Dr. Strangelove Cast
Meet the Cast
President Muffley (Peter Sellers)
Let's be ReasonableSomehow this straight man is still hilarious—probably because he's one of the three characters played by Peter Sellers. Throughout this nightmare comedy, U.S. President Merkin...
Ripper (Sterling Hayden)
MUFFLEY: This man is obviously a psychotic. Yup, that pretty much sums up Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper. Ripper's the guy who sets the ball rolling...the blazing ball of nuclear doom, that is. T...
General Turgidson (George C. Scott)
Played as an almost-lovable, gum-chewing buffoon by the insanely talented George C. Scott, General Buck Turgidson represents the faction in America that was ready to heat up the Cold War at the dro...
Mandrake (Peter Sellers)
In yet another hilarious performance, Peter Sellers is Group Captain Mandrake, the stuffy British officer who probably wishes he'd been assigned to any American officer but Gen. Jack D. Ripper when...
Kong (Slim Pickens)
King KongPlayed by veteran Western actor and real-deal cowboy Slim Pickens, Major T. J. "King" Kong is the heart of the movie. We can't help but root for him and his intrepid B-52 crew as they stru...
Dr. Strangelove (Peter Sellers)
Hey, look, it's Peter Sellers…again.Strangelove's sinister villain-in-a-wheelchair was drawn from a number of real-life and fictional characters. During the Cold War, many Germans defected or wer...
Alexei (Peter Bull)
As the Soviet Ambassador, Alexei de Sadeski is the only real live "Commie" we meet in Dr. Strangelove, making him the movie's representative of the entire Soviet enterprise. Well, he is an ambassad...
Guano (Keenan Wynn)
Colonel "Bat" Guano is the suspicious soldier who finds Mandrake locked in Ripper's office. Having figured out the recall code that will stop Plan R, Mandrake begs Guano to help him find a way to c...
Miss Scott (Tracy Reed)
The only woman in the film barely has on any clothes. Shocker. Miss Scott is General Buck Turgidson's bikini babe secretary/mistress. We first meet her tanning under a heat lamp in her bikini. Over...
Lt. Zogg (James Earl Jones)
Lieutenant Lothar Zogg is the bombardier of Kong's B-52. What's a bombardier? He's the guy who locates the target and releases the bombs. Even though Zogg's whole purpose on the bomber is to target...