Spencer Tracy
C. G. Culpepper

Milton Berle
J. Russell Finch

Sid Caesar
Melville Crump

Buddy Hackett
Benjy Benjamin

Ethel Merman
Mrs. Marcus

Mickey Rooney
Ding 'Dingy' Bell

Dick Shawn
Sylvester Marcus

Phil Silvers
Otto Meyer

Terry-Thomas
J. Algernon Hawthorne

Jonathan Winters
Lennie Pike

Edie Adams
Monica Crump

Dorothy Provine
Emeline Marcus-Finch

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Second Cab Driver

Jim Backus
Tyler Fitzgerald

Ben Blue
Biplane Pilot

Joe E. Brown
Union Official

Alan Carney
Police Sergeant

Chick Chandler
Detective Outside Chinese Laundromat

Barrie Chase
Sylvester's Girlfriend

Lloyd Corrigan
The Mayor

William Demarest
Police Chief Aloysius

Selma Diamond
Ginger Culpepper (voice)

Andy Devine
Sheriff of Crockett County

Norman Fell
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site

Paul Ford
Col. Wilberforce

Stan Freberg
Deputy Sheriff

Leo Gorcey
First Cab Driver

Sterling Holloway
Fire Chief

Marvin Kaplan
Irwin

Edward Everett Horton
Mr. Dinckler

Buster Keaton
Jimmy the Crook

Charles Lane
Airport Manager

Don Knotts
Nervous Motorist

Mike Mazurki
Miner

Charles McGraw
Lt. Matthews

Cliff Norton
Reporter

Zasu Pitts
Gertie - Switchboard Operator

Carl Reiner
Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

Madlyn Rhue
Secretary Schwartz

Roy Roberts
Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage

Arnold Stang
Ray

Nick Stewart
Driver run off highway

Moe Howard
Airport Firemen #1

Larry Fine
Airport Firemen #2

Joe DeRita
Airport Firemen #3

Sammee Tong
Laundryman

Jimmy Durante
Smiler Grogan

Jack Benny
Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)

Jerry Lewis
Driver Who Runs Over Hat (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver
Hardware Store Clerk (uncredited)

Al Bain
Spectator (uncredited)

Stanley Clements
Reporter (uncredited)

Morey Amsterdam
Uncle Mike (voice) (uncredited)

John Clarke
Helicoper Pilot (uncredited)

Roy Engel
Patrolman / Police Radio Voice Unit F-14 (uncredited)

Nicholas Georgiade
Detective at Grogan's Crash Site (uncredited)

Stacy Harris
Police Radio Unit F-7 (voice) (uncredited)

Don C. Harvey
Policeman in Helicopter (uncredited)

Allen Jenkins
Cop (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy
Traffic Cop (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock
Crowd Member (uncredited)

Lennie Weinrib
F-14 / Ladder Fireman (voice) (uncredited)

Peter Falk
Third Cab Driver

King Donovan
Airport Official (uncredited)

James Flavin
Patrolman (uncredited)

Robert Karnes
Officer Sammy (uncredited)

Harry Lauter
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Jesse White
Radio Tower Operator at Rancho Conejo