| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Malachi | | The last Jewish inhabitant in Pottstown. Moshe's friend. |
| | Son Of Man | | The sadistic attendant on Ward C-1 at Pennhurst. |
| | Dodo | | The deaf boy. Addie's nephew. |
| 2 | Moshe | Ludlow | The Jewish theatre manager. |
| | Mickey | Katz | The kid wizard of clarinet. |
| | Isaac | Moskovitz | Moshe's cousin. A theatre owner. |
| | Nate | Timblin | Moshe's old helper. Aka: Nate Love. |
| | Yakov | Flohr | The owner of Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. Chona's father. |
| | Chona | Flohr | Moshe's wife. Yakov's daughter. |
| 3 | Anna | Morse | A dancer. |
| | Chick | Webb | The colored entertainer. |
| | Karl | Feldman | Yakov's predecessor. The new rabbi. |
| | Irv | Skrupselis | The man who runs Pottstown shoe. |
| | Marvin | Skrupselis | Irv's identical twin. |
| | Doc | Roberts | The town's physician. |
| | John | Potts | The town's founder. |
| | Addie | Timblin | Nate's wife. |
| | Darlene | | One of Chona's childhood friends. |
| | Larnell | | One of Chona's childhood friends. |
| | Bernice | | One of Chona's childhood friends. |
| | Cleota | | Addie's sister. |
| | Louis | Jordan | The negro bandleader. |
| 4 | Rusty | Davis | One of Addie's friends. |
| | Bags | | Rusty's uncle. |
| | Ed | Spriggs | The reverend. Aka: Snooks. |
| | Holly | Spriggs | Snook's wife. |
| | Cj | | Yula's son. |
| | Callie | | Cj's brother. |
| | Yula | | Cj and Callie's mother. |
| | Fatty | Davis | Owner of local jook joint. |
| 5 | Mr. | Fabicelli | A bakery store owner. |
| 7 | Jay | McShann | An artist. |
| | Thelma | Herring | Addie's sister. Dodo's mother. Aka: Holly Herring. |
| 8 | Patty | Millison | A laundress. Aka: Newspaper, Paper. |
| | Willard | Millstone-Potts | The town's chief banker. |
| | Enzo | Carissimi | The man who knocked Fatty's tooth. Aka: Big Soap. |
| | Dick | Clemens | The man who worked over at Flaggs. |
| 9 | Bernice | Davis | Fatty's sister. |
| | Earl | Davis | Bernice's second cousin. Aka: Bobby Davis, Shug. |
| | Buck | Weaver | Bobby's employer. A Pottstown baseball player. |
| | Traffina | Davis | Reverend Sturgees's wife. |
| | Hollis | Davis | The Hill's only locksmith. |
| | Chulo | Davis | A legendary drummer. Bernice's uncle. |
| | Shad | Davis | Bernice and Fatty's father. |
| | Norman | Skrupselis | The twins' father. |
| | Yvette | Hurlbutt-Skrupselis | Norman's mother. |
| | Lulu | | Shad's wife. |
| | Thunder | | Shad's mule. |
| | Carl | Boydkins | A state welfare officer. Doc Roberts's distant cousin. |
| 10 | Ed | Bole | An Irish sailor. Wu's manservant. |
| | Chaing Kai | Wu | A Chinese emperor. |
| | Della | Burnheimer | One of the girls that Doc dated. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 12 | Monkey | Pants | The first person that Dodo met at Ward C-1. |
| 13 | Lionel | Hampton | A ban leader. |
| | Louis | Armstrong | One of the entertainers. |
| | Joe | Glaser | Armstrong's manager. |
| | Mario | Bauza | A musician. |
| | Gladys | Hampton | Lionel's wife. |
| 14 | Doc | Hinson | One of Booker T. Washington-type negroes. |
| | Gene | | Fatty's cousin. |
| | Thomas | Sturgis | The owner of Chestnut Hill. |
| | Booker | Washington | One of the negroes' greatest leaders. |
| | Bill | O'Conell | A lieutenant at the Empire Fire company. |
| | Dirt | | A murderer. |
| 15 | Fioria | Carissimi | Enzo's mother. |
| | Guido | | Fioria's cousin. |
| | Pia | | Eugenio's youngest sister. |
| | Matteo | | Pia's husband. |
| 17 | Juno | Farnok | A Budapest hat maker. Aka: Mr. Hudson. |
| | Gustowskis | Plitzka | Chairman of Pottstown City Council. Aka: Gus. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 18 | Miggy | Fluidd | Paper's friend who works at Pennhurst. |
| 20 | John | Antes | Pottstown's greatest composer. |
| | Ferdie | | Gus's cousin. |
| | Nig | Rosen | A mobster. Ferdie's friend. |
| 26 | Eggman | | The man who delivers eggs to the Son of Man. Aka: Bullis. |
| | Rosetta | Sharpe | The great blues singer. |
| 28 | Anna | Morse | A funeral homes owner. |
| | Titus | | Bullis's horse. |
| 29 | Leopold | | The parade director |
| | Henry | Lit | A former boxer. Nig Rosen's goon. |
| Epi | Hirshel | Koffler | Yigel's brother. A rail man. |
| | Yigel | Koffler | Hirshel's brother. |
| | Uri | Guzinski | Hirshel's boss. |
