Laurence Olivier

Character: King Lear

John Hurt

Character: The Fool

Brian Cox

Character: Burgundy

Dorothy Tutin

Character: Goneril

Anna Calder-Marshall

Character: Cordelia

Diana Rigg

Character: Regan

Leo McKern

Character: Gloucester

David Threlfall

Character: Edgar

Robert Lindsay

Character: Edmund

Colin Blakely

Character: Kent

Jeremy Kemp

Character: Cornwall

Robert Lang

Character: Albany

Edward Petherbridge

Character: France

Geoffrey Bateman

Character: Oswald

John Cording

Character: Lear's Knight

Benny Young

Character: Cornwall's Servant

Esmond Knight

Character: Old Man

Ian Ruskin

Character: Edmund's Officer

Paul Curran

Character: Doctor

Ronald Forfar

Character: First Officer

Harry Walker

Character: Second Officer