--- title: "The Longest Day: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-longest-day/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-longest-day" cast: 60 crew: 93 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 Longest Day (1962): cast and crew 60 cast and 93 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [John Wayne](https://film.one/person/john-wayne.md) as Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort - [Robert Mitchum](https://film.one/person/robert-mitchum.md) as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota - [Henry Fonda](https://film.one/person/henry-fonda.md) as Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. - [Richard Burton](https://film.one/person/richard-burton.md) as Flight Officer David Campbell - [Sean Connery](https://film.one/person/sean-connery.md) as Pvt. Flanagan - [Leslie Phillips](https://film.one/person/leslie-phillips.md) as RAF Officer Mac - [Robert Ryan](https://film.one/person/robert-ryan-8253.md) as Brig. Gen. James M. Gavin - [Paul Anka](https://film.one/person/paul-anka.md) as U.S. Army Ranger - [Wolfgang Büttner](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-buttner.md) as Maj. Gen. Dr. Hans Speidel - [Mel Ferrer](https://film.one/person/mel-ferrer.md) as Maj. Gen. Robert Haines - [Ray Danton](https://film.one/person/ray-danton.md) as Capt. Frank - [Peter Lawford](https://film.one/person/peter-lawford.md) as Lord Lovat - [Eddie Albert](https://film.one/person/eddie-albert.md) as Col. Thompson - Arletty as Madame Barrault - Jean-Louis Barrault as Father Louis Roulland - [Richard Beymer](https://film.one/person/richard-beymer.md) as Pvt. Dutch Schultz - [Hans Christian Blech](https://film.one/person/hans-christian-blech.md) as Maj. Werner Pluskat - Bourvil as Mayor of Colleville - Red Buttons as Pvt. John Steele - Pauline Carton as Maid - Irina Demick as Janine Boitard - Fred Dur as U.S. Army Ranger Major - Fabian as U.S. Army Ranger - Steve Forrest as Capt. Harding - [Gert Fröbe](https://film.one/person/gert-frobe.md) as Sgt. Kaffekanne - [Leo Genn](https://film.one/person/leo-genn.md) as Brig. Gen. Edwin P. Parker Jr. - John Gregson as British Padre - Paul Hartmann as Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt - Peter Helm as Young GI - Werner Hinz as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel - [Donald Houston](https://film.one/person/donald-houston.md) as RAF Pilot - Jeffrey Hunter as Sgt. (later Lt.) John H. Fuller - Karl John as Gen. Wolfgang Häger - [Curd Jürgens](https://film.one/person/curd-jurgens.md) as Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt - [Alexander Knox](https://film.one/person/alexander-knox.md) as Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith - Fernand Ledoux as Louis - Christian Marquand as Cmdr. Philippe Kieffer - Commando Leader - Dewey Martin as Sgt. Wilder - [Roddy McDowall](https://film.one/person/roddy-mcdowall.md) as Pvt. Morris - [Michael Medwin](https://film.one/person/michael-medwin.md) as Pvt. Watney - [Sal Mineo](https://film.one/person/sal-mineo.md) as Pvt. Martini - Kenneth More as Capt. Colin Maud - Richard Münch as Gen. Erich Marcks - [Edmond O'Brien](https://film.one/person/edmond-obrien.md) as Gen. Raymond D. Barton - Wolfgang Preiss as Maj. Gen. Max Pemsel - Ron Randell as Joe Williams - Madeleine Renaud as Mother Superior - Georges Rivière as Sgt. Guy de Montlaur - Norman Rossington as Pvt. Clough - Tommy Sands as U.S. Army Ranger - [George Segal](https://film.one/person/george-segal.md) as U.S. Army Ranger - Jean Servais as RAdm. Janjard - [Rod Steiger](https://film.one/person/rod-steiger.md) as Destroyer Commander - Richard Todd as Maj. John Howard - Tom Tryon as Lt. Wilson - [Peter van Eyck](https://film.one/person/peter-van-eyck.md) as Lt. Col. Ocker - Robert Wagner as U.S. Army Ranger - Richard Wattis as British Paratrooper - Stuart Whitman as Lt. Sheen - Georges Wilson as Alexandre Renaud ## Directing - [Ken Annakin](https://film.one/person/ken-annakin.md): Director - [Bernhard Wicki](https://film.one/person/bernhard-wicki.md): Director - [Andrew Marton](https://film.one/person/andrew-marton.md): Director - Jean Herman: Assistant Director - [Gerd Oswald](https://film.one/person/gerd-oswald.md): Second Unit Director, Co-Director - [Elmo Williams](https://film.one/person/elmo-williams.md): Second Unit Director - Henry Wise: Second Assistant Director - Henry Sokal Jr.: Assistant Director - [Romain Gary](https://film.one/person/romain-gary.md): Script Supervisor - Lucie Lichtig: Continuity - [Tom Pevsner](https://film.one/person/tom-pevsner.md): Assistant Director - Bernard Farrel: Assistant Director - Louis Pitzele: Assistant Director - Gérard Renateau: Assistant Director - [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck.md): Co-Director ## Writing - [Cornelius Ryan](https://film.one/person/cornelius-ryan.md): Screenplay, Novel - [David Pursall](https://film.one/person/david-pursall.md): Script Consultant, Writer - [Jack Seddon](https://film.one/person/jack-seddon.md): Script Consultant, Writer - Erich Maria Remarque: Script Consultant - [Romain Gary](https://film.one/person/romain-gary.md): Writer, Script Consultant - [James Jones](https://film.one/person/james-jones.md): Writer, Script Consultant ## Production - [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck.md): Producer - Maude Spector: Casting - [Elmo Williams](https://film.one/person/elmo-williams.md): Associate Producer - Julien Derode: Production Manager - Christian Ferry: Production Manager - Lee Katz: Production Manager - Louis Wipf: Production Manager - Lillian Michelson: Researcher ## Camera - [Jean Bourgoin](https://film.one/person/jean-bourgoin.md): Director of Photography - [Walter Wottitz](https://film.one/person/walter-wottitz.md): Director of Photography - Guy Tabary: Aerial Camera - Vincent Rossell: Still Photographer - Pierre Levent: Additional Photography - Henri Persin: Additional Photography ## Editing - [Samuel E. Beetley](https://film.one/person/samuel-e-beetley.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Maurice Jarre](https://film.one/person/maurice-jarre.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor - Mitch Miller: Music Arranger - Jacques Maumont: Sound - William Robert Sivel: Sound - Joseph de Bretagne: Sound ## Art - Léon Barsacq: Art Direction - Ted Haworth: Art Direction - [Vincent Korda](https://film.one/person/vincent-korda.md): Art Direction - Gabriel Béchir: Set Designer - Mentor Huebner: Production Illustrator - Sam Gordon: Property Master ## Costume and make-up - [John McCorry](https://film.one/person/john-mccorry.md): Wardrobe Coordinator ## Visual effects - Wally Veevers: Visual Effects - David S. Horsley: Additional Visual Effects - Jean Fouchet: Visual Effects - Bob Cuff: Matte Painter ## Crew - Jack Cooper: Stunts - Yvan Chiffre: Stunts - Gil Delamare: Stunts - Karl Helmer: Special Effects - Joe Powell: Stunts - Nosher Powell: Stunts - John Sullivan: Stunts - Ian Yule: Stunts - Alexandre Renaud: Stunts - Jean-Pierre Janic: Stunts - Gerald Endler: Special Effects - Augie Lohman: Special Effects - Alex Weldon: Special Effects - Gérard Moisan: Stunts - Joseph de Bretagne: Special Effects - Ken Buckle: Stunts - Lionel Vitrant: Stunts - Karl Baumgartner: Special Effects - R.A. MacDonald: Special Effects - Frank Khoury: Driver - [Paul Anka](https://film.one/person/paul-anka.md): Additional Music - Josef Priller: Technical Advisor - Lucie Maria Rommel: Technical Advisor - Jean Fouchet: Special Effects - Günther Blumentritt: Technical Advisor - Helmuth Lang: Technical Advisor - Joseph B. Seay: Technical Advisor - E. C. Peake: Technical Advisor - Friedrich Ruge: Technical Advisor - A. J. Hillebrand: Technical Advisor - Fernand Prevost: Technical Advisor - Frederick Morgan: Technical Advisor - Jean Barral: Technical Advisor - James Gavin: Technical Advisor - Albert Saby: Technical Advisor - John Howard: Technical Advisor - Philippe Kieffer: Technical Advisor - The Earl of Lovat: Technical Advisor - Hubert Deschard: Technical Advisor - Max Pemsel: Technical Advisor - Werner Pluskat: Technical Advisor --- © 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-longest-day.md