Richard Burton as King Henry VIII

Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn

Irene Papas as Queen Catherine

Anthony Quayle as Wolsey

John Colicos as Cromwell

Michael Hordern as Thomas Boleyn

Katharine Blake as Elizabeth Boleyn

Peter Jeffrey as Norfolk

Joseph O'Conor as Fisher

William Squire as Thomas More

Valerie Gearon as Mary Boleyn

Vernon Dobtcheff as Mendoza

Gary Bond as Smeaton

Terence Wilton as Lord Percy

Denis Quilley as Weston

Esmond Knight as Kingston

Michael Johnson as George Boleyn

Marne Maitland as Campeggio

Nora Swinburne as Lady Kingston

June Ellis as Bess

Cyril Luckham as Prior Houghton

Brook Williams as Brereton

Lesley Paterson as Jane Seymour

Amanda Jane Smythe as Baby Elizabeth

Nicola Pagett as Princess Mary

Peter Avella as Man in Tavern (uncredited)

George Ballantine as Servant (uncredited)

Hyma Beckley as Lord (uncredited)

Jack Berg as Guard (uncredited)

Kate Burton as Serving Maid (uncredited)

Elizabeth Counsell as Anne's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Maxwell Craig as Guard (uncredited)

Mabel Etherington as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Max Faulkner as Huntsman (uncredited)

Ernest Fennemore as Guard (uncredited)

Harry Fielder as Servant (uncredited)

Hugh Futcher as Crowd Heckler (uncredited)

Victor Harrington as Lord (uncredited)

Fiona Hartford as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Lindsay Hooper as Bishop (uncredited)

Juliet Kempson as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Juba Kennerley as Lord (uncredited)

Eric Kent as Guard (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Tommy Little as Torturer (uncredited)

Fred Machon as Lord (uncredited)

Mary Maxfield as Patrician (uncredited)

Alan Meacham as Guard (uncredited)

James Mellor as Scribe to Cromwell (uncredited)

Terence Mountain as Executioner (uncredited)

George Oliver as Secretary (uncredited)

Harry Paris as Oarsman (uncredited)

Dido Plumb as Lord (uncredited)

Kynaston Reeves as Willoughby (uncredited)

Bunny Seaman as Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Jack Sharp as Monk (uncredited)

Elizabeth Taylor as Masked Courtesan (uncredited)

Royston Tickner as Messenger (uncredited)

Anne Tirard as Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Rita Tobin-Weske as Midwife (uncredited)

Liza Todd as Beggar Maid (uncredited)

James Ure as Bishop (uncredited)

Amanda Walker as Anne's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Jerold Wells as Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)

Fred Wood as Court Scribe (uncredited)

T. P. McKenna as Norris