West Side Story won a total of 10 Oscars at the 34th Academy Awards in 1962, making it the musical film with the most Academy wins, including Best Picture. Jerome Robbins shared the Best Director Oscar with Robert Wise, becoming only the second director to win the Academy Award for Best Director for a film debut (after Delbert Mann for Marty). West Side Story (1961) is an enjoyable breeze of a musical movie. Writer Ernest Lehman's story is a clear re-imagining of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but instead of differing social classes, West Side Story takes on racial tensions in America. West Side Story (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
FILM EDITING BY. Thomas Stanford.film editor. PRODUCTION DESIGN BY. Boris Leven.(production designed by) SET DECORATION BY. Gangelin.(as Victor Gangelin) COSTUME DESIGN BY. Irene Sharaff.(costume designed by) MAKEUP DEPARTMENT. Emile LaVigne.makeup (as Emile La Vigne) Alice Monte.hairdresser. PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT. West Side Story movie clips: THE MOVIE: miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: DESCRIPTION.
DIRECTED BY
Jerome Robbins
Robert Wise
WRITING CREDITS
Ernest Lehman ...(screenplay)
Arthur Laurents ...(book)
Jerome Robbins ...(play)
William Shakespeare ...(play) (uncredited)
CAST (IN CREDITS ORDER)
Natalie Wood ... Maria
Richard Beymer ... Tony
Russ Tamblyn ... Riff
Rita Moreno ... Anita
George Chakiris ... Bernardo
Simon Oakland ... Schrank
Ned Glass ... Doc
William Bramley ... Krupke
Tucker Smith ... Ice
Tony Mordente ... Action
David Winters ... A-rab
Eliot Feld ... Baby John
Bert Michaels ... Snowboy
David Bean ... Tiger
Robert Banas ... Joyboy
Anthony 'Scooter' Teague ... Big Deal (as Scooter Teague)
Harvey Evans ... Mouthpiece (as Harvey Hohnecker)
Tommy Abbott ... Gee-Tar
Susan Oakes ... Anybodys
Gina Trikonis ... Graziella
Carole D'Andrea ... Velma
Jose De Vega ... Chino
Jay Norman ... Pepe
Gus Trikonis ... Indio
Eddie Verso ... Juano
Jaime Rogers ... Loco
Larry Roquemore ... Rocco
Robert E. Thompson ... Luis (as Robert Thompson)
Nick Navarro ... Toro (as Nick Covacevich)
Rudy Del Campo ... Del Campo
Andre Tayir ... Chile
Yvonne Wilder ... Consuelo (as Yvonne Othon)
Suzie Kaye ... Rosalia
Joanne Miya ... Francisca
REST OF CAST LISTED ALPHABETICALLY:
John Astin ... Glad Hand (uncredited)
Francesca Bellini ... Debby, Snowboy's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Elaine Joyce ... Hotsie, Tiger's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Priscilla Lopez ... Child Extra (uncredited)
Marni Nixon ... Playback vocalist for Natalie Wood (uncredited)
Olivia Perez ... Margarita, Rocco's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Lou Ruggiero ... Police Officer #3 (uncredited)
Penny Santon ... Madam Lucia (uncredited)
Luci Stone ... Estella, Loco's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Pat Tribble ... Minnie, Baby John's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Gary Troy ... Dancer (uncredited)
Produced by Saul Chaplin ...associate producer
Walter Mirisch ...executive producer (uncredited)
Robert Wise ...producer (uncredited)
MUSIC BY
Leonard Bernstein
Irwin Kostal ...(uncredited)
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
Daniel L. Fapp ...director of photography
FILM EDITING BY
West Side Story Filming
Thomas Stanford ...film editor
PRODUCTION DESIGN BY
Boris Leven ...(production designed by)
SET DECORATION BY
Victor A. Gangelin ...(as Victor Gangelin)
COSTUME DESIGN BY
Irene Sharaff ...(costume designed by)
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MAKEUP DEPARTMENT
Emile LaVigne ...makeup (as Emile La Vigne)
Alice Monte ...hairdresser
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Allen K. Wood ...production manager
Hubert Fröhlich ...production manager (uncredited)
SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR OR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Robert E. Relyea ...assistant director
Jerome M. Siegel ...second assistant director
Ridgeway Callow ...assistant director (uncredited)
ART DEPARTMENT
Sam Gordon ...property
Maurice Zuberano ...production artist (as M. Zuberano)
Leon Harris ...production illustrator (uncredited)
William Maldonado ...construction coordinator (uncredited)
SOUND DEPARTMENT
Fred Lau ...sound
Gilbert D. Marchant ...sound editor
Murray Spivack ...sound
Vinton Vernon ...sound
Richard Gramaglia ...sound mixer (uncredited)
Fred Hynes ...sound recording supervisor (uncredited)
Gordon Sawyer ...sound supervisor (uncredited)
VISUAL EFFECTS BY
Saul Bass ...visual consultant
Linwood G. Dunn ...photographic effects (as Linwood Dunn)
STUNTS
Eli Bo Jack Blackfeather ...stunts (uncredited)
CAMERA AND ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
Linwood G. Dunn ...title photographer (uncredited)
John Finger ...camera operator: title sequence (uncredited)
Ernst Haas ...still photographer (uncredited)
Jerome H. Klein ...electrician (uncredited)
Louis Kulsey ...dolly grip: title sequence (uncredited)
Tom May ...grip (uncredited)
Phil Stern ...still photographer (uncredited)
COSTUME AND WARDROBE DEPARTMENT
Bert Henrikson ...wardrobe
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Marshall M. Borden ...assistant editor
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Leonard Bernstein ...music by
Richard Carruth ...music editor
Saul Chaplin ...musical supervisor
Johnny Green ...music conductor / musical supervisor
Irwin Kostal ...musical supervisor / orchestrator
Sid Ramin ...musical supervisor / orchestrator
Stephen Sondheim ...lyrics by
Robert Tucker ... vocal coach (as Bobby Tucker)
Betty Walberg ...musical assistant
Pete Candoli ...musician (uncredited)
Jack Dumont ...musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Walter A. Gest ...production music playback operator (uncredited)
Shelly Manne ...musician (uncredited)
Red Mitchell ...musician (uncredited)
Uan Rasey ...musician: trumpet soloist (uncredited)
Albert T. Viola ...musician (uncredited)
OTHER CREW
Tommy Abbott ...dance assistant
Margaret Banks ...dance assistant
Saul Bass ...titles
Robert E. Griffith ...based upon the play produced on the stage by
Howard Jeffrey ...dance assistant
Tony Mordente ...dance assistant
Harold Prince ...based upon the play produced on the stage by (as Harold S. Prince)
Jerome Robbins ...choreography by / stage play: director / stage play: orchestrator
Stanley Scheuer ...script supervisor (as Stanley K. Scheuer)
Roger L. Stevens ...by arrangement with
Hal Bell ...assistant choreographer (uncredited)
Jimmy Bryant ...singing voice: Tony (uncredited)
Kit Culkin ...dancer (uncredited)
John Flynn ...script supervisor (uncredited)
Gerald Freedman ...assistant: Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
Peter Gennaro ...co-choreographer (uncredited)
Maria Henley ...Shark dancer Teresita (uncredited)
Eliot Hyman ...production executive (uncredited)
Howard Jeffrey ...assistant choreographer: Mr. Robbins (uncredited)
Elaine Joyce ...dancer (uncredited)
George Lake ...assistant stage manager: stage production (uncredited)
Harold Mirisch ...production executive (uncredited)
Marvin Mirisch ...production executive (uncredited)
Howard Newman ...press representative (uncredited)
Arthur Rubin ...assistant stage manager: stage production (uncredited)
Wallace Siebert ...assistant: Mr. Gennaro (uncredited)
Ray Stark ...production executive (uncredited)
Lee Theodore ...assistant choreographer (uncredited) / dancer (uncredited)
Roxanne Tunis ...dancer (uncredited)
Betty Wand ...singing voice: Anita - 'A Boy Like That/I Have a Love' (uncredited)
For more cast information, please visit the film’s IMDb Page.
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Then, who did their own singing in West Side Story?
Marni Nixon, the Singing Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86. Marni Nixon did the singing for, from left, Deborah Kerr in “The King and I,” Natalie Wood in “West Side Story” and Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady.”
Similarly, does Tony sing in West Side Story? Tony (Richard Beymer) is the lead male character in West Side Story. His character is based on Shakespeare's Romeo, who falls in love with Juliet during their first encounter. Tony's singing voice in the film was performed by Jimmy Bryant.
In respect to this, did the actors sing in West Side Story?
The “West Side Story” soundtrack was a festival of overdubs, with the marquee stars doing scarcely any of the singing. Jimmy Bryant sang for Richard Beymer (Tony) and Tucker Smith for Russ Tamblyn (Riff). “It was a very difficult score because it's almost written like an opera, very complicated,” Nixon says.
What happened to the actor who played Tony in West Side Story?
Avoca, Iowa, U.S. George Richard Beymer, Jr. (born February 20, 1938) is an American actor, filmmaker and artist who is best known for playing the roles of Tony in the film version of West Side Story (1961), Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and Ben Horne on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017).