The Greatest Show on Earth - Cast

Betty Hutton

Holly
Actor

Cornel Wilde

The Great Sebastian
Actor

Charlton Heston

Brad Braden
Actor

Dorothy Lamour

Phyllis
Actor

Gloria Grahame

Angel
Actor

James Stewart

Buttons
Actor

Henry Wilcoxon

FBI Agent Gregory
Actor

Lyle Bettger

Klaus
Actor

Lawrence Tierney

Mr. Henderson
Actor

Emmett Kelly

Himself
Actor

John Kellogg

Harry
Actor

Julia Faye

Birdie
Actor

Cecil B. DeMille

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Actor

John Ringling North

Himself
Actor

Frank Wilcox

Doctor
Actor

Lillian Albertson

Buttons' mother
Actor

Milton Kibbee

Picked-pocket Customer
Actor

Davison Clark

Sam, game customer
Actor

Dorothy Adams

Sam's Wife (uncredited)
Actor

Arthur Q. Bryan

Ice-Cream Eating Spectator
Actor

Bess Flowers

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Bing Crosby

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Bob Hope

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Mona Freeman

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Kathleen Freeman

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

William Boyd

Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)
Actor

Beverly Washburn

Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Lee Aaker

Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Erville Alderson

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Oliver Blake

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Franklyn Farnum

Spectator (uncredited)
Actor

Nancy Gates

Spectator
Actor

Bob Crosby

Spectator
Actor

John Ridgely

Assistant Manager
Actor

Lane Chandler

Dave (uncredited)
Actor

Edmond O'Brien

Midway Barker at End (uncredited)
Actor

Eric Alden

Canvas Man (uncredited)
Actor

Noel Neill

Noel (uncredited)
Actor

Syd Saylor

Circus Barker (uncredited)
Actor

Daisy Earles

Midget
Actor

Angelo Rossitto

Dwarf
Actor