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While Nero Fiddled (1944) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Harry Watt

Writing Credits  

Angus MacPhail ... (original screenplay) (as Angus Macphail) &
Diana Morgan ... (original screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Tommy Trinder ... Tommy Taylor
Frances Day ... Poppaea
Sonnie Hale ... The Professor
Francis L. Sullivan ... Nero
Diana Decker ... Lydia
Elisabeth Welch Elisabeth Welch ... Nora
Mary Clare ... Volumnia
Ernest Milton ... Titus
Frederick Piper Frederick Piper ... Auctioneer
Robert Wyndham Robert Wyndham ... Lionkeeper
Russell Thorndike Russell Thorndike ... High Priest
Danny Green ... Lictor
James Robertson Justice ... Centurion of the 8th Legion
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wallace Bosco Wallace Bosco ... Roman Citizen (uncredited)
Gerry Judge Gerry Judge ... Roman Citizen (uncredited)
Kay Kendall ... Girl (uncredited)
Alec Mango ... Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Paton ... Roman Writing Epitaph (uncredited)
Bill Shine ... Drunken Roman (uncredited)
Julie Suedo Julie Suedo ... Señorita Álvarez (uncredited)
Frank Tickle ... Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Produced by 

Michael Balcon ... producer
Robert Hamer ... associate producer

Cinematography by 

Wilkie Cooper ... (as W. Cooper) (cameraman)

Editing by 

Eily Boland

Art Direction by 

Duncan Sutherland

Makeup Department 

Tom Shenton ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Ronald Brantford ... unit manager
Hal Mason ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Muriel Cole ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Rowland Douglas ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Bluey Hill ... assistant director (uncredited)
Claude Hudson ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Michael McCarthy ... assistant director (uncredited)
Norman Priggen ... third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Bernard Sarron ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Len Wills ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Charles Woolveridge ... assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Eric Williams ... sound supervisor
Nikolai Boulatoff ... boom operator (uncredited)
Norman Daines ... sound recordist (uncredited)
A.D. Valentine ... sound recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Jack Parker ... camera operator
Micky Dean ... focus puller (uncredited)
Ken Westbury ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Hugh Wilson ... focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Elizabeth Fanshawe ... costumes
Marion Horn ... wardrobe

Editorial Department 

E. Leverett ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Robert Winter ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department 

Roland Blackburn ... lyrics
Robert Hamer ... lyrics
Spike Hughes ... composer: incidental music
Ernest Irving ... musical director
Harry Jacobson ... music of songs
Diana Morgan ... lyrics
Mischa Spoliansky ... music of songs
Geoffrey Wright ... music of songs
Benjamin Frankel ... music arranger (uncredited)
Philip Green ... music arranger (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Daphne Heathcote ... continuity (uncredited)
Elaine Schreyeck ... continuity (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Buddy Bradley ... dance director
Crew believed to be complete

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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