Being There

Richard Basehart as Vladimir Skrapinov Hal Ashby as Man at File Cabinet at the Washington Post (uncredited) Stanley Grover as Baldwin Alice Hirson as First Lady Jerome Hellman as Gary Burns James Noble as Kaufman Peter Sellers as Chance Shirley MacLaine as Eve Rand Jack Warden as President 'Bobby' Richard Dysart as Dr. Robert Allenby John Harkins as Sidney Courtney Ruth Attaway as Louise Fran Brill as Sally Hayes Mitch Kreindel as Dennis Watson Richard Venture as Wilson Sam Weisman as Colson Ilya Baskin as Karpatov Melvyn Douglas as Benjamin Rand David Clennon as Thomas Franklin Oteil Burbridge as Lolo

Lynn Stalmaster Casting Johnny Mandel Original Music Composer Jerzy Kosiński Screenplay, Novel Andrew Braunsberg Producer Pablo Ferro Title Designer Hal Ashby Director Charles H. Schram Makeup Artist Caleb Deschanel Director of Photography May Routh Costume Designer Jack Schwartzman Executive Producer