The Greatest Show on Earth

Holly

Betty Hutton

The Great Sebastian

Cornel Wilde

Brad Braden

Charlton Heston

Phyllis

Dorothy Lamour

Angel

Gloria Grahame

Buttons

James Stewart

FBI Agent Gregory

Henry Wilcoxon

Klaus

Lyle Bettger

Mr. Henderson

Lawrence Tierney

Himself

Emmett Kelly

Cucciola

Cucciola

The Ringmaster

Robert Carson

Harry

John Kellogg

Birdie

Julia Faye

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille

Himself

John Ringling North

Himself (clown)

Lou Jacobs

Reporter at RIngside

Brad Jackson

Doctor

Frank Wilcox

Buttons' mother

Lillian Albertson

Picked-pocket Customer

Milton Kibbee

Sam, game customer

Davison Clark

Sam's Wife (uncredited)

Dorothy Adams

Ice-Cream Eating Spectator

Arthur Q. Bryan

Spectator (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Spectator (uncredited)

Bing Crosby

Spectator (uncredited)

Bob Hope

Spectator (uncredited)

Mona Freeman

Spectator (uncredited)

Kathleen Freeman

Hopalong Cassidy (uncredited)

William Boyd

Little Girl Spectator (uncredited)

Beverly Washburn

Little Boy Spectator (uncredited)

Lee Aaker

Spectator (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Spectator (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Spectator (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Spectator

Nancy Gates

Spectator

Bob Crosby

Assistant Manager

John Ridgely

Dave (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Midway Barker at End (uncredited)

Edmond O'Brien

Canvas Man (uncredited)

Eric Alden

Noel (uncredited)

Noel Neill

Circus Barker (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Midget

Daisy Earles

Midget

Luce Potter

Dwarf

Angelo Rossitto

Antoinette Concello

Antoinette Concello

Tuffy Genders

Tuffy Genders

Kay Wiley

Spectator

Lillian O'Malley