On the Waterfront Cast
Meet the Cast
Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando)
Bad Boy With A Heart Of GoldEveryone remembers On The Waterfront for one thing: Marlon Brando screaming "I could'a been a contender!"It's not just that that's an awesome line. It's not just that Br...
Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint)
Good Girl Gone…GoodEdie is a good girl. She loves her mother, loves horses and her boyfriend too. Okay, those are lyrics to the song "Free Falling" by Tom Petty. But they're also true (except cha...
Father Barry (Karl Malden)
Not a Couch Potato Priest When we think of noble priests, we usually think of priests that perform incredible feats like getting demons to stop vacationing in little girl's minds (The Exorcist) or...
Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb)
That name. That name.Imagine if Darth Vader had been named Darth GoodPapa, or if Cruella deVil had been named LovesPuppies deVil, or if Voldemort had been named CuteWizard. Yeah. That's about the l...
Charley Malloy (Rod Steiger)
Bros Before—Er—Bros After Mob ConnectionsThe world is full of expressions about the bond between brothers. Brothers-in-arms. Being your brother's keeper. Brothers from another mother. Band of B...
Kayo Dugan (Pat Henning)
"Only the good die young"—that's what Billy Joel sang. And, in On the Waterfront, it seems to be true. First, we see the saintly Joey Doyle get shoved off a roof. Then, Kayo Dugan, another longsh...
Joey Doyle (Ben Wagner)
Aside from the part where he gets shoved off a roof, we don't see much of Joey Doyle. We see Terry ask to meet him on the roof, and then—splat. But, we get the impression that Joey was a really g...
Pop Doyle (John F. Hamilton)
Doyle's one of the good guys, but he tries to keep his head down. He's not going to rock the boat or make any waves, even after his son, Joey, gets murdered. When the cops ask him about what caused...
Glover (Leif Erickson)
This guy is a real life version of McGruff the Crime Dog. He works for the Waterfront Crime Commission, trying to take down union gangsters like Johnny Friendly. Glover things he can work on Terry...
Mott Murphy (John Heldabrand)
This guy slaps some grease on the wheels of the plot and keeps it rolling. Mott is a disheveled dude—he's maybe homeless—who comes up to Terry and Edie in the park. He tells Edie: MOTT: Your br...
Mrs. Collins (Anne Hegira)
She's feisty. She's sassy. She…barely has any lines in the movie. But that's okay. Mrs. Collins fills her role with aplomb. After Joey dies, she says to the police: MRS. COLLINS: He was the one l...