DESPITE THE LENGTHY LIST OF CAST AND CREW NAMES AT THE END OF WEST SIDE STORY, a number of cast and crew members were not given credit on the screen. Additionally, a number of cast members would later, for professional or personal reasons, be known by different names. In this list, the credited cast and crew members are followed by those who were not listed on-screen. The actors’ alternate or subsequent names are given in parentheses.
- Presented by Mirisch Pictures Inc., in association with Seven Arts Productions Inc.
- A Robert Wise [Beta] Production
- Released Through United Artists
- Maria: Natalie Wood
- Tony: Richard Beymer
- Riff: Russ Tamblyn
- Anita: Rita Moreno
- Bernardo: George Chakiris
- Schrank: Simon Oakland
- Doc: Ned Glass
- Krupke: William Bramley
- Ice: Tucker Smith
- Action: Tony Mordente
- A-Rab: David Winters
- Baby John: Eliot Feld
- Snowboy: Bert Michaels
- Tiger: David Bean
- Joyboy: Robert Banas
- Big Deal: Scooter [Anthony] Teague
- Mouthpiece: Harvey Hohnecker [Evans]
- Gee-Tar: Tommy Abbott
- Anybodys: Susan Oakes
- Graziella: Gina Trikonis
- Velma: Carole D’Andrea
- Chino: Jose De Vega
- Pepe: Jay Norman
- Indio: Gus Trikonis
- Juano: Eddie Verso
- Loco: Jaime Rogers
- Rocco: Larry Roquemore
- Luis: Robert Thompson
- Toro: Nick Covacevich [Navarro]
- Del Campov: Rudy Del Campo
- Consuelo: Yvonne Othon [Wilder]
- Rosalia: Suzie Kaye
- Francisca: Joanne Miya [Nobuko Miyamoto]
- Boy on bicycle: Martin Abrahams
- Glad Hand: John Astin
- Debby, Snowboy’s Girlfriend: Francesca Bellini
- Boy on basketball court: Christopher [Kit] Culkin
- Clarice, Big Deal’s Girlfriend: Rita Hyde [D’Amico]
- Teresita, Juano’s Girlfriend: Maria Jimenez [Henley]
- Hotsie, Tiger’s Girlfriend: Elaine Joyce
- Little Girl (extra): Priscilla Lopez
- Margarita, Rocco’s Girlfriend: Olivia Perez
- Police Officer No. 3: Lou Ruggiero
- Madam Lucia: Penny Santon
- Estella, Loco’s Girlfriend: Luci Stone
- Minnie, Baby John’s Girlfriend: Pat Tribble
- Dancer: Gary Troy
- Dancer: Roxanne Tunis
- Directors: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
- Screenplay: Ernest Lehman
- Music: Leonard Bernstein
- Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
- Associate producer: Saul Chaplin
- Choreography: Jerome Robbins
- Musical conductor: Johnny Green
- Production design: Boris Leven
- Director of photography: Daniel L. Fapp
- Costume design: Irene Sharaff
- Assistant director: Robert E. Relyea
- Dance assistants: Tommy Abbott, Margaret Banks, Howard Jeffrey, Tony Mordente
- Film editor: Thomas Stanford
- Music editor: Richard Carruth
- Photographic effects: Linwood Dunn, Film Effects of Hollywood
- Orchestrations: Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
- Sound: Murray Spivack, Fred Lau, Vinton Vernon
- Musical assistant: Betty Walberg
- Vocal coach: Bobby Tucker
- Musical supervision: Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal
- Production manager: Allen K. Wood
- Titles and visual consultation: Saul Bass
- Production artist: M[aurice] Zuberano
- Set decorator: Victor Gangelin
- Properties: Sam Gordon
- Sound editor: Gilbert D. Marchant
- Assistant editor: Marshall M. Borden
- Script supervisor: Stanley K. Scheuer
- Second assistant director: Jerome M. Siegel
- Makeup: Emile La Vigne
- Hairdresser: Alice Monte
- Wardrobe: Bert Henrikson
- Casting: Stalmaster-Lister Co.
- Based upon the stage play produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince, by arrangement with Roger L. Stevens; book by Arthur Laurents; music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; play conceived, directed, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins
- Filmed in Technicolor and Panavision 70
- Executive producer: Walter Mirisch
- Production executive: Harold Mirisch
- Production executive: Marvin Mirisch
- Production manager: Hubert Fröhlich
- Scenic artist: Shelley Bartolini
- Production illustrator: Leon Harris
- Construction coordinator: William Maldonado
- Sound mixer: Richard Gramaglia
- Sound recording supervisor: Fred Hynes
- Sound supervisor: Gordon Sawyer
- Stunts: Eli Bo, Jack Blackfeather
- Camera operator, title sequence: John Finger
- Still photographer: Ernst Haas
- Electrician: Jerome H. Klein
- Dolly grip, title sequence: Louis Kulsey
- Grip: Tom May
- Still photographer: Phil Stern
- Script supervisor: John Flynn
- Playback music operator: Walter A. Gest
- Press representative: Howard Newman
- Musicians (selected): Pete Candoli (trumpet), Gene Cipriano (woodwinds), Jack Dumont (saxophone), Al Hendrickson (guitar), Shelly Manne (drums), Red Mitchell (acoustic double bass), Dave Pell (saxophone), Uan Rasey (trumpet), Howard Roberts (guitar), Ray Turner, Ray Sherman (piano), Lloyd Ulyate (trombone), Al Viola (guitar), Marni Nixon (singing voice, Maria), Jimmy Bryant (singing voice, Tony), Betty Wand (singing voice, Anita—partial), Tucker Smith (singing voice, Riff—partial)