The Stagecoach cast features Claire Trevor, John Wayne and Andy Devine. This info article contains minor spoilers and character details for John Ford’s 1939 movie on Amazon, HBO Max and The Criterion Channel. Check out more cast guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category.

Stagecoach takes place in June 1880. As a woman named Dallas travels to meet her alleged husband, she develops romantic feelings for a notorious outlaw. The narrative follows the main protagonists as they find common ground while dealing with various lawmen and environmental obstacles. Here’s every actor and character in Stagecoach, an adaptation of Ernest Haycox’s 1937 Collier’s story, “The Stage to Lordsburg.”

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Stagecoach Cast: Claire Trevor as Dallas

Character Profile: A sex worker. She travels on the Overland Stage Line from Tonto, Arizona to Lordsburg, New Mexico. Dallas bonds with an outlaw while hiding secrets about her past.

Trevor’s Resume: Patricia Carter in The Last Trail (1933), Helen Grayle in Murder, My Sweet (1944), Gaye Dawn in Key Largo (1948), Pat Regan in Raw Deal (1948), May Holst in The High and the Mighty (1954)

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Stagecoach Cast: John Wayne as Ringo Kid

Character Profile: A convicted murderer. He is an outlaw who avenged his brother’s death. Ringo Kid hopes to run away with Dallas.

Wayne’s Resume: Sean Thornton in The Quiet Man (1952), Ethan Edwards in The Searchers (1956), Tom Doniphon in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969), J.B. Books in The Shootist (1976)

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Stagecoach Cast: Andy Devine as Buck

Character Profile: A stagecoach driver. He transports the main protagonists from Arizona to New Mexico. Buck gets attacked by Native Americans.

Devine’s Resume: Father Kelley in Bowery to Broadway (1944), Deputy Marshal Jingles in Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951-58), Link Appleyard in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Cpl. Peterson in How the West Was Won (1962), Friar Tuck – A Badger in Robin Hood (1973)

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Stagecoach Cast: John Carradine as Hatfield

Character Profile: A notorious gambler. He is a former Confederate army officer and the son of a judge. Hatfield offers protection to a socialite during her journey to New Mexico.

Carradine’s Resume: Casy in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Maj. Cassius Starbuckle in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), H. Buckram Sartoris in Boxcar Bertha (1972), Beckum in The Shootist (1976), Erle Kenton in The Howling (1981)

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Stagecoach Cast: Thomas Mitchell as Doc Josiah Boone

Character Profile: A doctor. He is an alcoholic who was discharged from Union army. Josiah describes himself as a “fatalist.”

Mitchell’s Resume: Gerald O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), Diz Moore in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Pat Garrett in The Outlaw (1943), Uncle Billy in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), Capt. Colin Glencannon in Glencannon (1959)

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Stagecoach Cast: Louise Platt as Mrs. Lucy Mallory

Character Profile: A socialite. She is a Virginia native whose father was in the same Confederate army regiment as Hatfield. Lucy surprises her fellow travelers when it’s revealed that she’s pregnant.

Platt’s Resume: Brenda Wayne in I Met My Love Again (1938), Dian “Di” Turlon in Spawn of the North (1938), Ellen Frazier in Tell No Tales (1939), Corunna in Captain Caution (1940), Judy Wingate in Forgotten Girls (1940)

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The Stagecoach cast also includes:

• George Bancroft as Marshal Curley Wilcox
• Donald Meek as Samuel Peacock
• Berton Churchill as Ellsworth Henry Gatewood
• Tim Holt as Lt. Blanchard
• Tom Tyler as Luke Plummer
• Elvira Ríos as Yakima

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.