| Cast list |
| David Andrews | as | Bushy/Mortimer/Bastard/Lord Bardolph/Nym/Salisbury/Petitioner/Sea Captain/Son That Killed Father/Hastings |
| Eileen Atkins | as | Attendant LadyJoan La Pucelle |
| Angela Baddeley | as | Hostess Quickly |
| Hermione Baddeley | as | Doll Tearsheet |
| John Barcroft | as | Clifford |
| Maggie Barton | as | Attendant Lady |
| Geoffrey Bayldon | as | Edmund/York/Worcester/Chief Justice |
| Stephanie Bidmead | as | Isabel |
| Jeremy Bisley | as | Warder/Gower/Southwell/Nobleman/Sir John |
| Joby Blanshard | as | Captain Jamy |
| Adrian Brine | as | Bourbon/Whitmore/Montague/Lovel |
| Violet Carson | as | Duchess of York |
| Sean Connery | as | Hotspur |
| Juliet Cooke | as | Queen |
| George A. Cooper | as | Pistol |
| George Cooper | as | Northumberland |
| Yvonne Coulette | as | Alice |
| Margaret Courtenay | as | Wife of Northumberland |
| Michael James Cox | as | Keeper/Abbot/Carrier/Lord Mayor/Drawers/David/Macmorris (as Michael Cox) |
| Paul Daneman | as | Richard III |
| Judi Dench | as | Princess Katherine |
| Jill Dixon | as | Lady Anne |
| Kenneth Farrington | as | Gadshill/Sir Michael/Serving Man/Warwick/Fluellen/Buckingham/Rivers |
| Andrew Faulds | as | Douglas |
| Tom Fleming | as | Bolingbroke/Henry IV |
| Patrick Garland | as | Scroop/John of Lancaster/Bedford/Prince John/Priest/George/Clarence/Ghost |
| Tony Garnett | as | Vernon/Gray/Bates/John Holland/Somerville |
| Valerie Gearon | as | Lady Mortimer |
| Julian Glover | as | Marshal/Groom/Edward IV/Westmoreland/Thomas Horner/Oxford |
| Gordon Gostelow | as | Willoughby/Gardener/Bardolph/Sir Thomas Erpingham/Salisbury |
| John Greenwood | as | Aumerle/Lawyer/Messenger/Edward Prince of Wales |
| Robert Hardy | as | Prince Hal/Henry V |
| Timothy Harley | as | Francis/Boy/Prentice/Citizen/Bevis/Sinklo/Watchman |
| Patricia Heneghan | as | Lady Percy |
| Tamara Hinchco | as | Lady Bona |
| Dane Howell | as | Page |
| Barry Jackson | as | Michael/Surrey |
| Nancie Jackson | as | Duchess of Gloucester |
| Hugh Janes | as | Edward V/Ghost |
| Noel Johnson | as | Mowbray/Exeter |
| Esmond Knight | as | Jack Cade |
| Robert Lang | as | Exton/Sheriff/Beaufort/Hastings/Montjoy/Sir Thomas Vaughan |
| Mary Law | as | Duchess of York |
| Terence Lodge | as | Bagot/Servant/Peto/Mouldy/Messenger/LeFer/Conjuror/Weaver |
| Jack May | as | Duke of York/Lord Stanley |
| Mary Morris | as | Margaret of Anjou/Queen Margaret |
| Audrey Noble | as | Wife to Simpcox |
| Frank Pettingell | as | Falstaff/Bishop of Ely |
| John Ringham | as | Berkeley/Vintner/Humphrey/Fang/Porter/Father That Killed Son/Catesby |
| Alan Rowe | as | Ross/Vernon/Somerset/Snare/Harcourt/Charles VI/Somerset/Ratcliff |
| Hennie Scott | as | Henry Tudor |
| John Scott | as | Vaux/Messenger |
| Terry Scully | as | Henry VI |
| George Selway | as | Constable of France |
| John Sharp | as | Lord Mayor |
| Leon Shepperdson | as | Salisbury/Woodville/Shadow/Rambures/Constable of France/Beadle/Lord Grey |
| Brian Smith | as | Servant/Poins/Feeble/Scroop |
| William Squire | as | Glendower/Epilogue/Shallow/Chorus |
| Anthony Valentine | as | Messenger/Alanson/Grooms/Herald/Dick the Butcher/Westmoreland/Post/Dorset |
| Terry Wale | as | Messenger/Wart/Court/Clerk/Rutland/Murderer |
| Derek Ware | as | Servant/Messenger/Peter/Soldier/Huntsman |
| John Warner | as | Regnier/Silence/Simpcox/Lord Say |
| Jane Wenham | as | Princess Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth I |
| Jeffrey Wickham | as | Norfolk/Mayor of York/Sir James Blunt |
| David William | as | Richard II |
| Jerome Willis | as | Green/Richmond/Dauphin/Orleans/Sir John Stanley/Mayor/Young Clifford/Sir John Montgomery/Cardinal Bourchier/Henry Tudor |
| Frank Windsor | as | Carlisle/Sir Walter Blunt/Warwick/Bullcalf/Cambridge/Williams/Brackenbury |
| Edgar Wreford | as | Gaunt/Scroop/Suffolk/York/Burgundy/Buckingham |
