The Love Bug

The Love Bug (1968)Cast and Crew

Movie"Herbie will honk his way into your heart."

Cast

D
Dean Jones
as Jim Douglas
M
Michele Lee
as Carole Bennett
D
David Tomlinson
as Peter Thorndyke
B
Buddy Hackett
as Tennessee Steinmetz
J
Joe Flynn
as Havershaw
B
Benson Fong
as Mr. Wu
A
Andy Granatelli
as Association President
J
Joe E. Ross
as Detective
I
Iris Adrian
as Carhop
N
Ned Glass
as Toll Booth Attendant
R
Robert Foulk
as Bice
G
Gil Lamb
as Policeman at Park
B
Barry Kelley
as Police Sgt.
N
Nicole Jaffe
as Girl In Dune Buggy
G
Gary Owens
as Announcer
W
Wally Boag
as Flabbergasted Driver
R
Russ Caldwell
as Boy in Dune Buggy
M
Max Balchowsky
P
Peter Renaday
as Policeman on Bridge
B
Brian Fong
as Man Carrying Herbie
A
Alan Fordney
S
Stan Duke
G
Gary Owens
as Race Announcer
C
Chick Hearn
as Announcer
P
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
as Mexican Driver
D
Dale Van Sickel
as Driver
R
Regis Parton
as Driver
R
Regina Parton
as Driver
F
Fred Stromsoe
as Driver

Crew

R
Robert O. Cook
Sound
R
Robert Stevenson
Director
D
Dick Warlock
Stunts
D
Don DaGradi
Screenplay
B
Bill Walsh
Screenplay
B
Bill Thomas
Costume Design
J
John B. Mansbridge
Art Direction
H
Hal Gausman
Set Decoration
C
Cotton Warburton
Editor
E
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
C
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
L
La Rue Matheron
Hairstylist
O
Otis Malcolm
Makeup Artist
G
George Bruns
Original Music Composer
E
Edward Colman
Director of Photography
P
Paul Cameron
Unit Manager
B
Bill Walsh
Producer

Herbie Collection

Herbie is an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a character that is featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a serious contender in auto racing competitions. Throughout most of the franchise, Herbie is distinguished by red, white and blue racing stripes from front to back bumper, a racing-style number "53" on the front trunk lid, doors, and engine lid, and a yellow-on-black '63 California license plate that says, "OFP 857". One exception to this is his introduction in The Love Bug, where he initially appears as a nondescript white vehicle with a gray colored fabric sunroof (a.k.a. "ragtop"), the style of sunroof offered on VW Beetles made through 1963.