The Great Impostor

Will the Real Fred Demara Please Stand Up??

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.

Comedy Drama

Tony Curtis

(Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. / Martin Donner / Dr. Gilbert / Ben. W. Stone / Dr. Joseph Mornay / Robert Boyd Hammnd)

Karl Malden

(Father Devlin)

Edmond O'Brien

(Capt. Glover - HMCS Cayuga)

Arthur O'Connell

(Warden J.B. Chandler)

Gary Merrill

(Pa Demara)

Joan Blackman

(Lt. Catherine Lacey)

Raymond Massey

(Abbott Donner)

Robert Middleton

(R.C. Brown)

Jeanette Nolan

(Ma Demara)

Sue Ane Langdon

(Eulalie Chandler)

Larry Gates

(Cardinal)

Mike Kellin

(Clifford Thompson)

Frank Gorshin

(Barney)

Cindi Wood

(WAC Lieutenant)

Dick Sargent

(Hotchkiss)

Robert Crawford Jr.

(Fred Demara Jr. (as Robert Crawford))

Doodles Weaver

(Farmer Hauling Fertilizer)

Ward Ramsey

(Lieutenant Commander Howard - HMCS Cayuga)

David White

(Dr. Hammond)

Philip Ahn

(Capt. Hun Kim)

Herbert Rudley

(Senior Officer)

Jerry Paris

(Defense Lieutenant)

Harry Carey, Jr.

(Dr. Joseph Mornay)

Willard Sage

(Lt. Thornton)

Russ Conway

(Sgt. Wilkerson (uncredited))

James Dobson

(Sailor (uncredited))

Richard Gaines

(State Official (uncredited))

Bob Herron

(Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited))

Herbert Lytton

(Reporter (uncredited))

Frank Maxwell

(Tirdell (uncredited))

Michael Ford

(Soldier (uncredited))

Dan Sheridan

(RCN Chief (uncredited))

Charles Cane

(Sheriff (uncredited))

Gage Clarke

(Mr. Warren (uncredited))

John Cliff

(Marine Major (uncredited))

Robert Dornan

(Reporter (uncredited))

James Drake

(Seaman (uncredited))

Bob Hastings

(State Department Official (uncredited))

Dale Ishimoto

(Korean Soldier (uncredited))

Robert Kino

(Korean Officer (uncredited))

Ted Knight

(Reporter (uncredited))

Oliver McGowan

(RCN Commander (uncredited))

Don Ross

(Sergeant (uncredited))

Paul Sorensen

(Guard (uncredited))

Tom Steele

(Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited))

Warren Vanders

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Joe Gray

(Federal Prison Inmate (uncredited))

Harry Harvey Jr.

(Seaman (uncredited))

Bing Russell

(Morgan (uncredited))