Tom Courtenay as William Terrence 'Billy' Fisher

Julie Christie as Liz

Wilfred Pickles as Geoffrey Fisher

Mona Washbourne as Alice Fisher

Ethel Griffies as Grandma Florence

Finlay Currie as Duxbury

Gwendolyn Watts as Rita

Helen Fraser as Barbara

Leonard Rossiter as Emanuel Shadrack

Rodney Bewes as Arthur Crabtree

George Innes as Stamp

Leslie Randall as Danny Boon

Patrick Barr as Inspector MacDonald

Ernest Clark as Prison Governor

Godfrey Winn as Disc Jockey

Jack Cunningham as Ticket Examiner (uncredited)

Harry Landis as Man on Train (uncredited)

E. V. H. Emmett as Newsreel Commentator (uncredited)

Anna Wing as Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)

Sheila Fearn as Telephonist (uncredited)

Muriel Day as Singer - Dance Hall (uncredited)

Lester Leigh as Band Leader - Dance Hall (uncredited)

Reginald Green as Mr. Matthieson (uncredited)

Margaret Lacey as Mrs. Matthieson (uncredited)

Robin Parkinson as Jeweller's Assistant (uncredited)

David Scase as Man in the Record Shop (uncredited)

Jessie Robins as Large Woman in Hospital (uncredited)

Graham Rigby as Supermarket Manager (uncredited)

Jim Brady as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)

Neville Smith as Youth (uncredited)

Leslie Lawton as Youth (uncredited)

John Tordoff as Youth in Wimpy Bar (uncredited)

Flo Fallows as Prostitute (uncredited)

Alice Woods as Prostitute (uncredited)

John Schlesinger as Officer in Dream (uncredited)

Bryan Mosley as Bit Part (uncredited)

Aleksander Browne as Bit Part (uncredited)

James Byron as Serviceman (uncredited)

Douglas Clarke as Serviceman (uncredited)

Alan Clayton as Serviceman (uncredited)

George Ghent as Danny's PRO (uncredited)

Topsy Jane as Liz (uncredited)

Natalie Kent as Bit Part (uncredited)

Ted Morris as Funeral Driver (uncredited)

Elisabeth Murray as Bit Part (uncredited)

Stuart Myers as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

James Payne as Man in Station Cafe (uncredited)

George Spence as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Elaine Stevens as Danny's Secretary (uncredited)

William Wymar as Army Man (uncredited)