Orson Welles Charles Foster Kane Director, Actor, Writer, Producer Joseph Cotten Jedediah Leland, Newsreel Reporter Actor Ruth Warrick Emily Norton Kane Actor Everett Sloane Bernstein Actor Agnes Moorehead Mrs. Mary Kane Actor Dorothy Comingore Susan Alexander Actor Ray Collins Boss James "Jim" W. Gettys Actor George Coulouris Walter Parks Thatcher Actor William Alland Jerry Thompson, "News on the March" Narrator Actor Paul Stewart Raymond Actor Erskine Sanford Herbert Carter, Newsreel Reporter Actor Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer John Houseman Writer Bernard Herrmann Original Music Gregg Toland Cinematographer Robert Wise Film Editing Van Nest Polglase Art Director Perry Ferguson Associate Art Direction Darrell Silvera Set Decoration Edward Stevenson Costume Design Maurice Seiderman Makeup Artist John Aalberg Sound Russell A. Cully Special Effects Vernon L. Walker Special Effects