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The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978) Poster

(1978 TV Special)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Marty Pasetta

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

William Ludwig
Leonard Spigelgass

Cast (in credits order)  

Bob Hope ... Self - Host
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Albertson ... Self - Past Winner
Irwin Allen ... Self - Past Winner
Edward Anhalt Edward Anhalt ... Self - Past Winner
Fred Astaire ... Self - Presenter
Priscilla Barnes ... Self - Performer
John Barry John Barry ... Self - Winner
Anne Baxter ... Self - Past Winner
Robert Benton ... Self - Nominee
Tony Bill ... Self - Past Winner
Karen Black ... Self - Performer
Robert Blalack ... Self - Winner
Debby Boone ... Self - Performer
Margaret Booth ... Self - Honorary Award Recipient
Ernest Borgnine ... Self
Marshall Brickman ... Self - Winner
Garrett Brown ... Self - Academy Award of Merit Recipient
Leslie Browne ... Self - Nominee
Richard Burton ... Self - Nominee
Ben Burtt ... Self - Winner
Red Buttons ... Self - Past Winner
Michael Caine ... Self - Presenter
Richard Carlson ... Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
George Chakiris ... Self - Audience Member
Stockard Channing ... Self - Performer
Cyd Charisse ... Self - Performer
Paddy Chayefsky ... Self - Presenter
Richard Chew ... Self - Winner
Roger Christian ... Self - Winner
Joan Crawford ... Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Bing Crosby ... Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Quinn Cummings ... Self - Nominee
Anthony Daniels ... C-3PO
Sammy Davis Jr. ... Self - Performer
Bette Davis ... Self - Presenter
Olivia de Havilland ... Self - Presenter
Ed Di Giulio Ed Di Giulio ... Self - Academy Award of Merit Recipient
Leslie Dilley Leslie Dilley ... Self - Winner
Melinda Dillon ... Self - Nominee
Kirk Douglas ... Self - Presenter
Richard Dreyfuss ... Self - Winner
Patty Duke ... Self - Past Winner (as Patty Duke Astin)
John Dykstra ... Self - Winner
Richard Edlund ... Self - Winner
Kermit Eller Kermit Eller ... Self - Performer
Mia Farrow ... Self - Audience Member
Farrah Fawcett ... Self - Presenter (as Farrah Fawcett-Majors)
Peter Finch ... Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Peter Firth ... Self - Nominee
Louise Fletcher ... Self - Past Winner
Jane Fonda ... Self - Nominee
Joan Fontaine ... Self - Presenterr
Jodie Foster ... Self - Presenter
Aretha Franklin ... Self - Performer
Peggy Ann Garner ... Self
Greer Garson ... Self - Presenter
Janet Gaynor ... Self - Presenter
Susan George ... Self - Performer
Ken Grant Ken Grant ... Dancer
Johnny Green ... Self - Presenter
Joel Grey ... Self - Past Winner
Mark Hamill ... Self - Presenter
Marvin Hamlisch ... Perfomer for Memorial Tribute ('Come Light the Candles')
Lisa Hartman ... Self - Audience Member
Goldie Hawn ... Self - Presenter
Mary Ann Hay ... Dancer
Edith Head ... Self - Past Winner
Charlton Heston ... Self - Hersholt Award Recipient
Paul Hirsch ... Self - Winner
William Holden ... Self - Presenter
Burl Ives ... Self
Charles H. Joffe Charles H. Joffe ... Self - Winner
Diane Keaton ... Self - Winner
George Kennedy ... Self - Past Winner
Stanley Kramer ... Self - Presenter
Arthur Laurents ... Self - Nominee
Michele Lee ... Self - Performer
Gloria Loring ... Self - Performer
George Lucas ... Self - Nominee
Marcia Lucas ... Self - Winner
Don MacDougall Don MacDougall ... Self - Winner
Shirley MacLaine ... Self - Nominee
Dorothy Malone ... Self - Past Winner & Audience Member
Henry Mancini ... Self - Presenter
Groucho Marx ... Self (Memorial Tribute) (archive footage)
Marsha Mason ... Self - Nominee
Marcello Mastroianni ... Self - Nominee & Presenter
Walter Matthau ... Self - Presenter
Grant McCune ... Self - Winner
Bob Minkler Bob Minkler ... Self - Winner
Walter Mirisch ... Self - Thalberg Award Recipient
John Mollo ... Self - Winner
Dudley Moore ... Self - Audience Member
Rita Moreno ... Self - Audience Member
Zero Mostel ... Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Olivia Newton-John ... Self - Presenter
Jack Nicholson ... Self - Presenter
Edmond O'Brien ... Self - Past Winner
Margaret O'Brien ... Self
Eleanor Parker ... Self - Performer
Gregory Peck ... Self - Presenter
Jane Powell ... Self - Performer
Elvis Presley ... Self - Memorial Tribute (archive footage)
Deborah Raffin ... Self - Performer
Vanessa Redgrave ... Self - Winner
Donna Reed ... Self - Past Winner
Debbie Reynolds ... Self - Performer
Norman Reynolds ... Self - Winner
Cliff Robertson ... Self - Past Winner
Mickey Rooney ... Self - Audience Member
Herbert Ross ... Self - Nominee
Eva Marie Saint ... Self - Presenter
Alvin Sargent ... Self - Winner
Neil Simon ... Self - Nominee
Maggie Smith ... Self - Presenter
Gale Sondergaard ... Self - Past Winner
Camilla Sparv ... Self - Performer
Steven Spielberg ... Self - Nominee
Sylvester Stallone ... Self - Presenter
Barbara Stanwyck ... Self - Presenter
John Stears ... Self - Winner
Beatrice Straight ... Self - Past Winner
John Travolta ... Self - Nominee & Presenter
Claire Trevor ... Self - Past Winner
Cicely Tyson ... Self - Presenter
Jack Valenti ... Self - Presenter
King Vidor ... Self - Presenter
Jon Voight ... Self - Presenter
Robert Wagner ... Self - Audience Member
Raquel Welch ... Self - Presenter
Tuesday Weld ... Self - Nominee
Ray West Ray West ... Self - Winner
Haskell Wexler ... Self - Past Winner
Billy Dee Williams ... Self - Presenter
John Williams ... Self - Nominated: Best Original Score / Winner: Best Original Score
Paul Williams ... Self - Presenter
Henry Winkler ... Self - Presenter
Natalie Wood ... Self - Presenter
Smith Wordes ... Dancer
Teresa Wright ... Self - Past Winner
Fred Zinnemann ... Self - Nominee
Vilmos Zsigmond ... Self - Winner
Pat Boone ... Self - In Audience (uncredited)
Troy Garity ... Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Tom Hayden ... Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Vanessa Vadim Vanessa Vadim ... Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Produced by 

Howard W. Koch ... producer
Michael B. Seligman ... associate producer

Editing by 

Terry M. Pickford

Production Management 

Hal Danforth ... unit manager
Howard G. Malley ... unit manager

Art Department 

Stu Bernstein ... graphic designer
Eytan Keller ... graphic designer
David L. Snyder ... assistant art director

Sound Department 

Shawn Murphy ... sound supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department 

Warren Cress ... camera operator
Jack Denton ... camera operator
Blair White ... camera operator

Music Department 

Nelson Riddle ... musical director
Albert Woodbury ... music supervisor

Additional Crew 

Danette Herman ... assistant to producer
Robert Iscove ... choreographer
Hal Kanter ... special material
Michael Francis ... talent page (uncredited)

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