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1956 | DIRECTED BY LAURENCE OLIVIER

Richard III

Directed by

 
Laurence Olivier

Producers

Name
Role
 
Alexander Korda
Producer Uncredited
 
Laurence Olivier
Producer

Written by

Writer
Role
 
Colley Cibber
Textual Alterations
 
David Garrick
Textual Alterations For His Production Of The Play
 
Laurence Olivier
Uncredited
 
William Shakespeare
Plays

Music by

Artist
Role
 
William Walton
As Sir William Walton

Starring

Actors
Character
 
Cedric Hardwicke
King Edward IV of England
 
Nicholas Hannen
Archbishop
Richard III
 
Ralph Richardson
Duke of Buckingham
 
John Gielgud
George, Duke of Clarence
 
Mary Kerridge
Queen Elizabeth
 
Pamela Brown
Jane Shore
 
Paul Huson
Edward, Prince of Wales
 
Stewart Allen
Page to Richard
 
Claire Bloom
The Lady Anne
 
Russell Thorndike
First Priest
 
Wallace Bosco
Monk
 
Norman Fisher
Monk
 
Andrew Cruickshank
Brackenbury
 
Clive Morton
The Lord Rivers
 
Terence Greenidge
Scrivener
 
Norman Wooland
Catesby
 
Alec Clunes
The Lord Hastings
 
Dan Cunningham
The Lord Grey
 
Douglas Wilmer
The Lord Dorset
 
Laurence Naismith
The Lord Stanley
 
Michael Gough
Dighton, 1st murderer
 
Michael Ripper
Forrest, 2nd murderer
 
Helen Haye
Duchess of York
 
Andy Shine
Young Duke of York
 
Roy Russell
Abbot
 
George Woodbridge
Lord Mayor of London
 
Esmond Knight
Ratcliffe
 
John Laurie
Lovel
 
Peter Williams
Messenger to Hastings
 
Timothy Bateson
Ostler
 
Willoughby Gray
2nd Priest
 
Ann Wilton
Scrub woman
 
Bill Shine
Beadle
 
Derek Prentice
Clergyman
 
Deering Wells
Clergyman
 
Richard Bennett
George Stanley
 
Patrick Troughton
Tyrell
 
Brian Nissen
Messenger to Richard
 
Alexander Davion
Messenger to Richard
 
Lane Meddick
Messenger to Richard
 
Robert Bishop
Messenger to Richard
 
John Phillips
Norfolk
 
Stanley Baker
Henry, Earl of Richmond
 
Bernard Hepton
Soldier
 
Howard Knight
Boy
 
Rosalind Knight
Lady-in-Waiting
 
Gareth Tandy
Boy