While Nero Fiddled

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Harry Watt

Writing Credits

Angus MacPhail
(original screenplay) (as Angus Macphail) &
Diana Morgan
(original screenplay)

Cast

Tommy Trinder
Tommy Taylor
Frances Day
Poppaea
Sonnie Hale
The Professor
Francis L. Sullivan
Nero
Diana Decker
Lydia
Elisabeth Welch
Nora
Mary Clare
Volumnia
Ernest Milton
Titus
Frederick Piper
Auctioneer
Robert Wyndham
Lionkeeper
Russell Thorndike
High Priest
Danny Green
Lictor
James Robertson Justice
Centurion of the 8th Legion
Wallace Bosco
Roman Citizen
Gerry Judge
Roman Citizen
Kay Kendall
Girl
Alec Mango
Secretary
Charles Paton
Roman Writing Epitaph
Bill Shine
Drunken Roman
Julie Suedo
Señorita Álvarez
Frank Tickle
Master of Ceremonies

Produced by

Michael Balcon
producer
Robert Hamer
associate producer

Cinematography by

Wilkie Cooper
(as W. Cooper) (cameraman)

Editing by

Eily Boland

Art Direction by

Duncan Sutherland

Makeup Department

Tom Shenton
makeup artist

Production Management

Ronald Brantford
unit manager
Hal Mason
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Muriel Cole
second assistant director (uncredited)
Rowland Douglas
second assistant director (uncredited)
Bluey Hill
assistant director (uncredited)
Claude Hudson
third assistant director (uncredited)
Michael McCarthy
assistant director (uncredited)
Norman Priggen
third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Bernard Sarron
draughtsman (uncredited)
Len Wills
draughtsman (uncredited)
Charles Woolveridge
assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Eric Williams
sound supervisor
Nikolai Boulatoff
boom operator (uncredited)
Norman Daines
sound recordist (uncredited)
A.D. Valentine
sound recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Jack Parker
camera operator
Micky Dean
focus puller (uncredited)
Ken Westbury
clapper loader (uncredited)
Hugh Wilson
focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Elizabeth Fanshawe
costumes
Marion Horn
wardrobe

Editorial Department

E. Leverett
assistant editor (uncredited)
Robert Winter
assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Roland Blackburn
lyrics
Robert Hamer
lyrics
Spike Hughes
composer: incidental music
Ernest Irving
musical director
Harry Jacobson
music of songs
Diana Morgan
lyrics
Mischa Spoliansky
music of songs
Geoffrey Wright
music of songs
Benjamin Frankel
music arranger (uncredited)
Philip Green
music arranger (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Daphne Heathcote
continuity (uncredited)
Elaine Schreyeck
continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Buddy Bradley
dance director
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