Cast+of+Characters

The Cast of Characters.


 * Delacroix- A prisoner on death row who Percy has a huge grudge against. He suffers a horrible death by Percy’s hand. He is also connected to the talented and well liked mouse, Mr. Jingles.

John Coffey- The interest of the main character. Coffey is accused of killing and raping two 9 year-old girls. He is then sentenced to walk the Green Mile, even though evidence points to the fact that he may be innocent.

Paul Edgecomb- The main character who works as a guard on Green Mile and tells the story through his own accounts of his experiences on the Green Mile. Paul flashes back and forth between the past and present: life on the green mile and his stay at the old people’s home.

Brutal- Is a guard on the Green Mile and comes off as a huge guy with a demanding and overpowering demeanor, when really he is a sensitive guy with compassion for the prisoners on death row.

Percey Wetmore - The Jerk of Green Mile. He is uncompassionate towards the prisoners on death row and causes as much problems for everyone as much as he can. The other guards dislike him as well and want nothing more than to get rid of him, even if he does have connections high up in the political world.

Mr. Jingles- A mouse found on the mile, who is befriended by Del

William Wharton (Wild Bill)- The wildest prisoner on the Green Mile that causes more trouble than Percy.

The Warden- The warden of the mile. He has a wife with cancer who is healed by John.

Melinda: The warden's wife. She has a brain tumor.

Dean Stanton: Another guard who works on the mile. Caught up in the drama on the mile, he has to think about putting his family before his job **