| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Al Bailey | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects |
 Allen Daviau | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Bennie E. Dobbins | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Bobby Porter | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Bonne Radford | Crew | Production | Production Accountant |
 Bruce McBroom | Crew | Camera | Still Photographer |
 Carlo Rambaldi | Crew | Crew | Special Effects, Visual Effects |
Carol Littleton | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Charles L. Campbell | Crew | Sound | Supervising Sound Editor |
Chuck Neely | Crew | Sound | Assistant Sound Editor |
 Chuck Waters | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Dale L. Martin | Crew | Crew | Special Effects |
Daniel Attias | Crew | Directing | Second Assistant Director |
 Deborah Lynn Scott | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costumer |
 Dennis Muren | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Don Digirolamo | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Esther Vivante | Crew | Directing | Script Supervisor |
 Felix Silla | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
 Frank Marshall | Crew | Production | Production Supervisor |
Glenn Randall Jr. | Crew | Crew | Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director |
Hank Salerno | Crew | Sound | ADR Editor |
Herbert W. Spencer | Crew | Sound | Orchestrator |
Jackie Carr | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Jane Feinberg | Crew | Production | Casting |
Jane Goe | Crew | Production | Assistant Accountant |
 James D. Bissell | Crew | Art | Production Design |
 James Plannette | Crew | Lighting | Gaffer |
John Feinblatt | Crew | Crew | Transportation Captain |
 John Williams | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Kathleen Kennedy | Crew | Production | Producer |
Kenneth Hall | Crew | Sound | Music Editor |
Leslie Butcher | Crew | Art | Art Department Coordinator |
Lola 'Skip' McNalley | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist |
Louis L. Edemann | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Lyla Foggia | Crew | Crew | Unit Publicist |
 Marci Liroff | Crew | Production | Casting |
 Melissa Mathison | Crew | Writing | Screenplay, Associate Producer |
 Mike Fenton | Crew | Production | Casting |
Nicholas Korda | Crew | Sound | ADR Editor |
Richard C. Franklin | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Richard E. Butler | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Richard Vane | Crew | Production | Location Manager |
 Robert Elswit | Crew | Visual Effects | Visual Effects Camera |
Robert Glass | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Robert Knudson | Crew | Sound | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Robert Sidell | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist |
Samuel C. Crutcher | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
 Steven Spielberg | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer |
 Ted Grossman | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
James Teegarden | Crew | Art | Set Designer |
Gene S. Cantamessa | Crew | Sound | Sound Mixer |
 Fred Lerner | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Bob Munoz | Crew | Camera | Best Boy Grip |
Gene Kearney | Crew | Camera | Key Grip |
Donah Bassett | Crew | Editing | Negative Cutter |
Katy Emde | Crew | Directing | First Assistant Director |
Donald L. Hartley | Crew | Camera | Dolly Grip |
Ramon Pahoyo | Crew | Crew | Craft Service |
Robert Raring | Crew | Editing | Color Timer |
David Pettijohn | Crew | Sound | Sound Effects Editor |
Dennis Brookins | Crew | Editing | Negative Cutter |
Russell Goble | Crew | Art | Property Master |
Kathleen Korth | Crew | Editing | First Assistant Editor |
 Anne Lockhart | Cast | Actress | Nurse (uncredited) |
 C. Thomas Howell | Cast | Actor | Tyler |
David M. O'Dell | Cast | Schoolboy | |
 Debra Winger | Cast | Actress | Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited) |
 Dee Wallace | Cast | Actress | Mary |
 Drew Barrymore | Cast | Actress | Gertie |
 Erika Eleniak | Cast | Actress | Pretty Girl |
Frank Toth | Cast | Actor | Policeman |
 Henry Thomas | Cast | Actor | Elliott |
 K.C. Martel | Cast | Actor | Greg |
 Mary Stein | Cast | Actress | Medical Unit |
Melissa Mathison | Cast | Actress | Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited) |
 Milt Kogan | Cast | Actor | Medical Unit |
 Peter Coyote | Cast | Actor | Keys |
Richard Swingler | Cast | Science Teacher | |
Robert Barton | Cast | Ultra Sound Man | |
 Robert MacNaughton | Cast | Actor | Michael |
 Sean Frye | Cast | Actor | Steve |
Ted Grossman | Cast | Actor | Government Agent (uncredited) |
Mitch Suskin | Cast | Medical Unit | |
Rhoda Makoff | Cast | Actress | Medical Unit |
Will Fowler Jr. | Cast | Medical Unit | |
Michael Darrell | Cast | Van Man | |
David Carlberg | Cast | Medical Unit | |
Alexander Lampone | Cast | Actor | Medical Unit |
Richard Pesavento | Cast | Actor | Medical Unit |
Susan Cameron | Cast | Medical Unit | |
Barbara Hartnett | Cast | Medical Unit | |
Diane Lampone | Cast | Actress | Medical Unit |
 James Kahn | Cast | Actor | Mustachioed Medical Unit Member who confirms E.T.'s death (uncredited) |
Robert Murphy | Cast | Actor | Medical Unit |
 Lori Randolph | Cast | Actress | Blonde little girl tricker or treater (uncredited) |
David Berkson | Cast | Actor | Medical Unit |
Tom Sherry | Cast | Actor | Medical Unit |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
