Peter O'Toole as Henry II

Katharine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine

Anthony Hopkins as Richard

John Castle as Geoffrey

Nigel Terry as John

Timothy Dalton as Philip II

Jane Merrow as Alais

Nigel Stock as William Marshall

O.Z. Whitehead as Bishop of Durham

Kenneth Ives as Queen Eleanor's Guard

Kenneth Griffith as Strolling Player

Henry Woolf as Strolling Player

Karol Hagar as Strolling Player

David Griffith as Strolling Player

Fran Stafford as Lady in Waiting

Ella More as Lady in Waiting