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

Sab Shimono

Lt. Tomonaga

Conrad Yama

Adm. Nobutake Kondo

Yuki Shimoda

Officer Aboard Carrier Hiryu

Seth Sakai

Capt. Kameto Kuroshima

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

Dennis Rucker

Ens. Manson

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)