The Man Behind the Badge (1953) | Full Cast

John Peyser

DIRECTOR

Paul Landres

DIRECTOR

Gilbert Kay

DIRECTOR

Harold Daniels

DIRECTOR

Anton Leader

DIRECTOR

William Beaudine

DIRECTOR

Leigh Jason

DIRECTOR

Norman Rose

Narrator

Charles Bickford

Narrator

Joel Aldred

Announcer

Fred Uttal

Self - Announcer

Paul Brinegar

Brant

Lewis Charles

Cherokee Kid

Sam Flint

Bank Manager

Lillian Powell

Mrs. Chase

Kay Stewart

Betty

Christine White

ACTOR

Rusty Lane

ACTOR

Carl Frank

ACTOR

Frank Campanella

ACTOR

Matt Crowley

Samuel Thomas

Joe Helgeson

Price

Byron Foulger

Calloway

Tristram Coffin

Canton

Claude Akins

Frederick John 'Freddie' Webster

Paul Dubov

Herby

Richard H. Cutting

Frederick P. Schmid

John Harmon

George Ferguson

Stanley Andrews

Chief

Darlene Fields

Miss La Rue

Amzie Strickland

Betty

Clark Howat

Briefing Captain

George D. Wallace

Frank Reeds

Robert Bray

Fireman

Wendell Holmes

Lawrence Deshaw

James Flavin

Carroll

Hugh Sanders

Chief of Police Alvin R. Randall

John Gallaudet

Det. Bert Baldwin

Joan Camden

Elvy

Tom McKee

Inspector Ed Wheeler

James McCallion

Andy

William Boyett

Miller

Tyler McVey

Captain Clark

Dan White

Caretaker

Harry Tyler

Sailor Jack

Larry J. Blake

Merkel

Dan Seymour

John Renick

Robert Foulk

Capt. Olvera

Robert Carson

Lt. Jacob Gomborow

Harlan Warde

FBI Agent Dexter

Vivi Janiss

Sarah Ferguson

George Eldredge

Gallup

Selmer Jackson

Sam Walker

William Fawcett

Old Man

Peter Brocco

August Paoli

James Stone

Dryden

Edmund Penney

Guard

Paul Newman

ACTOR

Bethel Leslie

ACTOR

James Gregory

Detective John Masterson

Robert Emhardt

ACTOR

Dennis Patrick

ACTOR

Joseph Walsh

ACTOR

John McGovern

Sheriff Isbell

Paul Tripp

ACTOR

Robert P. Lieb

The Chief

Frank Ferguson

Harvey

Leslie Nielsen

ACTOR

Anthony Perkins

Pedro

Jason Robards

ACTOR

Joe Maross

Ham Hamlin

Robert Middleton

Deputy Warden Lorenz C. Schmuhl

Bill Zuckert

Sheriff Bryan Clemens

Jean Carson

ACTOR

Gage Clarke

The District Attorney

Mario Gallo

ACTOR

Steve Gravers

ACTOR

Leslie Barrett

Lester Mapes

Russell Hardie

John Finnegan

Herbert Nelson

Spencer Drayton

Humphrey Davis

Fraser

James Bender

ACTOR

Richard Bishop

Colonel Hammond

Leonard Barry

ACTOR

Truman Smith

ACTOR

Katharine Raht

Customer

Don Briggs

Harold

Charles Rae King

ACTOR

Ernest Parmentier

Andy

Barney Phillips

Detective Charles Wade

Sam Edwards

Freddie

Walter Reed

Linden

Joseph Hamilton

Bill

Christopher Dark

Frank

Ray Walker

Atwater

Charles Cane

Police Captain

Carlyle Mitchell

Dixon

Ruth Perrott

Mrs. Casey

Virginia Lee

June

Jeanette Nolan

Ruby Barrett

Willis Bouchey

Frank Ellis

Rhys Williams

Johnson

Frank Jenks

Officer O'Mara

Emile Meyer

Deputy Charles Newsome

Barry Kelley

Det. Sgt. John Flavin

Don Haggerty

Detective William J. Nelson

Jess Barker

Capt. Osborn

Linda Stirling

Nettie Perry

James Millican

Inspector Fred Barnes

Ernestine Barrier

Warden Monahan

Dabbs Greer

Detective Merrick

Strother Martin

Brother Daniel

Karen Steele

Peggy

Mary Beth Hughes

Rose Gilbert

Lyle Talbot

Walter Perry

Wally Brown

Sidney Weber

Leon Askin

Leon

Aaron Spelling

Billy

Robert H. Harris

Dr. Lewis Lubeck

Harry Shannon

Clyde

Joyce Holden

Claire Torrington

Stephen Bekassy

George Lyons

Donald Murphy

Conklin

Tracey Roberts

Lily Walling

Ellen Corby

Katherine LeRoy

Gregory Walcott

Tom Barker

Morris Ankrum

Floyd King

Helen Kleeb

Deputy

George E. Stone

Blinky, City Undertaker

Roy Barcroft

Captain Pulasky

Gene Reynolds

Carl Wingate

Roy Engel

Petosky

Robert Osterloh

Roy Miller

Judy Nugent

Donna Eldred

Ian MacDonald

Slade

William 'Bill' Phillips

Chester

Jacqueline Duval

Marie Luzette

Vic Perrin

Saugus

Don Megowan

Ludell

Jan Merlin

Tom McKeller

Claire Carleton

Pearl Weber

Philip Van Zandt

Undertaker Charlie Ridgely

Paul Bryar

Chief of Police

Pepe Hern

Pedro

Yvonne Doughty

Miss Sampson

Jerry Eskow

Vincent Wells

William Schallert

Mr. Lyons

Bill Baldwin

Natick

William Hudson

Sgt. Bill Wiley

Charles Meredith

Police Chief

Steve Pendleton

Officer Thompson

Walter Kingsford

Bartlett

Maureen Cassidy

Betzy

King Donovan

Niles

Dick Simmons

Major Hobart

Eddy Waller

Andy

Sidney Clute

Theater Manager

Robert Griffin

Chief of Police

Ezelle Poule

Miss Mallory

Jean Dean

Ruth

Alice Reinheart

Mrs. Webster

Don Oreck

Al

Carl Milletaire

Harry - Bartender

Muriel Mansell

Florence

Richard Deacon

Reverend Edgefield

Howard Culver

Carl - Lab Man

John Bryant

Pierce Torrington

Fred Sherman

Doctor

Edit Angold

Mrs. Butler

Eva Ralf

Carla

Rayford Barnes

Hall Pully

Adrienne Marden

Ada

Frank J. Scannell

Harry - the Barker

Joseph Mell

Sam Howell

John Halloran

Sheriff

Chester Marshall

Sailor

Lillian Buyeff

Mrs. Eldred

Lester Dorr

Bob Castle

David McMahon

Mr. Glenwood

Tom Daly

Circus Manager

Thayer Roberts

Dr. Taylor

Paul Knight

Reporter

Mary Dean

Lucy

Gayne Whitman

Hayes

Alan Lee

Flophouse Manager

Howard Price

Jay Patterson

Dick McGowan

Boy

Burt Metcalfe

Air Policeman

Ronny Liss

Joplin

Jack Warden

ACTOR

Jack Klugman

ACTOR

Katharine Bard

ACTOR

Richard Carlyle

ACTOR

Scott McKay

Jack Tyler

Jerry Crews

ACTOR

Sid Raymond

ACTOR

Thomas Coley

ACTOR

Wendell K. Phillips

ACTOR

Ruth Enders

ACTOR

Dortha Duckworth

ACTOR

Gene Sultan

Johnny Isbell

Ruth Matteson

ACTOR

Dorothy Sands

Grace Spencer

Alan Devitt

ACTOR

Ed Bond

ACTOR

Robert Fuller

ACTOR

Royal Dano

Robert Butzler

Constance Ford

Mary Rourke

Lawrence Tierney

ACTOR

Murray Hamilton

ACTOR

Frank Sutton

ACTOR

Lynn Loring

The Daughter

Carmen Mathews

ACTOR

Harold J. Stone

ACTOR

Dickie Moore

ACTOR

Alice Pearce

ACTOR

June Dayton

ACTOR

Mason Adams

Conrad

Norma Crane

ACTOR

Conrad Janis

ACTOR

Patricia Smith

ACTOR

Douglas Fowley

ACTOR

Ray Danton

ACTOR

Philip Abbott

ACTOR

Harry Townes

Mandell Fogel

Wesley Addy

ACTOR

Harry Lauter

ACTOR

Bruce Gordon

Captain Jack Donahoe

Vinton Hayworth

Tommy

Frances Reid

ACTOR

George Mitchell

ACTOR

Dean Harens

ACTOR

Jim Boles

ACTOR

Nellie Burt

ACTOR

Addison Richards

ACTOR

Jan Miner

ACTOR

Virginia Gibson

ACTOR

Edgar Stehli

ACTOR

Victor Rendina

ACTOR

Philip Truex

Averill

Wynne Gibson

ACTOR

Russell Hicks

The Principal

Herbert Ellis

ACTOR

Howard St. John

Detective John Palmer

Sydney Smith

ACTOR

Joe Downing

Knapp

Ralph Dunn

Moore

James Nolan

ACTOR

Harry Davis

ACTOR

John Marriott

ACTOR

Cliff Hall

ACTOR

John Gibson

Ordway

Claudia Morgan

ACTOR

Larry Haines

ACTOR

Tom Gorman

ACTOR

Jan Leighton

ACTOR

Mary Alice Moore

Ella

Joey Faye

ACTOR

Philip Kenneally

ACTOR

Florence Sundstrom

Phyllis

Mimi Kelly

Miss Dennis

William F. Leicester

ACTOR

Virginia Damon

ACTOR

Harold Gary

ACTOR

Boris Aplon

ACTOR

Gilbert Mack

ACTOR

Blair Davies

ACTOR

Lisa Ferraday

ACTOR

John Connell

Herb

Gloria Marlowe

Vera

Edwin Bruce

Chuck

James Kelly

ACTOR

Henrietta Moore

Stella

Thomas Nello

ACTOR

William Lundmark

ACTOR

Cameron Prud'Homme

ACTOR

Gordon B. Clarke

ACTOR

Archie Smith

ACTOR

Loretta Daye

ACTOR

Svea Grunfeld

ACTOR

Paul Clarke

ACTOR

Billy M. Greene

ACTOR

Milo Boulton

ACTOR

Dorian Leigh Parker

ACTOR

Henry Girard

ACTOR

Eda Heinemann

ACTOR

Haskell Coffin

ACTOR

Lee Papell

ACTOR

William Thunhurst Jr.

Major Corning

Clement Fowler

ACTOR

Lawrence Fletcher

ACTOR

Billy Butterfield

Self - Jazz Trumpeter

Lorna Lynn

Ruthie

Jack Arthur

ACTOR

Frank Dana

Bill

Jill Kraft

ACTOR

Ruth Yorke

Mrs. Fogel

Douglas Rutherford

Brad Benedict

John C. Beecher

ACTOR

Alan Stevenson

ACTOR

George McCoy

ACTOR

Somar Alberg

ACTOR

James Mishler

ACTOR

Rocky Hamilton

ACTOR

Richard Purdy

ACTOR

Karen Lenay

ACTOR

John Buckwalter

ACTOR

Orme Lewis

Self - Asst. Secretary of Department of the Interior

Richard Leone

Mike

Will Scholz

ACTOR

Bruce Marshall

ACTOR

Dorothy Donahue

Claire

Pud Flanagan

Billy

Robert Jennings

ACTOR

Merle Albertson

ACTOR

Harold McGee

ACTOR

Barbara Glenn

ACTOR

Ned H. Dearborn

Self - President of National Safety Council

Charles Penman

ACTOR

Dick Moore

ACTOR

Dana Wyatt

ACTOR

Carolyn Jones

Louise

Charles Bronson

Ralph

Lee Van Cleef

Floyd

Elisha Cook Jr.

ACTOR

Denver Pyle

Detective Lashley

Jeanne Cooper

ACTOR

John Dehner

Capt. Harold D. Smith

Gloria Talbott

Mary

Jean Willes

Helen

Milburn Stone

Grady Norton

Nehemiah Persoff

ACTOR

Parley Baer

Fallon

Roy Roberts

ACTOR

June Vincent

County Prosecutor Dorothy Nelson

Nancy Gates

Flo

Dorothy Green

Cindy

John Doucette

Garrison

Michael Fox

Stranger

Mort Mills

Lloyd

Hayden Rorke

Dep. State Fire Marshal Germain

Ted Bessell

ACTOR

Laurie Mitchell

Betty

Ted de Corsia

Capt. Joseph Crescio

Douglas Kennedy

Weston

Malcolm Atterbury

Kelley

Jan Shepard

Helen

Dick Elliott

Campbell

Stanley Clements

Andy

John Litel

Postal Investigator Pauling

Douglas Dick

Harry

Cheerio Meredith

Landlady

Walter Sande

Arson Investigator Harry Foster

Russ Conway

McCrory

William Henry

Meredith

Richard Gaines

Lamar

John Pickard

Walker

Evelyn Scott

ACTOR

Marc Cavell

Walter

James Bell

Clifford Montgomery

Frank Gerstle

Bernie

Barry Norton

ACTOR

Ann McCrea

Laura

Keith Richards

Alloway

Dehl Berti

Delmar

James Nusser

Coroner

Robert Bice

Courtland

Biff Elliot

Curley

Elizabeth Harrower

Mrs. Lindsay

Pierre Watkin

Tremont

Paul Maxey

Olean

Rita Johnson

Ruth

Don C. Harvey

Melton

Bill Coontz

Lobou

Nelson Leigh

ACTOR

Alan Dexter

George

Donald Curtis

Brant

Lewis Martin

ACTOR

Frances Morris

Mrs. Eden

Gregg Martell

Danny

Phil Tead

Barber

Hal March

ACTOR

Jennifer Raine

Miss Hanson

Barbara Wooddell

Helen

John Maxwell

Judge

Austin Green

Lab Man

Don Kennedy

Paul

Larry Hudson

Bartender

John Damler

Adams

Marshall Bradford

Police Chief

Tom Monroe

Captain

Paul Keast

Police Chief

John Hiestand

Harry

Vernon Rich

Keene

Joel Smith

Phil

Joey Ray

Jury Foreperson

Jack Gardner

Jackson

Marvin Bryan

Doctor

John Truax

ACTOR

Anitra Stevens

Paula

Virginia Stefan

Kay

Ben Niems

Slim

Nico Lek

Bartender

Billy Lechner

Phillips

Joanne Davis

Rose

Mel Ford

Clerk

Kenner G. Kemp

Detectiveuncredited

George Sawaya

Bartenderuncredited