as Marcus Macauley
- [Donna Reed](https://film.one/person/donna-reed.md) as Bess Macauley
- [Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins](https://film.one/person/jackie-butch-jenkins.md) as Ulysses Macauley
- [Dorothy Morris](https://film.one/person/dorothy-morris.md) as Mary Arena
- [John Craven](https://film.one/person/john-craven.md) as Tobey George
- [Ann Ayars](https://film.one/person/ann-ayars.md) as Mrs. Sandoval
- [Mary Nash](https://film.one/person/mary-nash.md) as Miss Hicks
- [Henry O'Neill](https://film.one/person/henry-oneill.md) as Charles Steed
- [Katharine Alexander](https://film.one/person/katharine-alexander.md) as Mrs. Steed
- Alan Baxter as Brad Stickman
- Darryl Hickman as Lionel
- [Barry Nelson](https://film.one/person/barry-nelson.md) as Fat
- Rita Quigley as Helen Elliot
- [Clem Bevans](https://film.one/person/clem-bevans.md) as Henderson
- Adeline De Walt Reynolds as Librarian
- [Hobart Cavanaugh](https://film.one/person/hobart-cavanaugh.md) as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
- Wallis Clark as School Principal (uncredited)
- Don DeFore as Bernard 'Texas' Anthony (uncredited)
- [Byron Foulger](https://film.one/person/byron-foulger.md) as Mr. Blenton (uncredited)
- David Holt as Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)
- [Frank Jenks](https://film.one/person/frank-jenks.md) as Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)
- Darwood Kaye as Gang Member (uncredited)
- [Robert Mitchum](https://film.one/person/robert-mitchum.md) as Quentin Gilford (uncredited)
- [Robert Emmett O'Connor](https://film.one/person/robert-emmett-oconnor.md) as Bartender (uncredited)
- [Carl Switzer](https://film.one/person/carl-switzer.md) as Auggie (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Clarence Brown](https://film.one/person/clarence-brown.md): Director

## Writing

- William Saroyan: Theatre Play, Story
- [Howard Estabrook](https://film.one/person/howard-estabrook.md): Screenplay
- [Herman J. Mankiewicz](https://film.one/person/herman-j-mankiewicz.md): Writer

## Production

- [Clarence Brown](https://film.one/person/clarence-brown.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Harry Stradling](https://film.one/person/harry-stradling-sr.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Conrad A. Nervig](https://film.one/person/conrad-a-nervig.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Herbert Stothart](https://film.one/person/herbert-stothart.md): Music
- Douglas Shearer: Recording Supervision

## Art

- [Cedric Gibbons](https://film.one/person/cedric-gibbons.md): Art Direction
- Edwin B. Willis: Set Decoration
- Paul Groesse: Art Direction
- Hugh Hunt: Other

## Costume and make-up

- Jack Dawn: Makeup Artist
- [Irene Lentz](https://film.one/person/irene.md): Costume Supervisor

## Crew

- Ernst Matray: Other

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