
127 minutes
9/28/1994
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Johnny Depp
as Ed Wood

Martin Landau
as Bela Lugosi

Sarah Jessica Parker
as Dolores Fuller

Patricia Arquette
as Kathy O'Hara

Jeffrey Jones
as Criswell

G. D. Spradlin
as Reverend Lemon

Vincent D'Onofrio
as Orson Welles

Bill Murray
as Bunny Breckinridge

Mike Starr
as Georgie Weiss

Max Casella
as Paul Marco

Brent Hinkley
as Conrad Brooks

Lisa Marie
as Vampira

Jim Myers
as Tor Johnson

Juliet Landau
as Loretta King

Clive Rosengren
as Ed Reynolds

Norman Alden
as Cameraman Bill

Leonard Termo
as Makeup Man Harry

Ned Bellamy
as Dr. Tom Mason

Danny Dayton
as Soundman

Ross Manarchy
as Camera Assistant

Bill Cusack
as Tony McCoy
Aaron Nelms
as Teenage Kid

Biff Yeager
as Rude Boss

Joseph R. Gannascoli
as Security Guard

Carmen Filpi
as Old Crusty Man

Lisa Malkiewicz
as Secretary #1

Melora Walters
as Secretary #2

Conrad Brooks
as Bartender

Don Amendolia
as Salesman

Tommy Bertelsen
as Tough Boy

Reid Cruickshanks
as Stage Guard

Stanley DeSantis
as Mr. Feldman

Lionel Decker
as Executive #1

Edmund L. Shaff
as Executive #2

Gene LeBell
as Ring Announcer

Bobby Slayton
as TV Show Host
Gretchen Becker
as TV Host's Assistant

John Rice
as Conservative Man

Catherine Butterfield
as Conservative Wife

Mary Portser
as Backer's Wife

King Cotton
as Hick Backer

Don Hood
as Southern Backer
Frank Echols
as Doorman

Matthew Barry
as Valet

Ralph Monaco
as Waiter

Anthony Russell
as Busboy

Tommy Bush
as Stage Manager

Gregory Walcott
as Potential Backer

Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
as Another Backer

Rance Howard
as Old Man McCoy

Vasek Simek
as Professor Strowski
Alan Martin
as Vampira's Assistant
Salwa Ali
as Vampira's Girlfriend
Rodney Kizziah
as Vampira's Friend

Korla Pandit
as Indian Musician
Hannah Eckstein
as Greta Johnson
Luc De Schepper
as Karl Johnson
Vinny Argiro
as TV Horror Show Director

Patti Tippo
as Nurse

Ray Baker
as Doctor

Louis Lombardi
as Rental House Manager

Jim Boyce
as Theatre Manager

Ben Ryan Ganger
as Angry Kid

Ryan Holihan
as Frantic Usher
Marc Revivo
as High School Punk

Charlie Holliday
as Tourist

Adam Drescher
as Photographer #1
Ric Mancini
as Photographer #2

Daniel Riordan
as Pilot / Strapping Young Man

Mickey Cottrell
as Hammy Alien
Christopher George Simpson
as Organist
Robert Binford
as Choir Member
Herbert Boche
as Choir Member
Linda Rae Brienza
as Choir Member
Marlene Cook
as Choir Member
Sylvia Coussa
as Choir Member
Audrey Cuyler
as Choir Member
Joseph Golightly
as Choir Member
Carrie Starner Hummel
as Choir Member
Ramona Kemp-Blair
as Choir Member
Carolyn Kessinger
as Choir Member
Nancy Longyear
as Choir Member
Matthew Nelson
as Choir Member
Robert Nuffer
as Choir Member
William Michael Short
as Choir Member
Susan Eileen Simpson
as Choir Member
George F. Sterne
as Choir Member
Charles Alan Stephenson
as Choir Member
Cheri A. Williams
as Choir Member
Cynthia Ann Wilson
as Choir Member

Maurice LaMarche
as Orson Welles (voice) (uncredited)

Jesse Hernandez
as Wrestling Opponent

Lena Banks
as Sexy Pedestrian (uncredited)

Ada Tai
as Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Arlene Tai
as Vampira's Friend (uncredited)

Rayder Woods
as Car Vandal (uncredited)

Bill Blair
as Carny (uncredited)
Bill Anderson
as Wrestling Referee (uncredited)

Eugenie Bondurant
as Dagmar (uncredited)

Mike Breyer
as Photographer (uncredited)

Patrick Cranshaw
as Editor on Studio Lot (uncredited)
Ryal Haakenson
as Wedding Guest / Theatre Goer (uncredited)
Zachary Keats
as Trick-or-Treating Kid (uncredited)
Susan Knego
as Girl in Theater Lobby (uncredited)
Navya La Shay
as Secretary (uncredited)
Tanya Marten
as Secretary (uncredited)
Gorja Max
as Bra Stuffing Transvestite (uncredited)

Johnny Meyer
as Kid At Movie Theater (uncredited)
John Michael Quinn
as Minister (uncredited)
Michael Satterfield
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jeff Shrewsbury
as Theater Patron (uncredited)
Richard Yett
as Wrap Party Guest (uncredited)