The Right Stuff (movie, 1983)
The Right Stuff
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra.
The Right Stuff (1983) - Full Cast & Crew
Actors and roles, crew of The Right Stuff (1983). Who was filming and what role he played.
Actors
Chuck Yeager
lead role
Actor, Writer, Director. Popular movies: Mud (2012), The Right Stuff (1983), Days of Heaven (1978)
Alan Shepard
lead role
Actor. Popular movies: Training Day (2001), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Freedom Writers (2006)
John Glenn
lead role
Actor, Producer, Director. Popular movies: A Beautiful Mind (2001), Gravity (2013), Westworld (2016)
Gordon Cooper
Actor, Producer, Director. Popular movies: The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Pandorum (2009), Vantage Point (2008)
Gus Grissom
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Tremors (1989), The Player (1992), Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
Glennis Yeager
Actor. Popular movies: Falling Down (1992), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Betty Grissom
Actor. Popular movies: The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014), The Dark Below (2015)
Trudy Cooper
Actor. Popular movies: Kindergarten Cop (1990), Cadillac Man (1990), The Best of Times (1986)
Deke Slayton
Actor, Director. Popular movies: Pump Up the Volume (1990), Cloned (1997), Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994)
Wally Schirra
Actor. Popular movies: AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), Hard Target (1993), Near Dark (1987)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Actor. Popular movies: On the Nickel (1980), Mrs. R's Daughter (1979), A Touch of the Poet (1974)
Actor. Popular movies: Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), The Last Waltz (1978), Festival Express (2003)
Annie Glenn
Actor. Popular movies: The Patriot (2000), Twin Peaks (1990), Ruby Sparks (2012)
Scott Crossfield
Actor. Popular movies: In Cold Blood (1967), Junebug (2005), The Ninth Configuration (1980)
Louise Shepard
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Age of Adaline (2015), Machine Gun Preacher (2011), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)
Air Force Major
Actor. Popular movies: Escape from Alcatraz (1979), The Bridges of Madison County (1995), Pretty in Pink (1986)
Recruiter
Actor, Producer, Writer. Popular movies: Jurassic Park (1993), Independence Day (1996), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Recruiter
Actor, Writer, Director. Popular movies: The Simpsons (1989), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Animalympics (1980)
Chief Scientist
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: Star Wars (1977), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), American Graffiti (1973)
Gonzales
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Borderline (1980), Legmen (1984)
Head of Program
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), It's Alive (1974), Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
Life Reporter
Actor. Popular movies: Jumanji (1995), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Eric Sevareid
Actor. Popular movies: Frost/Nixon (2008), The Right Stuff (1983), Taxi (1978)
Slick Goodlin
Actor, Director. Popular movies: Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977), Finding John Christmas (2003), Trail of Tears (1995)
The Permanent Press Corps
Actor. Popular movies: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Just Like Heaven (2005), The Right Stuff (1983)
The Permanent Press Corps
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), The Dead Pool (1988)
The Permanent Press Corps
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), The Principal (1987), The Competition (1980)
The Permanent Press Corps
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Howard the Duck (1986), Murder in the First (1994)
The Permanent Press Corps
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), The Dead Pool (1988), Sudden Impact (1983)
Grand Designer
Writer, Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Becket (1964)
Woman Reporter
Actor, Producer, Director. Popular movies: Checkpoint (1987), Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses (2016)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), My Science Project (1985)
Eddie Hodges
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), Pinocchio (2002)
Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Howard the Duck (1986), Nine Months (1995)
Woman TV Reporter
Actor, Design. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Mannequin (1987), Lemon Sky (1988)
Waitress
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Howard the Duck (1986), The Quiet Man (1952)
Bell Aircraft Executive
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: What Lies Beneath (2000), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), The Right Stuff (1983)
Henry Luce
Actor. Popular movies: Cast a Long Shadow (1959), Something for a Lonely Man (1968), The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
Review Board President
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Cujo (1983), The Ewok Adventure (1984)
Game Show M.C.
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), The Two Lives of Carol Letner (1981)
Aborigine
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: Walkabout (1971), The Last Wave (1977), The Tracker (2002)
Australian Driver
Operator, Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983)
Young Widow
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Eye on the Sparrow (1987)
Texan
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Lonesome Dove (1989), Taxi (1978)
Texan
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Near Dark (1987), Village of the Damned (1995)
Girl at Pancho's
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: The Truman Show (1998), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Natural Born Killers (1994)
Astronaut Trainee
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), The Woman in Red (1984), Jade (1995)
Fred
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Marty (1955), The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Trinity And Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995), Palme (2012)
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? (1975), Zorro and Son (1983)
Actor, Writer, Producer. Popular movies: The Lost Boys (1987), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Cast Away (2000), The Karate Kid (1984), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2006)
Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Trinity And Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995), Stalin's Funeral (1990)
Actor. Popular movies: Fantastic Four (2005), The Right Stuff (1983), Hello I Love You (2018)
Composer
Writers
Writer, Director, Actor. Popular movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)
Editors
Editor, Director, Producer. Popular movies: Apocalypse Now (1979), The Godfather: Part III (1990), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
Editor, Producer. Popular movies: What Women Want (2000), Enchanted (2007), The Parent Trap (1998)
Editor, Producer. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Shootist (1976)
Designs
Design, Producer. Popular movies: Children of Men (2006), Space Jam (1996), The Life of David Gale (2003)
Design. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), SpaceCamp (1986)
Design, Actor. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), Orgazmo (1997), The Long Riders (1980)
Design. Popular movies: Apocalypse Now (1979), The Graduate (1967), When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Design. Popular movies: The Right Stuff (1983), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Producers
Producer, Actor, Director. Popular movies: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), GoodFellas (1990), Rocky (1976)
Producer, Actor. Popular movies: Bruce Almighty (2003), Liar Liar (1997), Chef (2014)
Director
Writer, Director, Actor. Popular movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Operator
Operator, Actor, Director. Popular movies: Jack Reacher (2012), National Treasure (2004), The Patriot (2000)
