The Reluctant Astronaut

Don Knotts

as Roy Fleming

Leslie Nielsen

as Major Fred Gifford

Joan Freeman

as Ellie Jackson

Jesse White

as Donelli

Jeanette Nolan

as Mrs. Fleming

Frank McGrath

as Plank

Arthur O'Connell

as Arbuckle "Buck" Fleming

Joan Shawlee

as Blonde in Bar

Guy Raymond

as Bert

Nydia Westman

as Aunt Zana

Paul Hartman

as Rush

Robert F. Simon

as Cervantes

Robert Pickering

as Moran

Bill Quinn

as Captain Ferguson

Melissa Gilbert

as Niece

Burt Mustin

as Ned

Marjorie Bennett

as Sweetwater Citizen at Mailbox

Herb Vigran

as NASA Doctor

Paul Bryar

as First Bus Driver (uncredited)