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A cast member is:

word cast comes from the Old English word ' casten ' or ' kasta '(c.1230), to throw in, to consider, plot, imagine, and design.. This ultimately led to its meaning when referring to a "group of actors in a play" (c.1631).

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A cast member is:

An actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
who performs in a theatrical production
Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
, motion picture, or television series. The actors who perform in the show are collectively referred to as the cast.
A cast member is any employee of The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
, including Disneyland
Disneyland Park (Anaheim)

Disneyland is an American theme park in Anaheim, California, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company....
and the Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort

Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world, containing four theme parks; two water parks; twenty-three themed hotels; and numerous shopping, dining, entertainment and recreation venues....
. Many other companies such as Rogers Video
Rogers Video

Rogers Plus is the overall banner for the retail operations of the Rogers Cable subsidiary of Rogers Communications. It was formed in early 2007 from the merger of the Rogers Plus chain of telecommunications stores previously operated by InterTAN under licence from Rogers, and the company-owned Rogers Video chain of Rental shop....
have adapted the same for their employees.

Etymology

The word cast comes from the Old English word ' casten ' or ' kasta '(c.1230), to throw in, to consider, plot, imagine, and design.. This ultimately led to its meaning when referring to a "group of actors in a play" (c.1631).