--- title: "Watership Down: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/watership-down/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/watership-down" cast: 21 crew: 94 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." --- # Watership Down (1978): cast and crew 21 cast and 94 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [John Hurt](https://film.one/person/john-hurt.md) as Hazel (voice) - [Richard Briers](https://film.one/person/richard-briers.md) as Fiver (voice) - [Michael Graham Cox](https://film.one/person/michael-graham-cox.md) as Bigwig (voice) - [John Bennett](https://film.one/person/john-bennett.md) as Captain Holly (voice) - [Ralph Richardson](https://film.one/person/ralph-richardson.md) as Chief Rabbit (voice) - [Simon Cadell](https://film.one/person/simon-cadell.md) as Blackberry (voice) - [Terence Rigby](https://film.one/person/terence-rigby.md) as Silver (voice) - [Roy Kinnear](https://film.one/person/roy-kinnear.md) as Pipkin (voice) - [Richard O'Callaghan](https://film.one/person/richard-ocallaghan.md) as Dandelion (voice) - [Denholm Elliott](https://film.one/person/denholm-elliott.md) as Cowslip (voice) - [Lynn Farleigh](https://film.one/person/lynn-farleigh.md) as Cat (voice) - [Mary Maddox](https://film.one/person/mary-maddox.md) as Clover (voice) - Zero Mostel as Kehaar (voice) - Harry Andrews as General Woundwort (voice) - [Hannah Gordon](https://film.one/person/hannah-gordon.md) as Hyzenthlay (voice) - [Nigel Hawthorne](https://film.one/person/nigel-hawthorne.md) as Captain Campion (voice) - Clifton Jones as Blackavar (voice) - Derek Griffiths as Vervain (voice) - Michael Hordern as Frith (voice) - [Joss Ackland](https://film.one/person/joss-ackland.md) as Black Rabbit (voice) - Michelle Price as Lucy (voice) ## Directing - [Martin Rosen](https://film.one/person/martin-rosen.md): Director - Gordon Harrison: Layout - Peter See: Layout - Ted Pettengell: Layout ## Writing - Richard Adams: Novel - [Martin Rosen](https://film.one/person/martin-rosen.md): Screenplay - [John Hubley](https://film.one/person/john-hubley.md): Writer ## Production - [Martin Rosen](https://film.one/person/martin-rosen.md): Producer - Dennis Gardiner: Production Manager - Jo Gregory: Production Accountant - Ron Garrett: Production Accountant - Linda Gregory: Production Accountant - Judy Hayward: Production Secretary - Philip Alton: Production Coordinator - Marilyn Barham: Production Secretary ## Camera - Christopher Morgan: Camera Operator - Moses Agyemang: Camera Operator - Les Green: Camera Operator - Alan Buchan: Camera Operator - Julian Holdaway: Camera Operator - Denis Hall: Camera Operator - Bob Mintern: Camera Operator - Tony Haines: Camera Operator - Ron Boston: Camera Operator - David Smith: Camera Operator - Chris Williams: Camera Operator - Barry Orsborn: Camera Operator ## Editing - [Terry Rawlings](https://film.one/person/terry-rawlings.md): Editor ## Sound and music - [Angela Morley](https://film.one/person/angela-morley.md): Original Music Composer - Art Garfunkel: Theme Song Performance - Ray Merrin: Sound Effects - Bill Rowe: Sound Mixer - [Malcolm Williamson](https://film.one/person/malcolm-williamson.md): Music - Marcus Dods: Music Director - Mike Batt: Songs ## Art - Ian Henderson: Background Designer - Sue Branch: Background Designer - Elaine Mills: Painter - Ted Pettengell: Storyboard Artist - Karen Webb: Painter - Sandy Houston: Painter - Margot Allen: Painter - Joan Bradshaw: Painter - Vanessa Clegg: Background Designer - Jose Amoros-Sanz: Painter - Lynne Anderson: Painter - Paul Shardlow: Background Designer - Gordon Harrison: Storyboard Artist - Alan Andrews: Painter - Richard Bell: Background Designer - Brian Melling: Background Designer - Olive Scott: Painter - Barbara Todeschini: Painter - Donna K. Baker: Paint Coordinator - Peter Turner: Paint Coordinator - Rodolfo Azaro: Background Designer - Briony Catling: Painter - Peter See: Storyboard Artist - Gary Sycamore: Background Designer - Denis Ryan: Background Designer - Errol Bryant: Background Designer - Maggie Brown: Painter ## Visual effects - George Jackson: Senior Animator - Chris Evans: Animation - Phil Duncan: Senior Animator, Animation Supervisor - Tony Guy: Senior Animator, Animation Director - April Spencer: Animation - Doug Jensen: Animation - Bill Geach: Animation - Kathleen "Spud" Houston: Animation - Chris Caunter: Animation - Brian Foster: Animation - Marie Szmichowska: Animation - Alistair Byrt: Animation - Arthur Humberstone: Senior Animator - Sarah Vincent: Animation - Alma Sachs: Color Designer - Rosemary Welch: Animation - Bill Littlejohn: Animation - Alan Simpson: Animation, Key Animation - Barrie Nelson: Animation - Bobby Clennell: Animation - Ruth Kissane: Animation - John Perkins: Animation - Ralph Ayres: Animation - Ray Kelly: Animation - Malcolm Bourne: Animation - Carol Slade: Animation - Steve Woods: Animation - [George Dunning](https://film.one/person/george-dunning.md): Animation - Colin White: Animation - Eddie Radage: Animation ## Crew - Philip Campbell: Editorial Staff - [Luciana Arrighi](https://film.one/person/luciana-arrighi.md): Sequence Artist --- © 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/watership-down.md