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1946 | DIRECTED BY FRANK CAPRA

It's a Wonderful Life

Directed by

Producers

Name
Role
Frank Capra
Produced By

Written by

Writer
Role
 
Albert Hackett
Screenplay By
 
Frances Goodrich
Screenplay By
Frank Capra
Screenplay By
 
Jo Swerling
Additional Scenes
 
Michael Wilson
Contributor To Screenplay Uncredited
 
Philip Van Doren Stern
Based On A Story By

Music by

Artist
Role
 
Dimitri Tiomkin
Musical Score Written By

Starring

Actors
Character
George Bailey
 
Donna Reed
Mary Hatch
 
Lionel Barrymore
Mr. Potter
 
Thomas Mitchell
Uncle Billy
 
Henry Travers
Clarence
 
Beulah Bondi
Mrs. Bailey
 
Frank Faylen
Ernie
 
Ward Bond
Bert
 
Gloria Grahame
Violet
 
H.B. Warner
Mr. Gower
 
Frank Albertson
Sam Wainwright
 
Todd Karns
Harry Bailey
 
Samuel S. Hinds
Pa Bailey
 
Mary Treen
Cousin Tilly
 
Virginia Patton
Ruth Dakin
 
Charles Williams
Cousin Eustace
 
Sarah Edwards
Mrs. Hatch
 
William Edmunds
Mr. Martini
 
Lillian Randolph
Annie
 
Argentina Brunetti
Mrs. Martini
 
Robert J. Anderson
Little George
 
Ronnie Ralph
Little Sam
 
Jeanne Gail
Little Mary
 
Jeanine Ann Roose
Little Violet
 
Danny Mummert
Little Marty Hatch
 
Georgie Nokes
Little Harry Bailey
 
Sheldon Leonard
Nick
 
Frank Hagney
Potter's Bodyguard
 
Ray Walker
Joe
 
Charles Lane
Real Estate Salesman
 
Edward Keane
Tom
 
Carol Coombs
The Bailey Child - Janie
 
Karolyn Grimes
The Bailey Child - Zuzu
 
Larry Simms
The Bailey Child - Pete
 
Jimmy Hawkins
The Bailey Child - Tommy
 
Jean Acker
Townswoman
 
Ernie Adams
Ed
 
Monya Andre
Townswoman
 
Stanley Andrews
Mr. Welch
 
Sam Ash
Nervous Banker
 
Jack Bailey
One of Vi's Suitors
 
Louise Bates
Building & Loan Depositor
 
Mary Bayless
Building & Loan Depositor
 
Beth Belden
Young Girl
 
Brooks Benedict
Military Officer in Montage
 
Joseph E. Bernard
Townsman
 
Willie Bloom
Bar Patron
 
Dolores Boucher
Girl
 
Al Bridge
Sheriff
 
Buz Buckley
Young Boy
 
Marian Carr
Jane Wainwright
 
Adriana Caselotti
Singer at Martini's
 
Lane Chandler
Policeman
 
Michael Chapin
Young George's Friend
 
Tom Chatterton
Townsman
 
Jack Cheatham
Cop Arresting Violet
 
Harry Cheshire
Dr. Campbell
 
Beulah Christian
Graduation Dance Guest
 
Edward Clark
Building & Loan Board Member
 
Tom Coleman
Building & Loan Customer
 
Ellen Corby
Ms. Davis
 
Jimmy the Crow
Crow in Bank
 
Bryn Davis
Elderly Woman
 
Lew Davis
High School Teacher at Poolside
 
Marion Raymond Davis
Bandleader in the High School Dance Scene
 
Helen Dickson
Graduation Dance Guest
 
Dick Elliott
Man on Porch
 
Harry Evans
Wedding Guest
 
Tom Fadden
Tollhouse Keeper
 
Frank Fenton
Violet's Boyfriend
 
Eddie Fetherston
Horace
 
Sam Flint
Relieved Banker in Potter's Office
 
Dick Gordon
Photographer with Sheriff
 
Jack Gordon
Bar Patron
 
Herschel Graham
Townsman
 
Joseph Granby
Elderly Man
 
Robert Haines
Building & Loan Depositor
 
Charles Halton
Carter
 
Herbert Heywood
Building & Loan Depositor
 
Harry Holman
Mr. Partridge
 
Art Howard
Building & Loan Board Member
 
Bert Howard
Building & Loan Board Member
 
Arthur Stuart Hull
Mr. Randall
 
John Indrisano
Man in Fantasy
 
Eddie Kane
Building & Loan Depositor
 
Carl Kent
Townsman
 
Milton Kibbee
Building & Loan Board Member
 
Charlott Knight
Bank Depositor
 
Effie Laird
Townswoman
 
Mike Lally
Building & Loan Customer
 
Harold Landon
Marty Hatch
 
Meade Lux Lewis
Pianist in Nick's Place
 
Max Linder
Graduation Dance Guest
 
Jack Lomas
Bar Patron
 
J. Farrell MacDonald
Man Whose Great-Grandfather Planted Tree
 
Irene Mack
Townswoman
 
Wilbur Mack
Building and Loan Customer
 
Charles Meakin
Elderly Man
 
Priscilla Montgomery
Student in Gym
 
Bert Moorhouse
Man with Sheriff
 
Evelyn Moriarty
Bar Patron
 
Philip Morris
Building & Loan Customer
 
Jack Mower
Townsman
 
George Noisom
School Dancer
 
Anton Northpole
Townsman
 
Bob O'Connor
Bar Patron
 
Frank O'Connor
Military Officer in Montage
 
Lynn O'Leary-Jameson
Infant Janie Bailey
 
Moroni Olsen
Senior Angel
 
Garry Owen
Bill-Poster
 
Netta Packer
Elderly Woman
 
Franklin Parker
Photographer / Reporter
 
Beulah Parkington
Building & Loan Depositor
 
Suzanne Ridgway
Nick's Waitress
 
Constantine Romanoff
Bar Patron
 
Edith Russell
Townswoman
 
Loretta Russell
Building & Loan Depositor
 
Cy Schindell
Nick's Bouncer
 
Bobby Scott
Mickey
 
Almira Sessions
Potter's Secretary
 
Mabel Smaney
Wedding Guest
 
Cedric Stevens
Townsman
 
Brick Sullivan
Man in Fantasy
 
Charles Sullivan
Nick's Bartender
 
Carl Alfalfa Switzer
Freddie Othello
 
Victor Travis
Faculty Member
 
Max Wagner
Cashier / Nick's Assistant Bouncer
 
Larry Wheat
Building & Loan Board Member
 
Charles C. Wilson
Charlie