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1964 | DIRECTED BY PETER GLENVILLE

Becket

Directed by

 
Peter Glenville

Starring

Actors
Character
 
Richard Burton
Becket / Thomas Becket
His King / King Henry II
 
John Gielgud
King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France
 
Gino Cervi
the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli
 
Paolo Stoppa
the Pope / Pope Alexander III
 
Donald Wolfit
Bishop Folliot
 
David Weston
Brother John
 
Martita Hunt
Empress Matilda
 
Pamela Brown
Queen Eleanor [of Aquitaine]
 
Percy Herbert
Baron
 
Sian Phillips
Gwendolen
 
Inigo Jackson
Robert de Beaumont
 
Felix Aylmer
Archbishop of Canterbury
 
Niall MacGinnis
Baron
 
Christopher Rhodes
Baron
 
John Phillips
Bishop of Winchester
 
Frank Pettingell
Bishop of York
 
Veronique Vendell
French prostitute
 
Jennifer Hilary
Peasant's Daughter
 
David Davenport
 
Hamilton Dyce
Bishop of Chichester
 
Peter Jeffrey
Baron
 
Michael Miller
Baron
 
Peter Prowse
Baron
 
Jack Taylor
 
Chris Adcock
Sergeant
 
Michael Anthony
Courtier
 
Geoffrey Bayldon
Brother Philip
 
Roy Beck
Young French boy
 
Dave Clark
Soldier
 
George Lane Cooper
Soldier
 
Ian Cullen
Servant
 
Ivor Dean
Monk
 
Guy Deghy
Minor Role
 
Paul Farrell
Farmer
 
Patrick Halpin
Monk
 
Laurie Heath
Boy
 
Rose Howlett
Farmer's Wife
 
Magda Konopka
Girl on Balcony
 
Gerald Lawson
English Peasant
 
Wilfrid Lawson
Old Soldier
 
Paul Layton
Boy
 
Tutte Lemkow
French Courtier
 
Linda Marlowe
Farmer's Daughter
 
John Moulder-Brown
Boy
 
Patrick Newell
William of Corbeil
 
Riggs O'Hara
Prince Henry
 
Frederick Piper
Monk
 
Dido Plumb
Man in Crowd
 
Steve Plytas
Cardinal
 
Robert Rietty
Alexander III
 
Alex Scott
Priest
 
Terence Soall
Minor Role
 
Victor Spinetti
French Tailor
 
Graham Stark
Pope's Secretary
 
Fred Stroud
Church Guard
 
Elizabeth Taylor
Village Extra with Blonde Wig
 
Royston Tickner
Royal Servant
 
Fred Wood
Congregation Member (at Bishops Service)
 
Edward Woodward
Clement