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Lionel Barrymore, Edward Arnold, Margaret O'Brien, and Lewis Stone in Three Wise Fools (1946)

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Three Wise Fools

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Director

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  • Edward Buzzell
    Edward Buzzell

Writers

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  • John McDermott
    John McDermott
    screen play and
  • James O'Hanlon
    James O'Hanlon
    screen play
  • John McDermott
    John McDermott
    story
  • Austin Strong
    Austin Strong
    play

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Margaret O'Brien
    Margaret O'Brien
    Margaret O'Brien
    Sheila O'Monahan
  • Lionel Barrymore in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel Barrymore
    Dr. Richard Gaunght
  • Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone
    Judge James Trumbell
  • Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    Theodore Findley
  • Thomas Mitchell in Journey Into Light (1951)
    Thomas Mitchell
    Thomas Mitchell
    Terence Aloysius O'Davern
  • Ray Collins
    Ray Collins
    Ray Collins
    Judge Watson
  • Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    Jane Darwell
    Sister Mary Brigid
  • Charles Dingle
    Charles Dingle
    Charles Dingle
    Paul Badger
  • Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    The Ancient
  • Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    Horace Appleby
  • Cyd Charisse
    Cyd Charisse
    Cyd Charisse
    Rena Fairchild
  • Warner Anderson
    Warner Anderson
    Warner Anderson
    The O'Monahan
  • Billy Curtis in Gunsmoke (1955)
    Billy Curtis
    Billy Curtis
    Dugan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Ernie Adams in Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945)
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    (uncredited)
  • Bob Alden
    Bob Alden
    Young O'Davern
    (uncredited)
  • Martin Ashe
    Martin Ashe
    Martin Ashe
    Photographer
    (uncredited)
  • Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    Jury Member
    (uncredited)
  • Billy Barty
    Billy Barty
    Billy Barty
    Bit
    (uncredited)
  • Charles Bates, Buz Buckley, Billy Gray, Gary Gray, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Sharon McManus, Carol Nugent, Luana Patten, and Jean Van in Little Mister Jim (1946)
    Charles Bates
    Charles Bates
    Eddie Oakleaf
    (uncredited)
  • Barbara Billingsley in Leave It to Beaver (1957)
    Barbara Billingsley
    Barbara Billingsley
    Sister Mary Leonard
    (uncredited)
  • John Carlyle
    John Carlyle
    Ted Findley
    (uncredited)
  • Marjorie Davies
    Marjorie Davies
    Secretary
    (uncredited)
  • Bobby Driscoll
    Bobby Driscoll
    Bobby Driscoll
    Pixie
    (uncredited)
  • A. Cameron Grant
    A. Cameron Grant
    Assistant
    (uncredited)
  • Gary Gray / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Publicity Photo (playing Johnny Smith)
    Gary Gray
    Gary Gray
    Willie the Squeak
    (uncredited)
  • Bud Harrison
    Bud Harrison
    Bailiff
    (uncredited)
  • Hans Hopf
    Hans Hopf
    Pixie
    (uncredited)
  • Olin Howland
    Olin Howland
    Olin Howland
    Witness
    (uncredited)
  • Teddy Infuhr in They Live by Night (1948)
    Teddy Infuhr
    Teddy Infuhr
    Johnny the Grunt
    (uncredited)
  • Michael Kirby, Ed McNamara, Chuck Shamata, and Brenda Vaccaro in The House by the Lake (1976)
    Michael Kirby
    Michael Kirby
    Jimmy Trumbell
    (uncredited)
  • Nita Krebs
    Nita Krebs
    Bit Part
    (uncredited)
  • Jerry Maren
    Jerry Maren
    Jerry Maren
    Sir Boulder
    (uncredited)
  • George McDonald in Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
    George McDonald
    George McDonald
    Tumbleweed
    (uncredited)
  • Sheila McManus
    Sheila McManus
    Girl
    (uncredited)
  • Tim Murdock
    Tim Murdock
    Dick Gaunght
    (uncredited)
  • Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Robert Emmett O'Connor
    Chief of Police
    (uncredited)
  • Garry Owen in Once Upon a Time (1944)
    Garry Owen
    Garry Owen
    (uncredited)
  • Lee Phelps
    Lee Phelps
    Policeman
    (uncredited)
  • John Sheehan
    John Sheehan
    John Sheehan
    Murphy
    (uncredited)
  • Mary Ellen St. Aubin
    Mary Ellen St. Aubin
    Bit Part
    (uncredited)
  • Betsy Stoddard
    Betsy Stoddard
    Miss Emert
    (uncredited)
  • Henry Sylvester
    Henry Sylvester
    Corby
    (uncredited)
  • William Tannen in Air Raid Wardens (1943)
    William Tannen
    William Tannen
    Prosecutor
    (uncredited)
  • Ray Teal
    Ray Teal
    Ray Teal
    Foreman
    (uncredited)
  • Emmett Vogan
    Emmett Vogan
    Emmett Vogan
    Bailiff
    (uncredited)

Producer

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  • William H. Wright
    William H. Wright
    producer

Composer

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  • Bronislau Kaper
    Bronislau Kaper

Cinematographer

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  • Harold Rosson
    Harold Rosson
    director of photography

Editors

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  • Gene Ruggiero
    Gene Ruggiero
  • Theron Warth
    Theron Warth
    editor (uncredited)

Art Directors

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  • Cedric Gibbons
    Cedric Gibbons
  • Eddie Imazu
    Eddie Imazu
    art director (as Edward Imazu)

Set Decorator

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  • Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis

Costume Designer

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  • Valles
    Valles

Makeup Department

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  • Jack Dawn
    Jack Dawn
    makeup creator

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Marvin Stuart
    Marvin Stuart
    assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Hugh Hunt
    Hugh Hunt
    associate set decorator

Sound Department

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  • Douglas Shearer
    Douglas Shearer
    recording director
  • Ralph A. Pender
    Ralph A. Pender
    sound mixer (uncredited)
  • Newell Sparks
    Newell Sparks
    sound mixer (uncredited)
  • William Steinkamp
    William Steinkamp
    sound mixer (uncredited)
  • Michael Steinore
    Michael Steinore
    re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
  • John A. Williams
    John A. Williams
    unit mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects

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  • Mark Davis
    Mark Davis
    matte paintings camera (uncredited)
  • A. Arnold Gillespie
    A. Arnold Gillespie
    transparency projection shots (uncredited)
  • Warren Newcombe
    Warren Newcombe
    matte paintings (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Robert Martin
    Robert Martin
    camera operator (uncredited)

Costume Department

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  • Irene
    Irene
    costume supervisor

Music Department

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  • Pete Decker
    Pete Decker
    music mixer (uncredited)
  • Robert Franklyn
    Robert Franklyn
    orchestrator (uncredited)
  • M.J. McLaughlin
    M.J. McLaughlin
    music mixer (uncredited)
  • William Saracino
    William Saracino
    music mixer (uncredited)
  • Max Terr
    Max Terr
    composer: trailer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • John Golden
    John Golden
    presenter: play
  • Winchell Smith
    Winchell Smith
    stager: play
  • Inger Norswing
    Inger Norswing
    research assistant (uncredited)
  • George Richelavie
    George Richelavie
    research director (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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