An American Werewolf in London - Cast

Cast

• David Naughton as David Kessler
• Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price
• Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman
• John Woodvine as Dr. J.S. Hirsch
• Lila Kaye as Barmaid
• Frank Oz as Mr. Collins
• John Landis as Man smashed in window
• David Schofield as Dart Player
• Brian Glover as Chess Player
• Rik Mayall as Man in Pub (2nd Chess Player)
• Don McKillop as Inspector Villiers
• Paul Kember as Sergeant McManus
• Linzi Drew as Brenda Bristols

Cameos and bit parts

In the Piccadilly Circus sequence, the man hit by a car and thrown through a store window is Landis himself.

As in most of the director's movies, Frank Oz makes an appearance: first as Mr. Collins from the American embassy in the hospital scene, and later as Miss Piggy in a dream sequence, when David's younger siblings watch a scene from The Muppet Show.

Actors in bit parts who were already—or would become—more well-known include the two chess players David and Jack meet in the pub, played by the familiar character actor Brian Glover and then-rising comedian and actor Rik Mayall. One of the policemen helping to chase and kill the werewolf is John Altman, who would later achieve fame as "Nasty" Nick Cotton in EastEnders. Alan Ford—later to appear in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch—plays a taxi driver. The policeman in the cinema is played by John Salthouse and the policeman in Piccadilly Circus is played by Peter Ellis. Both Salthouse and Ellis appeared in police drama The Bill. David Schofield, known as Mercer from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, plays the dart player at the Slaughtered Lamb and assists Dr. Hirsch in his investigation of David's attack.