Robert Hays as Ted Striker

Julie Hagerty as Elaine Dickinson

Leslie Nielsen as Dr. Rumack

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Roger Murdock

Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey

Peter Graves as Capt. Clarence Oveur

Lorna Patterson as Randy

Robert Stack as Captain Rex Kramer

Jim Abrahams as Religious Zealot #6

Jonathan Banks as Gunderson

Stephen Stucker as Johnny Henshaw-Jacobs

Frank Ashmore as Victor Basta

Craig Berenson as Paul Carey

Barbara Billingsley as Jive Lady

Lee Bryant as Mrs. Hammen

Joyce Bulifant as Mrs. Davis

Mae E. Campbell as Security Lady

Ethel Merman as Lieutenant Hurwitz

Jimmie Walker as Windshield Wiper Man

Jill Whelan as Lisa Davis

Nora Meerbaum as Cocaine Lady

Kenneth Tobey as Air Controller Neubauer

James Hong as Japanese General

Michelle Stacy as Young Girl with Coffee

David Leisure as First Krishna

Ann Nelson as Hanging Lady

Al White as Second Jive Dude

Nicholas Pryor as Mr. Hammen

Cyril O'Reilly as Soldier

Ted Chapman as Airport Steward

Jesse Emmett as Man from India

Norman Alexander Gibbs as First Jive Dude

Amy Gibson as Soldier's Girl

Marcy Goldman as Mrs. Geline

Bob Gorman as Striped Controller

Rossie Harris as Joey

Maurice Hill as Reporter #3

David Hollander as Young Boy with Coffee

Howard Honig as Jack

Gregory Itzin as Religious Zealot #1

Howard Jarvis as Man in Taxi

Michael Laurence as Newscaster

Zachary Lewis as Religious Zealot #3

Barbara Mallory as Religious Zealot #2

Maureen McGovern as Nun

Mary Mercier as Shirley

Len Mooy as Reporter #1

Laura Nix as Mrs. Hurwitz

John O'Leary as Reporter #2

Bill Porter as Hospital Contortionist

Conrad E. Palmisano as Religious Zealot #4

Mallory Sandler as L.A. Ticket Agent

Robert Starr as Religious Zealot #5

Barbara Stuart as Mrs. Kramer

Lee Terri as Mrs. Oveur

William Tregoe as Jack Kirkpatrick

Hatsuo Uda as Japanese Newscaster

Herb Voland as Air Controller Macias

John David Wilder as Second Krishna

Windy as Horse

Jason Wingreen as Dr. Brody

Louise Yaffe as Mrs. Jaffe

Charlotte Zucker as Make-up Lady

David Zucker as Ground Crewman #2

Jerry Zucker as Ground Crewman #1

Kitten Natividad as Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)

Larry Blake as Upside-Down Man (uncredited)

Paula Moody as Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Sandra Lee Gimpel as Girl Scout In Bar (uncredited)

Henry Wills as Commuter on Baggage Carousel (uncredited)

Joyce Mandel as Woman on Flight (uncredited)

Gene LeBell as Religious Zealot (uncredited)

Susan Breslau as Ticket Agent (uncredited)