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Cast and Crew of The Greatest Show on Earth



Cast

Betty Hutton
Holly
Cornel Wilde
The Great Sebastian
Charlton Heston
Brad Braden
Dorothy Lamour
Phyllis
Gloria Grahame
Angel
James Stewart
Buttons
Henry Wilcoxon
FBI Agent Gregory
Lyle Bettger
Klaus
Mr. Henderson Lawrence Tierney
Himself Emmett Kelly
Cucciola Cucciola
The Ringmaster Robert Carson
Harry John Kellogg
Birdie Julia Faye
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Cecil B. DeMille
Himself John Ringling North
Himself (clown) Lou Jacobs
Reporter at RIngside Brad Jackson
Doctor Frank Wilcox
Buttons' mother Lillian Albertson
Picked-pocket Customer Milton Kibbee
Sam, game customer Davison Clark
Sam's Wife (uncredited) Dorothy Adams
Ice-Cream Eating Spectator Arthur Q. Bryan
Spectator (uncredited) Bess Flowers
Spectator (uncredited) Bing Crosby
Spectator (uncredited) Bob Hope
Spectator (uncredited) Mona Freeman
Spectator (uncredited) Kathleen Freeman
Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited) William Boyd
Little Girl Spectator (uncredited) Beverly Washburn
Little Boy Spectator (uncredited) Lee Aaker
Spectator (uncredited) Erville Alderson
Spectator (uncredited) Oliver Blake
Spectator (uncredited) Franklyn Farnum
Spectator Nancy Gates
Spectator Bob Crosby
Assistant Manager John Ridgely
Dave (uncredited) Lane Chandler
Midway Barker at End (uncredited) Edmond O'Brien
Canvas Man (uncredited) Eric Alden
Noel (uncredited) Noel Neill
Circus Barker (uncredited) Syd Saylor
Ambulance Driver (uncredited) Chuck Hamilton
Midget Daisy Earles
Midget Luce Potter
Dwarf Angelo Rossitto
Antoinette Concello Antoinette Concello
Tuffy Genders Tuffy Genders

Crew

Director of Photography George Barnes
Edith Head
Costume Design
Art Direction Hal Pereira
Set Decoration Sam Comer
Set Decoration Ray Moyer
Makeup Supervisor Wally Westmore
Sound Recordist Harry Lindgren
Sound Recordist John Cope
Director Cecil B. DeMille
Producer Cecil B. DeMille
Art Direction Walter H. Tyler
Original Music Composer Victor Young
Costume Design Dorothy Jeakins
Second Unit Director Arthur Rosson
Screenplay Barré Lyndon
Additional Writing Jack Gariss
Associate Producer Henry Wilcoxon
Editor Anne Bauchens
Screenplay Fredric M. Frank
Story Fredric M. Frank
Screenplay Theodore St. John
Story Theodore St. John
Additional Photography J. Peverell Marley
Additional Photography W. Wallace Kelley
Story Frank Cavett
Technical Advisor John Ringling North
Assistant Director Edward Salven