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==Cast== {{multiple image|total_width=350 |direction = horizontal |footer = [[Kurt Russell]] (left, pictured in 1976) and [[Keith David]] (2010) |image1 = Kurt Russell - The Quest 1976 (cropped).jpg |image2 = KeithDavidJune10 (Cropped).jpg |alt = Left. An older white man with short black-and-white hair and a similarly colored mustache smiles while looking to the right of the camera. Right. An African-American male with short black hair and stubble stares to the left of the camera with a slight smile. }} * [[Kurt Russell]] as [[R.J. MacReady]], the helicopter pilot{{sfn|Leston|2022}} * [[Wilford Brimley|A. Wilford Brimley]] as Blair, the senior biologist{{sfn|Shomer|2022}}{{sfn|MacReady|2021}}{{sfn|Weiss|2020}} * [[T. K. Carter]] as Nauls, the cook{{sfn|Lambie|2019}}{{sfn|Weiss|2020}} * [[David Clennon]] as Palmer, the assistant mechanic{{sfn|Navarro|2019}} * [[Keith David]] as Childs, the chief mechanic{{sfn|MacReady|2021}}{{sfn|Weiss|2020}}{{sfn|Navarro|2019}} * [[Richard Dysart]] as Dr. Copper, the physician{{sfn|MacReady|2021}}{{sfn|Navarro|2019}} * [[Charles Hallahan]] as Norris, the geologist{{sfn|Navarro|2019}} * [[Peter Maloney (actor)|Peter Maloney]] as George Bennings, the meteorologist{{sfn|Abrams|Zoller Seitz|2016}}{{sfn|Tyler|2019}} * [[Richard Masur]] as Clark, the dog handler{{sfn|Weiss|2020}} * [[Donald Moffat]] as Garry, the station commander{{sfn|Navarro|2019}} * [[Joel Polis]] as Fuchs, the assistant biologist{{sfn|Navarro|2019}} * [[Thomas G. Waites|Thomas Waites]] as Windows, the radio operator{{sfn|Navarro|2019}} ''The Thing'' also features [[Norbert Weisser]] as one of the Norwegians,{{sfn|Canby|1982}} and an uncredited dog, [[Jed (wolfdog)|Jed]], as the Dog-Thing.{{sfn|Crowe|1995}} The only female presence in the film is the voice of MacReady's chess computer, voiced by Carpenter's then-wife, [[Adrienne Barbeau]].{{sfn|Lyttelton |2012}}{{sfn|Freer|2016}} Producer David Foster, associate producer Larry Franco, and writer [[Bill Lancaster]], along with other members of the crew, make a [[cameo appearance]] in a recovered photograph of the Norwegian team.{{sfn|Cohen|2011d}} Camera operator Ray Stella stood in for the shots where needles were used to take blood, telling Carpenter that he could do it all day. Franco also played the Norwegian wielding a rifle and hanging out of the helicopter during the opening sequence.{{sfn|Kirk|2011}}{{sfn|Canby|1982}} Stunt coordinator [[Dick Warlock]] also made cameos in the film, including an off-screen appearance as the shadow on the wall during the scene where the Dog-Thing enters one of the researcher's living quarters.{{sfn|Beresford|2022}} Clennon was originally intended to be in the scene, but due to his shadow being easily identifiable Carpenter decided to use Warlock instead.{{sfn|Cohen|2011i}} Warlock also played Palmer-Thing and stood in for Brimley in a few scenes that involved Blair.{{sfn|Cohen|2013b}}
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