Father of the Bride

You're invited... to a hilarious wedding!

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

Comedy Romance Drama

Spencer Tracy

(Stanley T. Banks)

Joan Bennett

Elizabeth Taylor

Don Taylor

(Buckley Dunstan)

Billie Burke

(Doris Dunstan)

Leo G. Carroll

Moroni Olsen

(Herbert Dunstan)

Melville Cooper

Taylor Holmes

Paul Harvey

(Reverend Galsworthy)

Frank Orth

Russ Tamblyn

Tom Irish

Marietta Canty

Richard Alexander

(Moving Man with Screen (uncredited))

Don Anderson

(Usher (uncredited))

William Bailey

(Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited))

Fay Baker

(Miss Bellamy (uncredited))

Lucile Barnes

(Bridesmaid (uncredited))

Oliver Blake

(Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

Lillian Bronson

(Schoolteacher (uncredited))

Joe Brown Jr.

(Moving Man (uncredited))

Frank Cady

(Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

Aileen Carlyle

(Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

Carleton Carpenter

(Party Guest / Usher With Coke (uncredited))

Gene Coogan

(Barman (uncredited))

Paul Cristo

(Waiter (uncredited))

Oliver Cross

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Lucille Curtis

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Roy Damron

(Reception Guest (uncredited))

Boyd Davis

(Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

Chris Drake

(Usher (uncredited))

Jacqueline Duval

(Peg (uncredited))

Ella Ethridge

(Woman in Dream Sequence (uncredited))

Estelle Etterre

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Betty Farrington

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Janey Fay

(Bridesmaid (uncredited))

Charles Ferguson

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited))

Edward Gargan

(Moving Man with Door (uncredited))

Mickey Golden

(Barman (uncredited))

Herschel Graham

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

William E. Greene

(Sad-Faced Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

William Haade

(Policeman (uncredited))

Sherry Hall

(Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

Bradford Hatton

(Florist (uncredited))

Jim Hayward

(Moving Man (uncredited))

Thomas Browne Henry

(Stranger (uncredited))

Stuart Holmes

(Wedding Guest in Dream Sequence (uncredited))

Art Howard

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Frank Hyers

(Duffy - Cameraman (uncredited))

Walter Kelley

(Usher (uncredited))

Ann Kunde

(Woman in Dream Sequence (uncredited))

Peggy Leon

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Beverly Luff

(Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited))

Billy Mahan

(Usher (uncredited))

Thomas Martin

(Waiter (uncredited))

Paul Maxey

Paul Maxey

(Fat Man (uncredited))

Mickey McCardle

(Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

Philo McCullough

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Russell Meeker

(Reception Guest (uncredited))

Harold Miller

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Patricia Miller

(Wispy Girl (uncredited))

Roger Moore

(Engagement Party Guest (uncredited))

Sol Murgi

(Reception Guest (uncredited))

Forbes Murray

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

William H. O'Brien

(Waiter (uncredited))

Gil Perkins

(Moving Man (uncredited))

Ralph Peters

(Moving Man with Marquee (uncredited))

Lee Phelps

(Motorcycle Cop (uncredited))

Dorothy Phillips

(Woman in Nightmare Sequence (uncredited))

William Phillips

(Foreman of Moving Men (uncredited))

Frank Richards

(Truck Driver (uncredited))

Dewey Robinson

(Moving Man with Lamp (uncredited))

Fred Santley

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Cosmo Sardo

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Scott Seaton

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Erin Selwyn

(Bridesmaid (uncredited))

Charles Smith

(Usher (uncredited))

Mary Jane Smith

(Effie (uncredited))

Douglas Spencer

(Fritz the Organist (uncredited))

Harry Stanton

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Larry Steers

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Moving Man (uncredited))

Floyd Taylor

(Usher (uncredited))

Peter M. Thompson

(Usher (uncredited))

Nancy Valentine

(Fliss (uncredited))

Wendy Waldron

(Bridesmaid (uncredited))

Johnny Walsh

(Western Union Boy (uncredited))

Willard Waterman

(Vincent Dixon (uncredited))

Dick Wessel

(Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited))

Jeff York

(Policeman (uncredited))