西德尼·波蒂埃

Sidney Poitier

饰：Porgy

多萝西·丹德里奇

Dorothy Dandridge

饰：Bess

珀尔·贝利

Pearl Bailey

饰：Maria

小萨米·戴维斯

Sammy Davis Jr

饰：Sportin' Life

布洛克·皮特斯

Brock Peters

饰：Crown

黛汉恩·卡罗尔

Diahann Carroll

饰：Clara

Leslie Scott

饰：Jake

露丝·阿塔韦

Ruth Attaway

饰：Serena Robbins

克拉伦斯·缪斯

Clarence Muse

饰：Peter

Everdinne Wilson

饰：Annie

Earl Jackson

饰：Mingo

Moses LaMarr

饰：Nelson

Margaret Hairston

饰：Lily

伊凡·迪克森

Ivan Dixon

饰：Jim

Antoine Durousseau

饰：Scipio

Helen Thigpen

饰：Strawberry woman

Vince Townsend

饰：Elderly man

比尔·沃克

Bill Walker

饰：Undertaker (as William Walker)

Roy Glenn

Roy Glenn

饰：Frazier

Maurice Manson

饰：Coroner

克劳德·艾金斯

Claude Akins

饰：Detective

Robert McFerrin

饰：Porgy (singing voice)

Adele Addison

饰：Bess (singing voice)

Loulie Jean Norman

饰：Clara (singing voice)

Inez Matthews

饰：Serena (singing voice)

玛娅安杰洛

Maya Angelou

饰：Dancer (uncredited)

尼切尔·尼克斯

Nichelle Nichols

饰：Bit part (uncredited)

吉奥菲·侯德

Geoffrey Holder

饰：Dancer (uncredited)

乔尔·弗吕莱恩

Joel Fluellen

饰：Robbins

Vince Townsend Jr.

Vince Townsend Jr.

饰：Elderly man,(as Vince Townsend)

斯加特曼·克罗索斯

Scatman Crothers

饰：Crabman