Androcles and the Lion Cast and Crew

Androcles and the Lion

Plot: George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf

Release Date: Monday, December 1 1952
72 years ago

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Cast

Victor Mature. Victor Mature was 39 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Captain'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 29 1913 –
Died: Wed, Aug 04 1999

Jean Simmons. Jean Simmons was 23 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Lavinina'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 31 1929 –
Died: Fri, Jan 22 2010

Alan Young. Alan Young was 33 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Androcles'.

Birthday: Wed, Nov 19 1919 –
Died: Thu, May 19 2016

Robert Newton. Robert Newton was 47 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Ferrovius'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 01 1905 –
Died: Sun, Mar 25 1956

Maurice Evans. Maurice Evans was 51 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Caesar'.

Birthday: Mon, Jun 03 1901 –
Died: Sun, Mar 12 1989

Elsa Lanchester. Elsa Lanchester was 50 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Megaera'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 28 1902 –
Died: Fri, Dec 26 1986

Reginald Gardiner. Reginald Gardiner was 49 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Lentulus'.

Birthday: Fri, Feb 27 1903 –
Died: Mon, Jul 07 1980

Gene Lockhart. Gene Lockhart was 61 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Menagerie Keeper'.

Birthday: Fri, Jul 17 1891 –
Died: Sun, Mar 31 1957

Alan Mowbray. Alan Mowbray was 56 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Editor of Gladiators'.

Birthday: Mon, Aug 17 1896 –
Died: Tue, Mar 25 1969

Noel Willman. Noel Willman was 34 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Spintho'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 04 1918 –
Died: Sat, Dec 24 1988

John Hoyt. John Hoyt was 47 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Cato'.

Birthday: Thu, Oct 05 1905 –
Died: Sun, Sep 15 1991

Jim Backus. Jim Backus was 39 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Centurion'.

Birthday: Tue, Feb 25 1913 –
Died: Mon, Jul 03 1989

Lowell Gilmore. Lowell Gilmore was 45 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Metellus'.

Birthday: Thu, Dec 20 1906 –
Died: Sun, Jan 31 1960

Woody Strode. Woody Strode was 38 in Androcles and the Lion as 'The Lion'.

Birthday: Sat, Jul 25 1914 –
Died: Sat, Dec 31 1994

Strother Martin. Strother Martin was 33 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Soldier (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Wed, Mar 26 1919 –
Died: Fri, Aug 01 1980

Millard Sherwood. Millard Sherwood was >> in Androcles and the Lion as 'Christian (uncredited)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Crew

Chester Erskine. Chester Erskine was 47 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Director, Adaptation'

Birthday: Wed, Nov 29 1905 –
Died: Mon, Apr 07 1986

Nicholas Ray. Nicholas Ray was 41 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Co-Director'

Birthday: Mon, Aug 07 1911 –
Died: Sat, Jun 16 1979

Arthur J. Vitarelli. Arthur J. Vitarelli was >> in Androcles and the Lion as 'Assistant Director'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Gregg Peters. Gregg Peters was >> in Androcles and the Lion as 'Assistant Director'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Coby Ruskin. Coby Ruskin was 41 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Assistant Director'

Birthday: Sun, Oct 15 1911 –
Died: Tue, Mar 03 1987

Harry Stradling Sr.. Harry Stradling Sr. was 51 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Sun, Sep 01 1901 –
Died: Sat, Feb 14 1970

Gabriel Pascal. Gabriel Pascal was 58 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Producer'

Birthday: Mon, Jun 04 1894 –
Died: Tue, Jul 06 1954

Lewis J. Rachmil. Lewis J. Rachmil was 44 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Associate Producer'

Birthday: Fri, Jul 03 1908 –
Died: Sun, Feb 19 1984

Roland Gross. Roland Gross was 43 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Editor'

Birthday: Wed, Jan 13 1909 –
Died: Sat, Feb 11 1989

Friedrich Hollaender. Friedrich Hollaender was 56 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Original Music Composer'

Birthday: Sun, Oct 18 1896 –
Died: Sun, Jan 18 1976

George Bernard Shaw. George Bernard Shaw would have been no older than 94 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Theatre Play'

Birthday: Sat, Jul 26 1856 –
Died: Thu, Nov 02 1950

Albert S. D'Agostino. Albert S. D'Agostino was 59 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Art Direction'

Birthday: Mon, Dec 26 1892 –
Died: Sat, Mar 14 1970

William Cameron Menzies. William Cameron Menzies was 56 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Production Design'

Birthday: Wed, Jul 29 1896 –
Died: Tue, Mar 05 1957

Darrell Silvera. Darrell Silvera was 51 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Set Decoration'

Birthday: Tue, Dec 18 1900 –
Died: Fri, Jul 22 1983

John L. Cass. John L. Cass would have been no older than 50 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Sound'

Birthday: Fri, Oct 25 1901 –
Died: Wed, Mar 05 1952

Alex Sharp. Alex Sharp was 31 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Stunts'

Birthday: Fri, Sep 16 1921 –
Died: Thu, Mar 06 2008

Harry Horner. Harry Horner was 42 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Production Design'

Birthday: Sun, Jul 24 1910 –
Died: Mon, Dec 05 1994

Clem Portman. Clem Portman was 47 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Sound'

Birthday: Wed, Mar 01 1905 –
Died: Wed, Oct 21 1992

Larry Germain. Larry Germain was 39 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Hairstylist'

Birthday: Wed, Nov 26 1913 –
Died: Sun, Jan 11 1981

Mel Berns. Mel Berns was 55 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Makeup Artist'

Birthday: Mon, Sep 27 1897 –
Died: Sat, May 07 1977

Ken Englund. Ken Englund was 38 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Adaptation'

Birthday: Wed, May 06 1914 –
Died: Tue, Aug 10 1993

Stubby Kruger. Stubby Kruger was 55 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Stunts'

Birthday: Thu, Sep 23 1897 –
Died: Thu, Oct 07 1965

Charles F. Pyke. Charles F. Pyke was >> in Androcles and the Lion as 'Art Direction'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Wayne Burson. Wayne Burson was 40 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Stunts'

Birthday: Fri, Jun 07 1912 –
Died: Mon, May 19 1997

Emile Santiago. Emile Santiago was 53 in Androcles and the Lion as 'Costume Design'

Birthday: Tue, Feb 21 1899 –
Died: Fri, Jun 23 1995

Al Orenbach. Al Orenbach was >> in Androcles and the Lion as 'Set Decoration'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday