The Right Stuff - Cast

Sam Shepard

Chuck Yeager
Actor

Scott Glenn

Alan Shepard
Actor

Ed Harris

John Glenn
Actor

Dennis Quaid

Gordon Cooper
Actor

Fred Ward

Gus Grissom
Actor

Barbara Hershey

Glennis Yeager
Actor

Kim Stanley

Pancho Barnes
Actor

Veronica Cartwright

Betty Grissom
Actor

Pamela Reed

Trudy Cooper
Actor

Scott Paulin

Deke Slayton
Actor

Charles Frank

Scott Carpenter
Actor

Lance Henriksen

Wally Schirra
Actor

Donald Moffat

Lyndon B. Johnson
Actor

Levon Helm

Jack Ridley / Narrator
Actor

Mary Jo Deschanel

Annie Glenn
Actor

Scott Wilson

Scott Crossfield
Actor

Kathy Baker

Louise Shepard
Actor

Royal Dano

Minister
Actor

David Clennon

Liaison Man
Actor

Jim Haynie

Air Force Major
Actor

Jeff Goldblum

NASA Recruiter
Actor

Harry Shearer

NASA Recruiter
Actor

Scott Beach

Chief Scientist
Actor

John P. Ryan

Head of Program
Actor

Darryl Henriques

Life Reporter
Actor

Eric Sevareid

Himself
Actor

William Russ

Slick Goodlin
Actor

William Hall

The Permanent Press Corps
Actor

Edward Anhalt

Grand Designer
Actor

Mary Apick

Woman Reporter
Actor

Tom Dahlgren

Bell Aircraft Executive
Actor

John Dehner

Henry Luce
Actor

David Gulpilil

Aborigine
Actor

Michael Pritchard

Texan
Actor

O-Lan Jones

Girl at Pancho's
Actor

Chuck Yeager

Fred
Actor

Mimi Sarkisian

New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)
Actor