Peter O'Toole ( Peter O'Toole )

Arthur Chipping

Petula Clark ( Petula Clark )

Katherine Bridges

Michael Redgrave ( Michael Redgrave )

The Headmaster

George Baker ( George Baker )

Lord Sutterwick

Siân Phillips ( Siân Phillips )

Ursula Mossbank

Michael Bryant ( Michael Bryant )

Max Staefel

Jack Hedley ( Jack Hedley )

William Baxter

Alison Leggatt ( Alison Leggatt )

Headmaster's Wife

Jenny Runacre ( Jenny Runacre )

Clinton Greyn ( Clinton Greyn )

Bill Calbury

Barbara Couper ( Barbara Couper )

Mrs. Paunceforth

Michael Culver ( Michael Culver )

Johnny Longbridge

Elspeth March ( Elspeth March )

Mrs. Summerswaithe

Clive Morton ( Clive Morton )

General Paunceforth

Ronnie Stevens ( Ronnie Stevens )

Algie

Mario Maranzana ( Mario Maranzana )

Pompeii Guide

John Gugolka ( John Gugolka )

Sutterwick Jr.

Michael Ridgeway ( Michael Ridgeway )

David

Tom Owen ( Tom Owen )

Farley

Michael Audreson ( Michael Audreson )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Julian Barnes ( Julian Barnes )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Roy Beck ( Roy Beck )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Pierre Bedenes ( Pierre Bedenes )

Schoolboy (singing voice) (uncredited)

Gillian Blake ( Gillian Blake )

Girl at Party (uncredited)

Leo Britt ( Leo Britt )

Elder Master (uncredited)

Nicholas Frankau ( Nicholas Frankau )

Tardy Student (uncredited)

Gary Graham ( Gary Graham )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Elspet Gray ( Elspet Gray )

Lady Sutterwick (uncredited)

Patricia Hayes ( Patricia Hayes )

Miss Honeybun (uncredited)

Mark Danvers Heron ( Mark Danvers Heron )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Barbara Knox ( Barbara Knox )

Dancer (uncredited)

Lawrence Lambert ( Lawrence Lambert )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Jeremy Lloyd ( Jeremy Lloyd )

Johnson (uncredited)

Craig Marriott ( Craig Marriott )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Jack May ( Jack May )

Price (uncredited)

John Moulder-Brown ( John Moulder-Brown )

Gresham (uncredited)

James Payne ( James Payne )

Man in Theatre (uncredited)

Jeremy Ranchev ( Jeremy Ranchev )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Stephen Reed ( Stephen Reed )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Robert Rietti ( Robert Rietti )

Jenkins (voice) (uncredited)

Sheila Steafel ( Sheila Steafel )

Tilly (uncredited)

Royston Tickner ( Royston Tickner )

Policeman (uncredited)

Richard Vernon ( Richard Vernon )

Chairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited)

Raymond Ward ( Raymond Ward )

Schoolboy (uncredited)

Robert Wisepart ( Robert Wisepart )

Head Boy (uncredited)