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The Meanest Man in the World (1943) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Sidney Lanfield
Ernst Lubitsch ... (uncredited)

Writing Credits  

George Seaton ... (screenplay) and
Allan House ... (screenplay)
 
George M. Cohan ... (play)
 
Morrie Ryskind ... (uncredited)

Cast (in credits order)  

Jack Benny ... Richard Clarke
Priscilla Lane ... Janie Brown
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ... Shufro
Edmund Gwenn ... Frederick P. Leggitt
Matt Briggs ... Arthur Brown
Anne Revere ... Miss Crockett
Margaret Seddon ... Mrs. Frances H. Leggitt
Donald Douglas ... Husband
Helene Reynolds ... Wife
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jackie Averill Jackie Averill ... Boy with Lollipop (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon Conrad Binyon ... Boy (uncredited)
Morgan Brown ... Pedestrian (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns ... Farmer (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd ... Reporter (uncredited)
James Carlisle James Carlisle ... Client (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Mr. Throckmorton (uncredited)
Edward Clark ... Jury Member (uncredited)
Chester Clute ... Lawyer (uncredited)
Mary Currier ... Relief Worker (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson Hal K. Dawson ... Photographer (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing ... Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Tom Dugan ... Cop in Park (uncredited)
Jan Duggan ... Mrs. Throckmorton (uncredited)
Jay Eaton ... Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson ... Teller (uncredited)
Edward Gargan ... Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Herschel Graham ... Client (uncredited)
Gary Gray ... Second Boy With Candy (uncredited)
Stuart Hall ... Client (uncredited)
Harry Hayden Harry Hayden ... Mr. Chambers (uncredited)
Sam Hayes ... Announcer (uncredited)
John Hiestand John Hiestand ... Announcer (uncredited)
Gladden James ... Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet ... Client (uncredited)
Tor Johnson ... Vladimir Pulasky (uncredited)
Robert Emmett Keane ... City Editor (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Pedestrian (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee ... Teller (uncredited)
Al Kunde ... Juror (uncredited)
Arthur Loft ... Mr. Billings (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... Client (uncredited)
Gerald Mackey Gerald Mackey ... Boy (uncredited)
Mae Marsh ... Old Lady (uncredited)
Lon McCallister ... Bellboy (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick ... Juror (uncredited)
Harry McKim Harry McKim ... Boy (uncredited)
Margaret McWade ... Lady with Umbrella (uncredited)
Harold Minjir ... Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse ... Client (uncredited)
Dave Morris ... Blind Man (uncredited)
William Newell ... Photographer (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell ... Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien ... Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Orth ... NYC Bartender (uncredited)
Paul Power Paul Power ... Pedestrian (uncredited)
Cyril Ring ... Client (uncredited)
Bernard Sell ... Pedestrian (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall Allen D. Sewall ... Juror (uncredited)
Nick Stewart Nick Stewart ... Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Lyle Talbot ... Bill Potts (uncredited)
Andrew Tombes ... Judge (uncredited)
Bess Wade Bess Wade ... Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
Fred Walburn Fred Walburn ... Boy (uncredited)
Will Wright ... Pawn Shop Owner (uncredited)

Produced by 

William Perlberg ... producer

Music by 

Cyril J. Mockridge

Cinematography by 

J. Peverell Marley ... director of photography (as Peverell Marley)

Editing by 

Robert Bischoff

Art Direction by 

Richard Day
Albert Hogsett

Set Decoration by 

Paul S. Fox
Thomas Little

Costume Design by 

Earl Luick

Makeup Department 

Guy Pearce ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Aaron Rosenberg ... assistant director

Sound Department 

W.D. Flick ... sound
Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)

Music Department 

Emil Newman ... musical director
Edward B. Powell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Gene Rose ... orchestrator (uncredited)

See also

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