Charlton Heston
Capt. Matthew Garth
Henry Fonda
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
James Coburn
Capt. Vinton Maddox
Glenn Ford
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Hal Holbrook
Cmdr. Joseph Rochefort
Robert Mitchum
Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
Toshirō Mifune
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Cliff Robertson
Cmdr. Jessop
Robert Wagner
Lt.Cmdr. Blake
Robert Webber
Admiral Jack Fletcher
James Shigeta
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
Pat Morita
Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka
John Fujioka
Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Ed Nelson
Admiral Harry Pearson
Christopher George
Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky
Erik Estrada
Pilot "Chili Bean" Ramos
Tom Selleck
Aide to Capt. Cyril Simard
Robert Ito
Cmdr. Minoru Genda
Christina Kokubo
Haruko Sakura
Susan Sullivan
Ann (TV Version)
Larry Pennell
Captain Cyril Simard
Monte Markham
Commander Max Leslie
Biff McGuire
Captain Miles Browning
Kevin Dobson
Ensign George Gay
Glenn Corbett
Lieutenant Commander John Waldron
Gregory Walcott
Captain Elliott Buckmaster
Edward Albert
Lieutenant Tom Garth
Dale Ishimoto
Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Dabney Coleman
Captain Murray Arnold
Clyde Kusatsu
Cmdr. Watanabe
Phillip R. Allen
Lt. Cmdr. John S. 'Jimmy' Thach
Conrad Yama
Adm. Nobutake Kondo
Yuki Shimoda
Officer Aboard Carrier Hiryu
Seth Sakai
Capt. Kameto Kuroshima
Kurt Grayson
Maj. Floyd 'Red' Parks
Alfie Wise
Chief Radioman Horace F. Dobbs
John Bennett Perry
ARM1c Walter G. Chochalousek
Steve Kanaly
Lt. Cmdr. Lance E. "Lem" Massey
Kip Niven
Lt. Howard P. Ady, PBY Pilot
Michael Richardson
Lt. Woll - Aide to Adm. Nimitz
James Ingersoll
Pilot, PBY 'Strawberry 12'
Larry Csonka
Cmdr. Delaney (uncredited)
Mitchell Ryan
RAdm. Aubrey W. Fitch (uncredited)
Lloyd Kino
Capt. Aoki (uncredited)