The Right Stuff - Cast

Cast

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  Sam Shepard

  Played Chuck Yeager

• 

  Scott Glenn

  Played Alan Shepard

• 

  Ed Harris

  Played John Glenn

• 

  Dennis Quaid

  Played Gordon Cooper

• 

  Fred Ward

  Played Gus Grissom

• 

  Barbara Hershey

  Played Glennis Yeager

• 

  Kim Stanley

  Played Pancho Barnes

• 

  Veronica Cartwright

  Played Betty Grissom

• 

  Pamela Reed

  Played Trudy Cooper

• 

  Scott Paulin

  Played Deke Slayton

• 

  Charles Frank

  Played Scott Carpenter

• 

  Lance Henriksen

  Played Wally Schirra

• 

  Donald Moffat

  Played Lyndon B. Johnson

• 

  Levon Helm

  Played Jack Ridley / Narrat…

• 

  Mary Jo Deschanel

  Played Annie Glenn

• 

  Scott Wilson

  Played Scott Crossfield

• 

  Kathy Baker

  Played Louise Shepard

• Mickey Crocker

  Played Marge Slayton

• Susan Kase

  Played Rene Carpenter

• Mittie Smith

  Played Jo Schirra

• 

  Royal Dano

  Played Minister

• 

  David Clennon

  Played Liaison Man

• 

  Jim Haynie

  Played Air Force Major

• 

  Jeff Goldblum

  Played NASA Recruiter

• 

  Harry Shearer

  Played NASA Recruiter

• 

  Scott Beach

  Played Chief Scientist

• Jane Dornacker

  Played Nurse Murch

• Anthony Munoz

  Played Gonzales

• 

  John P. Ryan

  Played Head of Program

• 

  Darryl Henriques

  Played Life Reporter

• 

  Eric Sevareid

  Played Himself

• 

  William Russ

  Played Slick Goodlin

• Drew Letchworth

  Played The Permanent Press …

• Christopher P. Beale

  Played The Permanent Press …

• Richard Dupell

  Played The Permanent Press …

• 

  William Hall

  Played The Permanent Press …

• John X. Heart

  Played The Permanent Press …

• Ed Holmes

  Played The Permanent Press …

• Jack Bruno Tate

  Played The Permanent Press …

• 

  Edward Anhalt

  Played Grand Designer

• 

  Mary Apick

  Played Woman Reporter

• Robert Beer

  Played Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Erik Bergmann

  Played Eddie Hodges

• James Brady

  Played Aide to Lyndon B. Jo…

• Katherine Conklin

  Played Woman TV Reporter

• Maureen Coyne

  Played Waitress

• Tom Dahlgren

  Played Bell Aircraft Execut…

• John Lion

  Played Bell Aircraft Execut…

• Peggy Davis

  Played Sally Rand

• 

  John Dehner

  Played Henry Luce

• Robert Elross

  Played Review Board Preside…

• Drew Eshelman

  Played Assistant Scientist

• Robert J. Geary

  Played Game Show M.C.

• Royce Grones

  Played 1st X-1 Pilot

• 

  David Gulpilil

  Played Aborigine

• Anthony Wallis

  Played Australian Driver

• Kaaren Lee

  Played Young Widow

• Sandy Kronemeyer

  Played Cocoa Beach Girl

• Frankie Di

  Played Cocoa Beach Girl

• 

  Michael Pritchard

  Played Texan

• Edward Corbett

  Played Texan

• 

  O-Lan Jones

  Played Girl at Pancho's

• Mark Todd

  Played Astronaut Trainee

• Allen Gebhardt

  Played Astronaut Trainee

• 

  Chuck Yeager

  Played Fred

• 

  Mimi Sarkisian

  Played New Mexico Nurse in …