George Seaton Director, Screenwriter Maureen O'Hara Doris Walker Actor John Payne Fred Gailey Actor Edmund Gwenn Kris Kringle Actor Gene Lockhart Judge Henry X. Harper Actor Natalie Wood Susan Walker Actor Porter Hall Granville Sawyer Actor William Frawley Charlie Halloran Actor Thelma Ritter Peter's Mom (uncredited) Actor Jack Albertson Mail sorter (uncredited) Actor Jerome Cowan District Attorney Thomas Mara Actor Philip Tonge Julian Shellhammer Actor William Perlberg Producer Cyril J. Mockridge Original Music Lloyd Ahern Sr. Cinematographer Charles G. Clarke Cinematographer Robert L. Simpson Film Editing Richard Day Art Director Richard Irvine Art Director Ernest Lansing Set Decoration Thomas Little Set Decoration Kay Nelson Costume Design