Porgy and Bess (movie, 1959)
Porgy and Bess
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Porgy and Bess (1959) - Full Cast & Crew
Actors and roles, crew of Porgy and Bess (1959). Who was filming and what role he played.
Actors
lead role
Actor, Director, Producer. Popular movies: The Jackal (1997), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
lead role
Actor. Popular movies: Carmen Jones (1954), Porgy and Bess (1959), Bright Road (1953)
Sportin' Life
lead role
Actor, Producer, Writer. Popular movies: Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), Porgy and Bess (1959), Smorgasbord (1983)
Maria
Actor. Popular movies: The Fox and the Hound (1981), Carmen Jones (1954), The Member of the Wedding (1982)
Crown
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Pawnbroker (1964), Ace High (1968), Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972)
Clara
Actor. Popular movies: White Collar (2009), The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Serena Robbins
Actor. Popular movies: Being There (1979), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Raintree County (1957)
Detective
Actor. Popular movies: Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), Comanche Station (1960), The Curse (1987)
Peter
Actor, Writer, Composer. Popular movies: That Gang of Mine (1940), Spirit of Youth (1938), Prison Train (1938)
Robbins
Actor. Popular movies: Hang 'em High (1968), Imitation of Life (1959), The Chase (1966)
Elderly man
Actor. Popular movies: Weird Science (1985), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959)
Undertaker
Actor. Popular movies: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Killers (1946)
Frazier
Actor. Popular movies: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Hang 'em High (1968), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Coroner
Actor. Popular movies: The Wrong Man (1956), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), The Munsters (1964)
Crabman
Actor. Popular movies: Coonskin (1975), Scavenger Hunt (1979), Scooby-Doo! Spooky Games (2012)
Actor, Writer, Director. Popular movies: I Hope You Dance: The Power and Spirit of Song (2015)
Actor, Design. Popular movies: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Live and Let Die (1973), Annie (1982)
Designs
Design, Actor. Popular movies: Batman (1966), The Razor's Edge (1946), Porgy and Bess (1959)
Design. Popular movies: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Guys and Dolls (1955), Oklahoma! (1955)
Design. Popular movies: West Side Story (1961), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Design. Popular movies: Rope (1948), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Writers
Writer. Popular movies: Cry Macho (2021), The Rainmaker (1956), Porgy and Bess (1959)
Operator
Operator, Actor. Popular movies: Planet of the Apes (1968), Cleopatra (1963), The King and I (1956)
Editor
Editor. Popular movies: The Apartment (1960), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Composer
Producer
Producer, Actor. Popular movies: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Directors
Director, Actor, Writer. Popular movies: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Mark of Zorro (1940), Queen Christina (1933)
