Books with so many characters and names can be confusing. This picture chart pairs modern actors with the characters to put names with faces and help you to keep them straight. Credits are at the bottom.

 


McMURPHY
Protagonist; transferred from prison work farm

BILLY
 31 year-old stuttering mama’s boy, longs for romance and approval
HARDING
 closet homosexual but married; Pres. of Patient’s Council

CHESWICK
McMurphy’s follower, “wants something done,” ‘accidentally’ drowns in pool

SCANLON
only committed Acute, hands constantly work on make-believe bomb, obsessed with news
MARTINI
exhibits childlike behavior and hallucinates


GEORGE
aka “Rub-a-dub,” obsessed with cleanliness, Captain of fishing trip
SEFELT
Secretly gives his meds to Frederickson, worried pills affect his looks.

FREDERICKSON
Exhibits doubt toward McMurphy to mask fear of Nurse, takes friends pills because afraid of fits
TADEM & GREGORY
also go on fishing trip
 



CHIEF BROMDEN
Narrator; pretends to be deaf & dumb, been on ward for the longest of all patients
ELLIS
Youngest chronic, was Acute until EST, stands by being nailed to wall, wets himself



RUCKLY
Youngest Chronic,
was Acute until EST, says, “ffffffff#*k da wife,” and little else
COLONEL MATERSON
oldest Chronic,
WWI vet,
committed by wife
OLD PETE BANCINI
always tired and believes he was born dead
OLD BLASTIC
”Vegetable,”dies in the night after Chief’s dream.
NURSE RATCHED
Antagonist; runs the ward and is proverbial “ball-cutter”
WILLIAMS
”the least” of the aides
short from hiding in closet, gets beat up  by Chief in shower

DR.SPIVEY
fears the nurse,
subscribes to McMurphy

 


WASHINGTON
”fat/big” aide,
gets his nose broken in basketball game and ribs broken in shower by Mack
MR.TURKLE
nightime aide
 

 
WARREN
another daytime aide

CANDY
prostitute friend of Mack’s; one with whom Billy loses virginity

 
SANDY
the other prostitute

 
GEEVER
another daytime aide

 

RAWLER
”the Squawler;”
(never seen)
Disturbed; castrates & kills himself in the bathroom

 

 TABER
 Acute  “manipulator” like McMurphy until Big Nurse tamed him; “successful dismissal” appearing only in flashback

 

LIFEGUARD
Disturbed; former football player still waiting for broken arm to “heal"

 



CUCKOO
One flew east,
one flew west,
one flew over his nest
 

 

KEY:
THE ACUTES
THE CHRONICS
THE STAFF
THE OTHERS

 

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"CAST":
Johnny Depp, McMurphy; Jimmy Fallon, Billy; Sean Penn, Harding; Bill Murray, Cheswick; Vince Vaughn, Scanlon; Ashton Kutcher, Martini; Nicolas Cage, George; Steve Buscemi, Sefelt; Vin Diesel, Frederickson; Owen & Luke Wilson, Tadem & Gregory; Larry Sellers, Chief Bromden; Keanu Reeves, Ellis; Kevin Bacon, Ruckly; Billy Bob Thorton, Colonel; Christopher Walken, Bancini; Ed HArris, Blastic; Kathy Bates, Nurse Ratched; Gary COleman, Williams; Kelsey Grammar, Dr. Spivey; Cedric the Entertainer, Washington; Keith David, Turkle; Ving Rhames, Warren; Jessica Simpson, Candy; Katie Holmes, Sandy; Cocoa Puffs Dude, Cuckoo
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