- Godfrey Cambridge
- Grave Digger Jones
- Raymond St. Jacques
- Coffin Ed Johnson
- Calvin Lockhart
- Rev. Deke O'Malley
- Judy Pace
- Iris
- Redd Foxx
- Uncle Budd / Booker Washington Sims
- Emily Yancy
- Mabel
- John Anderson
- Capt. Bryce
- Lou Jacobi
- Goodman
- Eugene Roche
- Lt. Anderson
- J.D. Cannon
- Calhoun
- Mabel Robinson
- Billie
- Dick Sabol
- Jarema
- Cleavon Little
- Lo Boy
- Teddy Wilson
- Barry
- Maxwell Glanville
- Caspar
- Arnold Williams
- Hi Jenks
- Van Kirksey
- Early Riser
- Helen Martin
- Church Sister
- Irwin C. Watson
- Minister
- Gertrude Jeannette
- Sister Minnie
- Leonardo Cimino
- Tom
- Simm Landres
- Luddy
- Turk Turpin
- Dum Dum
- Tommy Lane
- '44'
- Gilbert Lewis
- 1st Black Beret
- Wally Taylor
- 2nd Black Beret
- William Pratt
- 3rd Black Beret
- Lisle Wilson
- 4th Black Beret
- John D. Anthony
- 5th Black Beret
- Anthony Chisholm
- Black Plainclothesman
- Tony Brubaker
- John Hill
- Jonelle Allen
- Secretary
- Walter Scott
- Cowboy
- Jimmy Hayeson
- Wino
- Lawrence Cook
- 1st Young Black Man
- Vincent Hamill
- Lead picket
- Rudy Townsend
- 2nd Picket
- Vernee Watson
- Woman
- Ernest Marks
- Man
- Al Fann
- Billie Boy
- Alyce Webb
- Angry Woman
- Louis Whitman
- Chicken Man
- Kenneth Manigault
- Traveling Man
- Don Bexley
- Vendor in Crowd
- Vinnette Carroll
- Reba
- Harold Gaetano
- Plainclothesman
- Stanley Greene
- Chep
- Albert Hall
- Backround Detective
- Gene Lindsey
- Luddy
- Melba Moore
- Singer at the Apollo Theater
- Frederick O'Neal
- (uncredited)
- Mama Lu Parks
- Woman
- Lee Steele
- Sidewalk Fur Coat Salesman
- Demond Wilson
- Rally Attendant
