The Big Sleep (1946)

Rating: 8.1 of 10

Below is the list of the top billed actors that worked in The Big Sleep. When you find the person you are looking for, click on the link to view a list of actors they have worked with.

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Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe

Has previous starred with Charles D. Brown (2 movies), Jay Eaton (2 movies), Louis Jean Heydt (2 movies), Tom Fadden (2 movies), Oliver Cross (2 movies), Bob Steele (2 movies), Peggy Knudsen (3 movies), Joy Barlow (3 movies), Elisha Cook Jr. (3 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (4 movies), Jack Chefe (5 movies), Ben Welden (6 movies), Lauren Bacall (6 movies), Bess Flowers (7 movies), Joseph Crehan (10 movies), John Ridgely (15 movies)

Lauren Bacall as Vivian Rutledge

Has previous starred with Peggy Knudsen (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Joy Barlow (2 movies), Bess Flowers (4 movies)

John Ridgely as Eddie Mars

Has previous starred with Joy Barlow (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Bob Steele (2 movies), Lauren Bacall (2 movies), Peggy Knudsen (2 movies), Martha Vickers (3 movies), Ben Welden (10 movies), Regis Toomey (11 movies), Bess Flowers (15 movies)

Martha Vickers as Carmen Sternwood

Dorothy Malone as Acme Book Shop Proprietress

Has previous starred with Shelby Payne (2 movies)

Peggy Knudsen as Mona Mars

Regis Toomey as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls

Has previous starred with Charles Waldron (3 movies), Ben Welden (4 movies), Dorothy Malone (4 movies), Bess Flowers (16 movies)

Charles Waldron as Gen. Sternwood

Has previous starred with Bess Flowers (2 movies)

Charles D. Brown as Norris - the Butler

Has previous starred with Shep Houghton (2 movies), Charles Waldron (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (2 movies), Shelby Payne (3 movies), Tom Fadden (4 movies), Jack Chefe (4 movies), John Ridgely (4 movies), Elisha Cook Jr. (4 movies), Louis Jean Heydt (6 movies), Ben Welden (6 movies), Joseph Crehan (7 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (7 movies), Regis Toomey (9 movies), Bess Flowers (11 movies)

Bob Steele as Lash Canino

Has previous starred with Ben Welden (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Lauren Bacall (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (3 movies), Regis Toomey (3 movies)

Elisha Cook Jr. as Harry Jones

Has previous starred with Ben Welden (2 movies), Joy Barlow (2 movies), Tanis Chandler (2 movies), Louis Jean Heydt (2 movies), Tom Fadden (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Bob Steele (2 movies), John Ridgely (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (3 movies), Regis Toomey (3 movies), Jay Eaton (3 movies), Charles Waldron (3 movies), Shelby Payne (3 movies), Joseph Crehan (6 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (9 movies), Bess Flowers (9 movies)

Louis Jean Heydt as Joe Brody

Has previous starred with Charles Waldron (2 movies), Shelby Payne (2 movies), Shep Houghton (2 movies), Bob Steele (2 movies), Ben Welden (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (2 movies), Regis Toomey (5 movies), John Ridgely (6 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (8 movies), Bess Flowers (11 movies)

Ben Welden as Pete

Has previous starred with Tanis Chandler (2 movies), Shelby Payne (2 movies), Martha Vickers (2 movies), Joy Barlow (3 movies), Bess Flowers (15 movies)

Bess Flowers as Woman with Bumped Man

Has previous starred with Peggy Knudsen (3 movies), Martha Vickers (3 movies), Lorraine Miller (4 movies), Dorothy Malone (8 movies)

Carole Douglas as Librarian

Deannie Best as Waitress

Has previous starred with Bess Flowers (2 movies)

Jack Chefe as Croupier

Has previous starred with Sonia Darrin (2 movies), Charles Waldron (2 movies), Shelby Payne (2 movies), Tom Fadden (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (3 movies), Martha Vickers (3 movies), Louis Jean Heydt (4 movies), Regis Toomey (4 movies), Elisha Cook Jr. (4 movies), Joy Barlow (4 movies), Lauren Bacall (4 movies), Tanis Chandler (5 movies), Dorothy Malone (6 movies), John Ridgely (6 movies), Ben Welden (9 movies), Joseph Crehan (9 movies), Shep Houghton (14 movies), Jay Eaton (18 movies), Oliver Cross (18 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (48 movies), Bess Flowers (82 movies)

Jay Eaton as Man in Casino

Has previous starred with Regis Toomey (2 movies), Bob Steele (2 movies), Tanis Chandler (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Charles Waldron (2 movies), Lauren Bacall (2 movies), Peggy Knudsen (3 movies), Tom Fadden (4 movies), John Ridgely (6 movies), Ben Welden (6 movies), Shep Houghton (6 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (9 movies), Bess Flowers (44 movies)

Joseph Crehan as Medical Examiner

Has previous starred with Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (2 movies), Tanis Chandler (3 movies), Joy Barlow (3 movies), Shelby Payne (3 movies), Oliver Cross (4 movies), Charles Waldron (4 movies), Tom Fadden (5 movies), Shep Houghton (6 movies), Bob Steele (6 movies), Louis Jean Heydt (7 movies), Regis Toomey (9 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (10 movies), John Ridgely (11 movies), Jay Eaton (12 movies), Ben Welden (14 movies), Bess Flowers (22 movies)

Joy Barlow as Taxi Driver

Has previous starred with Shelby Payne (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Tanis Chandler (3 movies), Bess Flowers (3 movies)

Kenner G. Kemp as Nightclub Patron

Has previous starred with Shelby Payne (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (2 movies), Bob Steele (2 movies), Lauren Bacall (2 movies), Charles Waldron (2 movies), Joy Barlow (3 movies), Peggy Knudsen (3 movies), Regis Toomey (6 movies), Dorothy Malone (6 movies), John Ridgely (7 movies), Ben Welden (11 movies), Bess Flowers (85 movies)

Lorraine Miller as Hatcheck Girl

Has previous starred with Shelby Payne (2 movies)

Max Barwyn as Max - Head Waiter

Has previous starred with Shep Houghton (2 movies), Charles D. Brown (2 movies), Jay Eaton (2 movies), Oliver Cross (2 movies), Joseph Crehan (2 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (2 movies), Jack Chefe (4 movies), Bess Flowers (5 movies)

Oliver Cross as Nightclub Patron

Has previous starred with John Ridgely (2 movies), Lauren Bacall (2 movies), Ben Welden (2 movies), Martha Vickers (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (2 movies), Charles Waldron (3 movies), Louis Jean Heydt (4 movies), Shep Houghton (5 movies), Jay Eaton (6 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (11 movies), Bess Flowers (31 movies)

Pete Kooy as Motorcycle Cop

Shelby Payne as Cigarette Girl

Shep Houghton as Nightclub Patron

Has previous starred with Joy Barlow (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Pete Kooy (2 movies), Charles Waldron (2 movies), Peggy Knudsen (2 movies), Lauren Bacall (2 movies), Ben Welden (2 movies), Regis Toomey (3 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (9 movies), Bess Flowers (18 movies)

Sonia Darrin as Agnes Lowzier

Has previous starred with Martha Vickers (2 movies), Bess Flowers (2 movies)

Tanis Chandler as Waitress

Has previous starred with Shelby Payne (2 movies), Dorothy Malone (2 movies), Lorraine Miller (2 movies), Bess Flowers (3 movies)

Tom Fadden as Sidney

Has previous starred with Peggy Knudsen (2 movies), Charles Waldron (2 movies), Bob Steele (2 movies), Lauren Bacall (2 movies), Ben Welden (2 movies), Regis Toomey (3 movies), Louis Jean Heydt (4 movies), Kenner G. Kemp (5 movies), John Ridgely (5 movies), Bess Flowers (9 movies)

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