The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Norman Z. McLeod.

Cast

• Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty
• Virginia Mayo as Rosalind van Hoorn
• Boris Karloff as Dr. Hollingshead
• Fay Bainter as Mrs. Mitty
• Ann Rutherford as Gertrude Griswold
• Thurston Hall as Bruce Pierce
• Gordon Jones as Tubby Wadsworth
• Florence Bates as Mrs. Griswold
• Konstantin Shayne as Peter van Hoorn
• Reginald Denny as Colonel
• Henry Corden as Hendrick
• Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Follinsbee
• Fritz Feld as Anatole
• Frank Reicher as Maasdam
• Milton Parsons as Butler
• Eddie Acuff as Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
• Robert Altman as Man Drinking (uncredited)
• Billy Bletcher as Western Character (uncredited)
• Betty Blythe as Floor Manager (uncredited)
• Jack Gargan as Photographer (uncredited)
• Karen X. Gaylord as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
• Mary Gleason as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
• Peter Gowland as RAF Pilot (uncredited)
• Georgia Lange as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
• Chris-Pin Martin as Waiter (uncredited)
• Frank McLure as Director (uncredited)
• Frank Meredith as Cop (uncredited)
• Martha Montgomery as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
• Brick Sullivan as Cop (uncredited)
• Charles Trowbridge as Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
• Irene Vernon as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
• Lynn Walker as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
• Charles Cahill Wilson as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
• Hank Worden as Western Character (uncredited)
• Helen Jerome Eddy as Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Illustrator (uncredited)
• Dorothy Granger as Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee (uncredited)
• Sue Casey as (uncredited)
• Dona Dax as Stenographer (uncredited)
• Dick Earle as Director (uncredited)

Crew

• Norman Z. McLeod — Director
• Samuel Goldwyn — Producer
• Ken Englund — Screenplay
• Everett Freeman — Screenplay
• Lee Garmes — Director of Photography
• David Raksin — Original Music Composer

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