The Best Man

Henry Fonda

Frank

Cliff Robertson

J. Higgins

Gore Vidal

Delegate (uncredited)

Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

George Furth

Woodcock

Leoda Richards

Party Guest

George Bruggeman

Reporter (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Banquet Member (uncredited)

Rupert Crosse

Reporter (uncredited)

Noble "Kid" Chissell

Onlooker at Park (uncredited)

Edie Adams

Mabel Cantwell

Sam Harris

Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)

Kevin McCarthy

Dick Jensen

Billy Beck

Motel Manager

Gene Raymond

Don Cantwell

Penny Singleton

Mrs. Claypoole (scenes deleted)

Richard Arlen

Sen. Oscar Anderson

Tyler McVey

Sheriff Stoner

Kenneth Gibson

Reporter (uncredited)

Leon Alton

Dancer (uncredited)

George DeNormand

Onlooker at Park (uncredited)

Shelley Berman

Sheldon Bascomb

Margaret Leighton

Alice Russell

John Alban

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Jack Daly

Photographer (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Delegate (uncredited)

John Henry Faulk

Gov. T.T. Claypoole

Dick Cherney

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

George Kirgo

Speechwriter

Marie Blake

Cleaning Woman (as Blossom Rock)

Ann Sothern

Sue Ellen Gamadge

Lee Tracy

President Art Hockstader

Mary Lawrence

Marge Claypole

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Michael MacDonald

Zealot

Natalie Masters

Mrs. Anderson

Sherwood Keith

Doctor

H.E. West

Sen. Lazarus

Bill Stout

Bill Stout

Anne Newman Bacal

Janet (as Anne Newman)

David Armstrong

Russell Campaign Worker (uncredited)

Donald Chaffin

Detective (uncredited)

William R. Ebersol

Gov. John Merwin