--- title: "The Magnificent Ambersons: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-magnificent-ambersons" cast: 48 crew: 39 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 Magnificent Ambersons (1942): cast and crew 48 cast and 39 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Joseph Cotten](https://film.one/person/joseph-cotten.md) as Eugene Morgan - [Dolores Costello](https://film.one/person/dolores-costello.md) as Isabel Amberson Minafer - [Anne Baxter](https://film.one/person/anne-baxter.md) as Lucy Morgan - [Tim Holt](https://film.one/person/tim-holt.md) as George Minafer - [Agnes Moorehead](https://film.one/person/agnes-moorehead.md) as Fanny Minafer - [Ray Collins](https://film.one/person/ray-collins.md) as Jack Amberson - [Erskine Sanford](https://film.one/person/erskine-sanford.md) as Roger Bronson - [Richard Bennett](https://film.one/person/richard-bennett-14519.md) as Major Amberson - [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md) as Narrator (voice) - [Edwin August](https://film.one/person/edwin-august.md) as Citizen (uncredited) - [Georgia Backus](https://film.one/person/georgia-backus.md) as Matron (uncredited) - [Harry A. Bailey](https://film.one/person/harry-a-bailey.md) as Citizen (uncredited) - Olive Ball as Mary (Maid) (uncredited) - Jack Baxley as Reverend Smith (uncredited) - William Blees as Young Man at Accident (uncredited) - Lyle Clement as Citizen (uncredited) - Bobby Cooper as George Minafer as a Boy (uncredited) - Don Dillaway as Wilbur Minafer (uncredited) - Heenan Elliott as Workman (uncredited) - John Elliott as Guest (uncredited) - William Elmer as Servant (uncredited) - James Fawcett as Citizen (uncredited) - Mel Ford as Fred Kinney (uncredited) - Nancy Gates as Girl (uncredited) - Nina Guilbert as Guest (uncredited) - Maynard Holmes as Citizen (uncredited) - Edward Howard as Chauffeur (uncredited) - Harry Humphrey as Citizen (uncredited) - Elmer Jerome as Funeral Attendee (uncredited) - J. Louis Johnson as Sam (Butler) (uncredited) - Lew Kelly as Citizen (uncredited) - Del Lawrence as Citizen (uncredited) - Bert LeBaron as Citizen (uncredited) - John McGuire as Young Man (uncredited) - Philip Morris as Policeman (uncredited) - Anne O'Neal as Mrs. Foster (uncredited) - Gil Perkins as Citizen (uncredited) - Charles R. Phipps as Uncle John (uncredited) - Hilda Plowright as Nurse (uncredited) - Drew Roddy as Elijah (uncredited) - Henry Roquemore as Hardware Man (uncredited) - Jack Santoro as Barber (uncredited) - Gus Schilling as Drug Clerk (uncredited) - Kathryn Sheldon as Matron (uncredited) - Sada Simmons as Wife (uncredited) - Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited) - [James Westerfield](https://film.one/person/james-westerfield.md) as Policeman at Accident (uncredited) - Joe Whitehead as Citizen (uncredited) ## Directing - [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md): Director - Harry Mancke: Assistant Director - [Robert Wise](https://film.one/person/robert-wise.md): Assistant Director - Fred Fleck: Assistant Director ## Writing - [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md): Screenplay - Booth Tarkington: Novel ## Production - [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md): Producer - Jack Moss: Associate Producer - Fred Fleck: Unit Manager - George Schaefer: Executive Producer ## Camera - [Stanley Cortez](https://film.one/person/stanley-cortez.md): Director of Photography - [Orson Welles](https://film.one/person/orson-welles.md): Additional Photography - Jack MacKenzie: Additional Photography ## Editing - Jack Moss: Additional Editing - Mark Robson: Additional Editing - [Robert Wise](https://film.one/person/robert-wise.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Bernard Herrmann](https://film.one/person/bernard-herrmann.md): Original Music Composer - Bailey Fesler: Sound Recordist - James G. Stewart: Sound Recordist - Terry Kellum: Sound - Roy Meadows: Boom Operator - Earl B. Mounce: Sound - James Thompson: Boom Operator - John E. Tribby: Sound ## Art - [Albert S. D'Agostino](https://film.one/person/albert-s-dagostino.md): Production Design - Darrell Silvera: Set Decoration - Chesley Bonestell: Other - A. Roland Fields: Set Dresser - Mark-Lee Kirk: Set Designer ## Costume and make-up - [Edward Stevenson](https://film.one/person/edward-stevenson.md): Costume Design - Mel Berns: Makeup Department Head - Robert J. Schiffer: Makeup Artist - Maurice Seiderman: Makeup Artist - Claire Cramer: Wardrobe Designer ## Visual effects - Clifford Stine: Visual Effects ## Lighting - Bill McLellan: Gaffer ## Crew - [Vernon L. Walker](https://film.one/person/vernon-l-walker.md): Special Effects - David Sharpe: Stunt Double - Helen Thurston: Stunt Double --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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