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Airplane! Cast & Characters

Airplane! (1980) stars Robert Hays as Ted Striker, Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson and Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack. The comedy movie was released June 27, 1980. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG 1980 · 1h 28m 73 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Jim Abrahams , Jerry Zucker , David Zucker

Screenplay

David Zucker , Jim Abrahams , Jerry Zucker

Producers

Jim Abrahams , Jon Davison , David Zucker , Jerry Zucker

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography

Joseph F. Biroc

Editor

Patrick Kennedy

Production design

Ward Preston

Costume design

Rosanna Norton

Casting

Joel Thurm

Full cast

75 cast members

Elaine Dickinson

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Steve McCroskey

Capt. Clarence Oveur

Captain Rex Kramer

Lorna Patterson

Religious Zealot #6

Stephen Stucker

Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs

Barbara Billingsley

Mae E. Campbell

Lieutenant Hurwitz

Windshield Wiper Man

Air Controller Neubauer

Japanese General

Young Girl with Coffee

Second Jive Dude

Airport Steward

Norman Alexander Gibbs

First Jive Dude

Bob Gorman

Striped Controller

David Hollander

Young Boy with Coffee

Religious Zealot #1

Howard Jarvis

Man in Taxi

Michael Laurence

Religious Zealot #3

Barbara Mallory

Religious Zealot #2

Maureen McGovern

Len Mooy

Reporter #1

Laura Nix

Mrs. Hurwitz

Bill Porter

Hospital Contortionist

Conrad E. Palmisano

Religious Zealot #4

Mallory Sandler

L.A. Ticket Agent

Religious Zealot #5

Jack Kirkpatrick

Japanese Newscaster

Air Controller Macias

John David Wilder

Second Krishna

Windy

Horse

Charlotte Zucker

Ground Crewman #2

Ground Crewman #1

Kitten Natividad

Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)

Upside-Down Man (uncredited)

Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)

Woman on Flight (uncredited)

Religious Zealot (uncredited)

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Native (uncredited)

Passenger in Terminal (uncredited)

Crew by department

103 crew members

Directing

Joseph F. Biroc

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Kenneth D. Collins

Second Assistant Director

Writing

Original Film Writer

Original Film Writer

John C. Champion

Original Film Writer

Production

Executive Producer

Associate Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Maurice Vaccarino

Unit Production Manager

Camera

Nick Papanickolas

William E. Fitch

Frederic J. Smith

Camera Operator

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Still Photographer

Editing

Patrick Kennedy

Scott K. Wallace

Assistant Editor

Sound

Assistant Sound Editor

Clancy T. Troutman

Supervising Sound Editor

David E. Campbell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David J. Hudson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Art

Anne D. McCulley

Steven M. Levine

Property Master

Production Design

Wally Graham

Construction Coordinator

Tom Crowl

Assistant Property Master

Art Department Coordinator

Visual Effects

Bill Hedge

Visual Effects

Max W. Anderson

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Victoria Snow

Costumer

Edwin Butterworth

Costume Supervisor

Casting

Gretchen Rennell

Additional Casting

Additional Casting

Additional Casting

Other

Bruce Paul Barbour

Russell Saunders

Sandra Lee Gimpel

Huey Redwine

Stand In

Jeff Clark

Sign Painter

Joseph E. Hubbard

Leigh Walsh

Stunt Double

Adam Culunga

Craft Service

Tom Mahoney

Choreographer

Dick Webb

Animal Wrangler

J.L. Mitchell

Animal Wrangler

Conrad E. Palmisano

Stunt Coordinator

Script Supervisor