Cast of
Tail Gunner Joe

About Tail Gunner Joe

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.

Full Cast of Tail Gunner Joe

Peter Boyle
plays Joseph McCarthy

Peter Boyle as Joseph McCarthy

Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Fr...

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John Forsythe
plays Paul Cunningham

Burgess Meredith
plays Joseph Welch

Patricia Neal
plays Margaret Chase Smith

Jean Stapleton
plays Mrs. DeCamp

Ned Beatty
plays Sylvester

Philip Abbott
plays Scott Lucas

Wallace Rooney
plays Speaker

Heather Menzies
plays Logan

Wesley Addy
plays Middleton

Karen Carlson
plays Jean Kerr

John Carradine
plays Wisconsin Farmer

Charles Cioffi
plays Logan's Boss

Diana Douglas
plays Sarah

Andrew Duggan
plays Dwight Eisenhower

Henry Jones
plays Armitage

Murray Matheson
plays Publisher

Allan Miller
plays Pete

Tim O'Connor
plays Librarian

Alan Oppenheimer
plays Eisenhower Publicist

Addison Powell
plays General George C. Marshall

Andrew Prine
plays Peter Parker McNair Gates

John Randolph
plays Gen. Lampkin

Allan Rich
plays Ray Jenkins

William Schallert
plays Gen. Zwicker

Simon Scott
plays Robert Ten Broeck Stevens

Robert F. Simon
plays Drew Pearson

George Wyner
plays Roy Cohn

George Wyner as Roy Cohn

A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Nota...

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Lin McCarthy
plays Sen. Stuart Symington

Kelly Jean Peters
plays Mrs. Sarah Gates

Robert Symonds
plays President Harry Truman

Charles Siebert
plays James Juliana

Sam Chew Jr.
plays Robert F. Kennedy

John Chappell
plays Sen. Karl Mundt

Herb Voland
plays Sen. Raymond Baldwin

Edward Anhalt
plays Sen. Herbert Lehman

Alan Hewitt
plays Dean Acheson

Howard Hesseman
plays Lt. Ted Cantwell

Jack Bannon
plays Eisenhower Aide

Charles Macaulay
plays Wm. Roberts

Richard M. Dixon
plays Sen. Richard M. Nixon

Morgan Upton
plays Clucas

Morgan Upton as Clucas

Morgan Upton was born on August 11, 1930 and passed away 32 years ago at the age of 61 on December 22, 1991.

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Shirley O'Hara
plays Marie

George Petrie
plays Chas. Kraus


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