--- title: "The Return of the Living Dead: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead" cast: 30 crew: 98 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 Return of the Living Dead (1985): cast and crew 30 cast and 98 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Clu Gulager](https://film.one/person/clu-gulager.md) as Burt - [James Karen](https://film.one/person/james-karen.md) as Frank - [Don Calfa](https://film.one/person/don-calfa.md) as Ernie - [Thom Mathews](https://film.one/person/thom-mathews.md) as Freddy - [Miguel A. Núñez Jr.](https://film.one/person/miguel-a-nunez-jr.md) as Spider - [Brian Peck](https://film.one/person/brian-peck-93149.md) as Scuz - [John Philbin](https://film.one/person/john-philbin.md) as Chuck - [Linnea Quigley](https://film.one/person/linnea-quigley.md) as Trash - [Beverly Randolph](https://film.one/person/beverly-randolph.md) as Tina - [Jewel Shepard](https://film.one/person/jewel-shepard.md) as Casey - [Mark Venturini](https://film.one/person/mark-venturini.md) as Suicide - [Jonathan Terry](https://film.one/person/jonathan-terry.md) as Colonel Glover - Cathleen Cordell as Colonel's Wife - [David Bond](https://film.one/person/david-bond.md) as Radio Corpse #2 - Derrick Brice as Gunnery Sergeant - Paul Cloud as Cop #2 - [Michael Crabtree](https://film.one/person/michael-crabtree.md) as Riot Cop #2 - Robert Craighead as Cop #1 - James Dalesandro as Paramedic #2 - Drew Deighan as Paramedic #1 - Leigh Drake as Dispatcher - John Durbin as Radio Corpse #1 - Ed Krieger as Riot Cop #3 - Bob Libman as Tac Squad Captain - Allan Trautman as Tarman - John Stuart West as Riot Cop #1 - Terry Houlihan as Yellow Cadaver - Robert J. Bennett as Headless Tarman - Jerome Coleman as Legless Corpse - Cherry Davis as ½ Lady Corpse (voice) ## Directing - [Dan O'Bannon](https://film.one/person/dan-obannon.md): Director - Scott Javine: Second Assistant Director - Josh King: Second Assistant Director - David M. Robertson: First Assistant Director - Christena Alcorn: Script Supervisor ## Writing - [Dan O'Bannon](https://film.one/person/dan-obannon.md): Screenplay - [John A. Russo](https://film.one/person/john-a-russo.md): Story - Rudy Ricci: Story - [Russell Streiner](https://film.one/person/russell-streiner.md): Story ## Production - Derek Gibson: Executive Producer - [Tom Fox](https://film.one/person/tom-fox-67490.md): Producer - [John Daly](https://film.one/person/john-daly.md): Executive Producer - Lucien Jervis: Casting Assistant - Richard Lorenzana: Production Accountant - Karen Altman Morgenstern: Production Coordinator - Michael Bennett: Production Manager - Belinda Vidaurri: Production Secretary - Alexander Hendrie: Location Manager - Grahame Jennings: Associate Producer - Stanzi Stokes: Casting - Graham Henderson: Co-Producer ## Camera - [Jules Brenner](https://film.one/person/jules-brenner.md): Director of Photography - Ed Nielsen: Camera Operator - [Julio Macat](https://film.one/person/julio-macat.md): Assistant Camera - Richard Mall: Key Grip - Robert L. Blatman: Assistant Camera - Rory Flynn: Still Photographer - Andreas Crawford: Grip - Jesse Tango: Grip ## Editing - Barbara Pokras: Additional Editor - [Mark Helfrich](https://film.one/person/mark-helfrich.md): Additional Editor - John Penney: Assistant Editor - Julie Feiner: Assistant Editor - Vivian Hengsteler: Negative Cutter - Dan Muscarella: Color Timer - [Robert Gordon](https://film.one/person/robert-gordon.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Matt Clifford](https://film.one/person/matt-clifford.md): Original Music Composer - Robert Jackson: Boom Operator - Bob Minkler: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Ray West: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Emilie Robertson: Music Editor - Dale Johnston: Supervising Sound Editor - Robert Randles: Music Supervisor - Chris Carpenter: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Adam Johnston: Assistant Sound Editor - Ron Judkins: Sound Mixer ## Art - Frederick B. Van Brunt: Assistant Property Master - Michael Gastaldo: Leadman - Barbara Benz: Property Master - [Clayton Hartley](https://film.one/person/clayton-hartley.md): Assistant Art Director - Sara Lee Wade: Set Dresser - [William Stout](https://film.one/person/william-stout.md): Production Design - Robert Howland: Art Direction - Robert Lucas: Set Decoration - Ken Kaufman: Set Decoration ## Costume and make-up - Yvette Bliss: Makeup Artist - Kenny Myers: Special Effects Makeup Artist - Larry Odien: Special Effects Makeup Artist - Lesley Levin: Assistant Costume Designer - Craig Caton: Special Effects Makeup Artist - Douglas J. White: Special Effects Makeup Artist - Wendy Hogan: Makeup & Hair - Tony Rupprecht: Special Effects Makeup Artist - Robin L. Neal: Key Makeup Artist - Adam Jones: Special Effects Makeup Artist ## Visual effects - Pete Kleinow: Visual Effects Supervisor - Bob McCarthy: Special Effects Supervisor - Gene Warren Jr.: Visual Effects Supervisor ## Lighting - Marty Carrillo: Best Boy Electric - Timothy 'Guido' Magaraci: Electrician - Robert M. Amerian: Gaffer - Ronald J. Pure Jr.: Electrician ## Crew - Monty Cox: Stunts - Blair Burrows: Stunts - Spiro Razatos: Stunts - Ethan Wayne: Stunts - Fernando Celis: Stunts - John Gillespie: Stunts - Erik Cord: Stunts, Stunt Coordinator - Richard Padgett: Transportation Coordinator - Hank Calia: Stunts - Gardner Doolittle: Stunts - Paula Moody: Stunts - Ray Saniger: Stunts - Pattison Newberry: Set Medic - Bernie Pock: Stunts - Brian J. Williams: Stunts - Kim Robert Koscki: Stunts - Michael Carr: Stunts - Bruce W. Morgan: Stunts - Joel Kramer: Stunts - Gary Jensen: Stunts, Stunt Coordinator - Byron Quisenberry: Stunts - David Zellitti: Stunts - Ralph Garrett: Stunts - Gene Hartline: Stunts - Bob Stephens: Stunts - William Munns: Makeup Effects --- © 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-return-of-the-living-dead.md