The Great Dictator (1940) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Charlie Chaplin.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
- Paulette Goddard as Hannah
- Jack Oakie as Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria
- Reginald Gardiner as Commander Schultz
- Henry Daniell as Garbitsch
- Billy Gilbert as Field Marshal Herring
- Grace Hayle as Madame Napaloni
- Carter DeHaven as Spook
- Maurice Moscovitch as Mr. Jaeckel
- Emma Dunn as Mrs. Jaeckel
- Bernard Gorcey as Mr. Mann
- Paul Weigel as Mr. Agar
- Chester Conklin as Barber's Customer
- Esther Michelson as Jewish Woman
- Hank Mann as Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit
- Florence Wright as Blonde Secretary
- Eddie Gribbon as Tomanian Storm Trooper
- Rudolph Anders as Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis
- Eddie Dunn as Whitewashed Storm Trooper
- Nita Pike as Secretary
- George Lynn as Commander of Storm Troopers
- Wheeler Dryden as Heinrich Schtick / Translator (voice)
- Fred Aldrich as Soldier (uncredited)
- Richard Alexander as Tomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)
- Sig Arno as Compact Parachute Inventor (uncredited)
- William Arnold as Tomanian Officer (uncredited)
- Joe Bordeaux as Ghetto Extra (uncredited)
- Don Brodie as Reporter from International Press (uncredited)
- Gino Corrado as Sculptor (uncredited)
- John Davidson as Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)
- Max Davidson as Jewish Man (uncredited)
- Lew Davis as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
- Pat Flaherty as Friendly Storm Trooper (uncredited)
- Bud Geary as Storm Trooper (uncredited)
- Sam Harris as Officer (uncredited)
- Eddie Hart as Policeman (uncredited)
- Leyland Hodgson as Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
- William Irving as Man Seated on Bed (uncredited)
- Charles Irwin as Banquet Butler (uncredited)
- Ethelreda Leopold as Blonde Secretary (uncredited)
Crew
- Charlie Chaplin — Producer
- Meredith Willson — Original Music Composer
- Charlie Chaplin — Original Music Composer
- Roland Totheroh — Director of Photography
- Charlie Chaplin — Director
- Karl Struss — Director of Photography
- Charlie Chaplin — Screenplay
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