The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Writing Credits

Michael Powell
(written by) and
Emeric Pressburger
(written by)

Cast

James McKechnie
Spud Wilson
Neville Mapp
Stuffy Graves
Vincent Holman
Club Porter (1942)
Roger Livesey
Clive Candy
David Hutcheson
Hoppy
Spencer Trevor
Period Blimp
Roland Culver
Colonel Betteridge
James Knight
Club Porter (1902)
Deborah Kerr
Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela 'Johnny' Cannon
Dennis Arundell
Café Orchestra Leader
David Ward
Kaunitz
Jan Van Loewen
Indignant Citizen
Valentine Dyall
von Schönborn
Carl Jaffe
von Reumann
Albert Lieven
von Ritter
Eric Maturin
Colonel Goodhead
Frith Banbury
Baby-Face Fitzroy
Robert Harris
Embassy Secretary
Arthur Wontner
Embassy Counsellor
Theodore Zichy
Colonel Borg
Anton Walbrook
Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
Jane Millican
Nurse Erna
Ursula Jeans
Frau von Kalteneck
Phyllis Morris
Pebble
Muriel Aked
Aunt Margaret
John Laurie
Murdoch
Reginald Tate
van Zijl
W.H. Barrett
The Texan
Thomas Palmer
The Sergeant
Yvonne Andre
The Nun
Marjorie Gresley
The Matron
Felix Aylmer
The Bishop
Helen Debroy Summers
Mrs. Wynne
Norman Pierce
Mr. Wynne
Harry Welchman
Major Davies
A.E. Matthews
President of Tribunal
Edward Cooper
B.B.C. Official
Joan Swinstead
Secretary
John Adams
German Officer
John Boxer
Soldier
Robin Burns
Popeye
Erik
Cocker Spaniel (1920)
Eileen Farrell
Nun / nurse (uncredited)
Ian Fleming
Maj. Plumley (1902)
Desmond Jeans
Barman
Patrick Macnee
Extra
Diana Marshall
Sybil Hopwell
Ferdy Mayne
Prussian Student
Pat McGrath
Cpl. Tommy Tucker
Ronald Millar
Sgt Hawkins
Charles Mortimer
Dr. Crowler at Duel
Pete Murray
Extra in Crowd at BBC Bunker
Peter Noble
Prisoner of War
Wally Patch
Sergeant Clearing Debris
Norris Smith
Napoleon Armstrong (1918)
Spangle
Cocker Spaniel (1920)
Patricia Tidy
Edith's Sister
Robert Brooks Turner
Senior Service Officer at Dinner Party
John Varley
Soldier
Norman Williams
Youngster
George Woodbridge
Man with Debris Clearing Unit

Produced by

Michael Powell
producer
Emeric Pressburger
producer
Richard Vernon
assistant producer

Music by

Allan Gray

Cinematography by

Georges Périnal
(as Georges Perinal) (photographed by)

Editing by

John Seabourne Sr.
(as John Seabourne)

Production Design by

Alfred Junge
(production designed in colour by)

Costume Design by

Joseph Bato
(costumes designed by)

Makeup Department

George Blackler
makeup artist
Dorrie Hamilton
makeup artist
Stuart Freeborn
makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Alec Saville
production manager (uncredited)
Sydney Streeter
production manager (uncredited)
Tom White
production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kenneth Horne
assistant director (as Ken Horne)
Tom Payne
assistant director

Art Department

Peter Manley
art department (uncredited)

Sound Department

Desmond Dew
sound
C.C. Stevens
sound

Visual Effects by

Jaelyn May Belle
restoration artist (restored version) (as Jason Richardson)
W. Percy Day
process shots for the Technicolor Company

Camera and Electrical Department

Jack Cardiff
Technicolor cameraman for the Technicolor Company
Harold Haysom
Technicolor cameraman for the Technicolor Company
Geoffrey Unsworth
Technicolor cameraman for the Technicolor Company
Bill Wall
chief electrician
Jim Body
clapper loader (uncredited)
Fred Daniels
still photographer: portraits (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Matilda Etches
costumes executed by

Editorial Department

Thelma Connell
assistant editor (as Thelma Myers)
Natalie Kalmus
chief of color control department: Technicolor
Peter Seabourne
assistant editor
Clive Donner
trainee (uncredited)
Peter R. Hunt
associate editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Allan Gray
music arranger
Charles Williams
conductor

Script and Continuity Department

Maggie Unsworth
script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Charles R. Beard
period adviser (as Dr. C. Beard)
Douglas Brownrigg
military adviser (as Lieut-General Sir Douglas Brownrigg K.C.B. D.S.O.)
Robert Harris
by courtesy of B.B.C.
Arthur Lawson
floor manager
Joan Page
Archers secretary
Alec Saville
management
E.F.E. Schoen
period adviser
Sydney Streeter
management (as Sydney S. Streeter)
Roger Cherrill
production runner (uncredited)
Bill Paton
assistant: Mr Powell (uncredited)

Thanks

David Low
with acknowledgments to, creator of the mortal Colonel
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