Father of the Bride (1950) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Cast

• Spencer Tracy as Stanley T. Banks
• Joan Bennett as Ellie Banks
• Elizabeth Taylor as Kay Banks
• Don Taylor as Buckley Dunstan
• Billie Burke as Doris Dunstan
• Leo G. Carroll as Mr. Massoula
• Moroni Olsen as Herbert Dunstan
• Melville Cooper as Mr. Tringle
• Taylor Holmes as Warner
• Paul Harvey as Reverend Galsworthy
• Frank Orth as Joe
• Russ Tamblyn as Tommy Banks
• Tom Irish as Ben Banks
• Marietta Canty as Delilah
• Richard Alexander as Moving Man with Screen (uncredited)
• Don Anderson as Usher (uncredited)
• William Bailey as Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
• Fay Baker as Miss Bellamy (uncredited)
• Lucile Barnes as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
• Oliver Blake as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
• Lillian Bronson as Schoolteacher (uncredited)
• Joe Brown Jr. as Moving Man (uncredited)
• Frank Cady as Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
• Aileen Carlyle as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
• Carleton Carpenter as Party Guest / Usher With Coke (uncredited)
• Gene Coogan as Barman (uncredited)
• Paul Cristo as Waiter (uncredited)
• Oliver Cross as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Lucille Curtis as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Roy Damron as Reception Guest (uncredited)
• Boyd Davis as Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
• Chris Drake as Usher (uncredited)
• Jacqueline Duval as Peg (uncredited)
• Ella Ethridge as Woman in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
• Estelle Etterre as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Betty Farrington as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Janey Fay as Bridesmaid (uncredited)
• Charles Ferguson as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)
• Edward Gargan as Moving Man with Door (uncredited)

Crew

• Vincente Minnelli — Director
• Edward Streeter — Novel
• Frances Goodrich — Screenplay
• Pandro S. Berman — Producer
• Albert Hackett — Screenplay
• Adolph Deutsch — Original Music Composer
• John Alton — Director of Photography

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