The full cast of Porgy and Bess

Here you will find an overview of the cast of the movie Porgy and Bess from the year 1959, including all the actors, actresses and the director. When you click on the name of an actor, actress or director from the movie Porgy and Bess-cast you can watch more movies and/or series by him or her. Click here for more infomation about the movie.

We have made an overview that includes: actors, directors, the production team, the camera team, writers and other crew members.

Directors

Otto Preminger

Director

Paul Helmick

Assistant Director

Writers

N. Richard Nash

Screenplay

DuBose Heyward

Theatre Play

Dorothy Heyward

Theatre Play

Actors & actresses

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Brock Peters

Crowne

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Leslie Scott

Jake

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Claude Akins

Detective

Clarence Muse

Peter

Everdinne Wilson

Annie

Ivan Dixon

Jim

Scatman Crothers

Crabman

Maya Angelou

Dancer

Nichelle Nichols

Dancer

Artistic design

Serge Krizman

Art Direction

Joseph C. Wright

Art Direction

Oliver Smith

Production Design

Howard Bristol

Set Decoration

Camera

Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography

Costume & makeup

Irene Sharaff

Costume Design

Layne Britton

Makeup Artist

Frank McCoy

Makeup Artist

Crew

Hermes Pan

Choreographer

Movie Editing

Daniel Mandell

Editor

Production

Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sound

Ken Darby

Original Music Composer

George Gershwin

Original Music Composer

Fred Lau

Sound Designer