A Death in the Family Cast and Credits Cast | Production Credits | Web Credits Cast Mary Follet Annabeth Gish grew up in Cedar Falls, Iowa, attended Duke University and has impressed audiences with her depth and versatiltiy since 1986, when she made her feature film debut in Desert Bloom. Her film credits include Mystic Pizza, Wyatt Earp, Oliver Stone's Nixon, Double Jeopardy and The Pursuit of Happiness. Her television projects have included roles in The X-Files, Scarlett, Don't Look Back, True Women, What Love Sees, Sealed with a Kiss and The Race to Space. Joel Lynch James Cromwell was born in Los Angeles, raised in Manhattan and studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon University. The six-foot seven-inch actor has played a range of characters that run from the benevolent Farmer Hoggett in Babe to the brutally corrupt police captain Dudley Smith in L.A. Confidential. He has also been seen in such films as The Green Mile, Space Cowboys, Snow Falling on Cedars, The General's Daughter, Deep Impact, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Star Trek: First Contact, Eraser, Romeo is Bleeding, and many more. His television credits include ER, The Magnificent Ambersons, RKO 281, A Slight Case of Murder, and dozens of others. He is starring currently (2002) in the CBS series Citizen Baines. Cromwell is also an occasional cartoonist and writer. Jay Follet John Slattery grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He has appeared in many films and guest-starred frequently in several tv series including Ed, Sex and the City, Judging Amy, Will and Grace and Law and Order. His mini-series credits include A Woman of Independent Means and From the Earth to the Moon (as Walter Mondale). Rufus Follet Austin Wolff Aunt Hannah Kathleen Chalfant Andrew Lynch David Alford Ralph Follet Christopher Strand Father Jackson Bill Raymond Walter Starr Matthew Carlton Catherine Lynch Margaret Askew Schoolboy 1 Reed Alexander Schoolboy 2 Andrew Willis Schoolboy 3 Louden Wright Harbison's Salesman Mac Pirkle Blacksmith Danny Beene Local Farmer Dave Ducey Production Credits back to top Based on the novel by James Agee Adapted by Robert W. Lenski Produced and directed by Gil Cates Produced by Dennis E. Doty Co-produced by Ronald Colby Music by Charles Fox Executive Producers for ALT Films Marian Rees Anne Hopkins Stephen Kulczycki Series Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton Unit Production Manager Ronald Colby First Assistant Director Michael Green Second Assistant Director Richard Feld Associate producer Helene Mulholland Visual Consultant Marcia Calosio Production Supervisor/ Location Manager Tim Leary Swan Co-Production Supervisor Christopher A. Debiec Casting Phyllis Huffman Olivia Harris Costume designer Peggy Farrell Editor Millie Moore A.C.E. Director of Photography Stephen M. Katz Costume Supervisor Paul A. Simmons Set Costumer Rhonda Keaton Key Make-Up Artist Gloria Belz Key Hair Stylist Michealle Vanderpool Art Director William Blanchard, Jr. Set Decorator Ruby Guidara Leadman David Thomas Kerns Propmaster Ed Fitzgerald Greensperson Sydney Lunn Construction Supervisor Sherbe Green Camera Operator Rory Robert Knepp 1st Assistant "A" Camera Steven Barnes "B" Camera Operator Jeff Wolf 1st Assistant "B" Camera David Trenkle Gaffer Bjorn Boisen Key Grip Terry Arthur Production Sound Mixer Glen Trew Boom Operator Dave Gullberg Script Supervisor Susana Preston Location Casting Jo Doster, C.S.A. Production Accountant Dianne Mapp-Cheek Assistant Accountant Cathy Andrade Assistant Production Coordinator Rachel Simpson Assistant to Gii Cates David Buchert Transportation coordinator Andy Straub Transportation captain Randy Lovelady Picture Car Advisor Ed Brooks For ALT Films Communications Tim Hallinan Controller Steve Pawera Administration Jessica Waggoner Asst to Ms. Rees & Ms. Hopkins Kelly Young Legal Counsel Leroy Bobbitt Assistant Editor Cynthia Fret Post Production Assistant Denise Marquez Voice Casting Barbara Harris Supervising Sound Editor Stephen Grubbs Sound Editorial Miles O'Fun Music Editor Nino Centurion Music Engineer John Richards Re-Recording Mixers Terry O'Bright Keith Rogers Special Thanks: Nashville Film Commission Tennessee Film Commission Knoxville/East Tennessee Film Commission Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel Nashville Chuck Tenpenny -- Aurora Casket Co., Inc. Fredericksburg Butterfly Ranch Wagner Creative Group, Inc. Production Properties Management "Secret Of The Lawn Waters" Painting by William Hunter Filmed entirely in Tennessee A Death in the Family is a production of ALT Films in association with Cates/Doty Productions for Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection. The series of nine films in the American Collection are produced by WGBH Boston and ALT Films. Rebecca Eaton is the series executive producer. Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS. Masterpiece Theatre's American Collection is closed captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers by The Caption Center at WGBH. A special narration track is added to the series by Descriptive Video Service® (DVS®), a service of WGBH to provide access to people who are blind or visually impaired. The DVS narration is available on the SAP channel of stereo TVs and VCRs. WGBH is America's preeminent public broadcasting producer. 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