who played the fly in the original movie
The Fly (1958 film) Lippert tried to cast Michael Rennie and Rick Jason in the role of AndrÃ© Delambre, before settling on then mostly-unknown David Hedison (billed as "Al Hedison" on-screen.)[2] Hedison's "Fly" costume featured a twenty-pound fly's head, about which he said: "Trying to act in it was like trying to play the piano with boxing gloves on".[9] Hedison was never happy with the makeup, but Makeup Director Ben Nye Sr. remained very positive about his work, writing years later that despite doing many subsequent science fiction films, "I never did anything as sophisticated or original as The Fly".[10]