James Robertson Justice as Sir Beverley Grant

Leslie Phillips as Mr. Roddy Chipfield

Stanley Baxter as Dexter Munro

Sally Smith as Juliet Munro

Eric Barker as Mr. Gallagher

Kenneth Cope as Ron

Terry Scott as Actor Playing Executioner

Hugh Lloyd as Actor Playing Mary, Queen of Scots

Fred Emney as Actor Playing Sir Francis Drake

Peter Jones as Actor Playing Charles II

Ronnie Barker as Josh Wicks

Philip Locke as Stan

Timothy Bateson as Old Wol

Cardew Robinson as Fire Officer

Peter Woodthorpe as Farmer

James Villiers as Benzil Bulstrode

Harry Fowler as

John Bluthal as Actor Playing Robert the Bruce

Joseph Brady as Actor Playing Guy Fawkes

Raymond Huntley as Mr. Wedgewood

Vanda Hudson as Actress Playing Nell Gwyn

Patrick Newell as Actor Playing King Harold

Geoffrey Dunn as Mr. Cecil Trumper

Sydney Bromley as Lang

Julian Orchard as Bath Salesman

Clifford Earl as Motorcycle Policeman

Nicky Henson as Motorcyclist

Barbara Roscoe as Lana

Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Muriel Trumper

Madge Brindley as

Mitzi Rogers as

Arthur Mullard as Traffic Warden

Heller Toren as

Michael Ward as Man at Auction

Jack Armstrong as Onlooker (uncredited)

Richard Neller as Man at Auction (uncredited)

Oliver Tomlin as Actor in Pageant (uncredited)

Fred Wood as Man at Auction (uncredited)