Cocoon

Jim Fitzpatrick as Dock Worker Clint Howard as John Dexter James Ritz as DMV Clerk Harold Bergman as Reverend Don Ameche as Arthur Selwyn Tyrone Power Jr. as Pillsbury Oliver Hardy as Self - film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited) Wilford Brimley as Benjamin Luckett Linda Harrison as Susan Rance Howard as St. Petersburg Dectective Jack Gilford as Bernie Lefkowitz Jessica Tandy as Alma Finley Barret Oliver as David Jean Speegle Howard as Woman Steve Guttenberg as Jack Bonner Brian Dennehy as Walter Maureen Stapleton as Mary Luckett Tahnee Welch as Kitty Hume Cronyn as Joseph Finley Charles Lampkin as Pops Fred Astaire as Character in film clip from 'The Gay Divorcee' (archive footage) (uncredited) Reginald Gardiner as Character in film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited) Stan Laurel as Stanley in film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited) Gwen Verdon as Bess McCarthy Herta Ware as Rosie Lefkowitz

James Horner Original Music Composer Donald Peterman Director of Photography Ken Ralston Visual Effects Supervisor Ron Howard Director David Brown Producer Scott Farrar Visual Effects Aggie Guerard Rodgers Costume Design Ralph McQuarrie Visual Effects Richard D. Zanuck Producer David Saperstein Story Gary Rydstrom Sound Designer Charlie Picerni Stunts