Richard Burton ( Richard Burton )

Becket / Thomas Becket

Peter O'Toole ( Peter O'Toole )

his King / King Henry II

John Gielgud ( John Gielgud )

King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France

Gino Cervi ( Gino Cervi )

the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli

Paolo Stoppa ( Paolo Stoppa )

the Pope / Pope Alexander III

Donald Wolfit ( Donald Wolfit )

Bishop Folliot

David Weston ( David Weston )

Brother John

Martita Hunt ( Martita Hunt )

Empress Matilda

Pamela Brown ( Pamela Brown )

Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine

Percy Herbert ( Percy Herbert )

Baron

Siân Phillips ( Siân Phillips )

Gwendolen

Inigo Jackson ( Inigo Jackson )

Robert de Beaumont

Felix Aylmer ( Felix Aylmer )

Archbishop of Canterbury

Niall MacGinnis ( Niall MacGinnis )

Baron

Christopher Rhodes ( Christopher Rhodes )

Baron

John Phillips ( John Phillips )

Bishop of Winchester

Frank Pettingell ( Frank Pettingell )

Bishop of York

Véronique Vendell ( Véronique Vendell )

French Prostitute

Jennifer Hilary ( Jennifer Hilary )

Peasant's Daughter

David Davenport ( David Davenport )

Hamilton Dyce ( Hamilton Dyce )

Bishop of Chichester

Peter Jeffrey ( Peter Jeffrey )

Baron

Michael Miller ( Michael Miller )

Baron

Peter Prowse ( Peter Prowse )

Baron

Jack Taylor ( Jack Taylor )

Chris Adcock ( Chris Adcock )

Sergeant (uncredited)

Michael Anthony ( Michael Anthony )

Courtier (uncredited)

Geoffrey Bayldon ( Geoffrey Bayldon )

Brother Philip (uncredited)

Roy Beck ( Roy Beck )

Young French Boy (uncredited)

Garrett Cassell ( Garrett Cassell )

Man (uncredited)

Dave Clark ( Dave Clark )

Soldier (uncredited)

George Lane Cooper ( George Lane Cooper )

Soldier (uncredited)

Ian Cullen ( Ian Cullen )

Servant (uncredited)

Ivor Dean ( Ivor Dean )

Monk (uncredited)

Guy Deghy ( Guy Deghy )

Man (uncredited)

John Doye ( John Doye )

Priest (uncredited)

Paul Farrell ( Paul Farrell )

Farmer (uncredited)

Patrick Halpin ( Patrick Halpin )

Monk (uncredited)

Laurie Heath ( Laurie Heath )

Boy (uncredited)

Laurence Hepworth ( Laurence Hepworth )

Bishop (uncredited)

Rose Howlett ( Rose Howlett )

Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Magda Konopka ( Magda Konopka )

Girl on Balcony (uncredited)

Gerald Lawson ( Gerald Lawson )

English Peasant (uncredited)

Wilfrid Lawson ( Wilfrid Lawson )

Old Soldier (uncredited)

Paul Layton ( Paul Layton )

Boy (uncredited)

Tutte Lemkow ( Tutte Lemkow )

French Courtier (uncredited)

Linda Marlowe ( Linda Marlowe )

Farmer's Daughter (uncredited)

John Moulder-Brown ( John Moulder-Brown )

Boy (uncredited)

Patrick Newell ( Patrick Newell )

William of Corbeil (uncredited)

Riggs O'Hara ( Riggs O'Hara )

Prince Henry (uncredited)

Frederick Piper ( Frederick Piper )

Monk (uncredited)

Dido Plumb ( Dido Plumb )

Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Steve Plytas ( Steve Plytas )

Cardinal (uncredited)

Robert Rietti ( Robert Rietti )

Alexander III (voice) (uncredited)

Alex Scott ( Alex Scott )

Priest (uncredited)

Terence Soall ( Terence Soall )

Man (uncredited)

Victor Spinetti ( Victor Spinetti )

French Tailor (uncredited)

Graham Stark ( Graham Stark )

Pope's Secretary (uncredited)

Fred Stroud ( Fred Stroud )

Church Guard (uncredited)

Elizabeth Taylor ( Elizabeth Taylor )

Blonde Village Woman (uncredited)

Royston Tickner ( Royston Tickner )

Royal Servant (uncredited)

Fred Wood ( Fred Wood )

Congregation Member (uncredited)

Edward Woodward ( Edward Woodward )

Clement (uncredited)