Play for Today

Ray Brooks

Raymond Collis

Tony Selby

Stan

Patrick Newell

Mr. Nesbitt

Joanne White

Singer

John Welsh

Philip Hucknell

Judi Bowker

Emma Elkinson

Robin Davies

Simon Elkinson

Bill Maynard

Harry

Rosemarie Dunham

Rene

Marjorie Yates

Audrey

Lori Wells

Sandra

Maureen Callaghan

Helen

Robert Booth

Keith

Andrew Beaumont

Kevin

Christine Mountain

Lorraine

John Comer

George

Paul Luty

Terry

Ted Carroll

Mate

Pat Wallis

Flo

Elizabeth Dawn

Enid

Christine Buckley

Winnie

John Alderson

Audrey's Husband

Kathy Proctor

Social Security Clerk

David Bradley

Policeman

David Swift

Councillor Bass

Geoffrey Palmer

Detetective Chief Inspector Harris

Allan Surtees

Mr. Newman

Ursula Howells

Sarah Chandler

Bill Fraser

Edward Waite

Ronald Pickup

Richard Massingham

Jack Shepherd

William Waite

James Greene

Det. Sgt. Gregg

Donald Pickering

Angus Nash

Tom Georgeson

Adler

Susan Fleetwood

Pamela Redman

Stephanie Cole

Dr. Monday

Noel Collins

Johnny

Betty Alberge

Mum

Julia Watson

Nurse

Patsy Rowlands

Miriam

Maria Charles

Rita Green

Harry Landis

Solly

Tessa Wyatt

Jane

Rosemary Leach

Rita

Ronald Lacey

Mr. Lang

Stephen Rea

Shay

Michael Golden

Meikle

Tim Woodward

Storyteller

Gemma Jones

Anna Firth

Richard O'Sullivan

Whiteley

Donald Douglas

James Macleod

Annette Crosbie

Catherine

Noel Coleman

Dr. Ernest Farman

Michael Brennan

Aggressive Man (uncredited)

David Waller

Gowran Cripper

Mary Peach

Elizabeth

Ian Holm

Alexei

Bernard Hill

Bernard Blincoe / Edward / Eric / Graham / Mick / Simon Simpson / Sullivan

Nigel Havers

Harman

Liz Smith

Elfie / Keith's Granny / Mrs. Mathews / Mrs. Oxfam / Mrs. Pritchett / Mrs. Thornley

Thorley Walters

Old Wedding Guest

Malcolm Terris

Jennings / Jim / Mr. Dowdeswell / Psychiatrist, in Psychiatric Hospital

Julian Sands

Groom

Graham Ashley

Arthur / Barman / Jim Platt / Mr. Hutton

Michael Lees

Man from Wimbledon

John Bird

Captain Wigmore / Desmond Hughes / Lord North / Raymond

Desmond Llewelyn

Official in Dream

Alison Steadman

Jan Blincoe / Nonie / Veronica

Gordon Rollings

Oxfam

James Hazeldine

Chris / Patrick

John Duttine

Keith Nicholson

Peter Firth

Arsenic / Dominick Hide

Larrington Walker

Ernest

Nigel Hawthorne

Graham / Major Lewis Rolfe

Margaretta Scott

Magistrate Terris

June Brown

Brenda / Clara, in Psychiatric Hospital / Hilda

Barbara Flynn

Monica Potter

Colin Jeavons

Dennis Turner / Donald Duck / Neeley

Nick Stringer

Terry

Doreen Mantle

Julia Branston / Mary Hunter / Mother

Jeremy Sinden

Roddy

Michael Gambon

Max / Piers / Robin

Trevor Peacock

Sgt-Major Pusey

Barbara Young

Greta / Maggie / Typing Pool Supervisor

William Morgan Sheppard

Harry Cowper

Joss Ackland

Albert / Ellis Cripper / Malcolmson

Ben Cross

Simon

Gerard Ryder

Clive Bates / Forcett / Hotel Manager

Louise Jameson

Stella

Stephen Moore

Farley-Smythe / Leslie Potter / Simon Hulse

Rosalind Adams

Rose

Michael Graham Cox

David Pond / Wally Edge / Willie de Salis

Barbara Atkinson

Aunt Darnley

Frances de la Tour

Marcia / Maria Waite

Leon Sinden

Miles Darnley

Amanda Barrie

Anne

John Joyce

Barman

Linda Robson

Teenage Girl

Barrie Fletcher

Chauffeur

Iain Cuthbertson

Barnum

John Junkin

Jack

Hywel Bennett

Tony

Arthur Kelly

Barney

Roy Boyd

The Other Man

Wendy Hiller

Daisy - Lady Carlion

Warren Clarke

Alfred / Narrator

Penelope Wilton

Virginia Carlion

Patsy Smart

The Cleaner

Suzanne Burden

Lindsey Carlion

Bob Hoskins

Blake / Woodbine

Frank Mills

Ashford

Fulton Mackay

Dr. Leafer

Nigel Stock

Arthur Palmer

Sydney Tafler

Mr. Leo Crowley

Avril Elgar

Christine Reynolds

Maurice O'Connell

1st Policeman at Southend

Frank Gatliff

Phillips

Carmen Silvera

Sra Constanza

Jimmy Gardner

Summers

Paul Freeman

Willie

Rita Davies

Matron

Michael Kitchen

Alan / Dick Foster

Gillian Barge

Marrianne Webb

Tony Caunter

Alderman

Liam Neeson

Him

Frank Windsor

Ex-W.O. Higham / Tom Fisher

John Alderton

Paul Clements

Christopher Villiers

Doctor

Denyse Alexander

Sylvia Rose

Georgine Anderson

Helen Childers / Mrs. Franklin

Jeremy Kemp

Reader, Kuznetsov's 'Prison Diaries' (voice)

Patrick Troughton

Victor Marsden

Terence Rigby

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham

George Pravda

Nikolay Tashkov

John Owens

Speaker of the House of Commons

John Woodvine

Penitent

Harry Fielder

Ruffian

Ian Hogg

Arne

Anne Kristen

Mrs. Galt

Deborah Fairfax

Girl / Miss Benson

Angus Lennie

Minister

Bryan Pringle

Henry / Nelson

John G. Heller

''Vampire''

Patrick Magee

Caleb Line

George Cole

Mr. Newbold

Karl Howman

1st Policeman / Geoffrey

Brian Pettifer

Boy in Grounds

Hal Galili

Patient / The Hit

Norman Rossington

Jack Burnshaw

Saeed Jaffrey

Gurjeet Singh Khera / Merchant

Ken Hutchison

Macey

Peter Barkworth

Richard Elkinson

Sharon Duce

Joyce

Sheila Gish

Jane Elkinson

Richard Briers

Mr. Smythe

Jan Waters

Sarah

Donald Gee

Dr. Whitehead

Eve Pearce

Louise / Mrs. Hutton

Simon Chandler

Nicky

Stephanie Turner

Gillian Otway / Jane

Margaret Mason

''The Trevor Preston Duo''

Colin Farrell

Daniel / Vicar

Timothy West

Mark Childers

Alan Rowe

Frank King / Ministry Official

Rupert Davies

Bartley Humbolt

Anita Carey

Jill / Sharon

Connie Booth

Lee-Ann Good

Caroline Blakiston

Esther / Josie

Colin Welland

Willie

Margery Mason

Celia's Mother / Maud

Michael Elphick

Peter

Janine Duvitski

Audrey / Vera

Robin Ellis

John

Leo McKern

Horace Rumpole / Sir Frederic Carlion

Helen Mirren

Angela

Donald Pleasence

Gerry Muddiman / Samuel Johnson

Michael Byrne

Russell

Bert Palmer

Len / Old Man

Gerald Sim

Carter

Ian Gelder

Andrew Patterson / Steve Riches

Brian Wilde

Tod

Anthony Hopkins

Alexander Tashkov

Adrienne Corri

Elinor Barkham

Caroline Langrishe

Jane Winters

Vladek Sheybal

Hans Weider

Warren Mitchell

Moss

Tony Steedman

Sir Henry Barkham

Pauline Quirke

Eleanor

Clive Morton

Sir Andrew Manton QC

Tony Haygarth

Neighbour

Michael Feast

Tim

André Morell

Sir Geoffrey Wolf

Margo Andrew

Isabella

Martin Shaw

Brian

Kiffer Weisselberg

Miles

Hildegard Neil

Diana

Katharine Blake

Cynthia McKenna

Tom Chadbon

Len

Richard Morant

Conrad McKenna

Bernard Hepton

Derek

Angharad Rees

April Cotton

Maggie Jones

Nance

John Barrett

Billy

Maurice Roëves

Ted Hardin

Dudley Foster

Darkly

Richard Pasco

Maurice Stapleton

Edward Woodward

The Man

Anne Reid

Eileen Morris

Angela Scoular

The Girl

James Bolam

Husband

Phyllida Law

The Wife

Sarah Sutton

Little Lavinia

Edward de Souza

The Friend

Roy Kinnear

Roderick Major

Julian Holloway

John

Brenda Bruce

Madge

Stanley Lebor

Robin

Alun Armstrong

1st Docker

Joanna Van Gyseghem

Joanna

Frances Tomelty

Monagh

Sylvia Kay

Doris Muddiman

Moray Black

Sixth Former

Robin Phillips

Luke

Pam St. Clement

Connie

Thomas Baptiste

Norman

Richard Beckinsale

Michael Robson

Anna Carteret

Carol

Bob Peck

Joe Pike

Richard Pearson

Alfred

David Daker

Terry

Amanda Reiss

Ethel

Albert Moses

Airport worker

Rachel Kempson

Mrs. Anderson

Joan Hickson

Mother

Alison Leggatt

Geraldine

Ron Moody

Harry

Alan Webb

Herbert

Kenneth Colley

Bruce Tetley

Robert Urquhart

Vic

Thora Hird

Olive Major

Bryan Marshall

Bill Huntley

Philip Locke

O'Neil

Christine Hargreaves

Joan Huntley

Bruce Purchase

Jake

Julie Britton

Maggie Huntley

Nicholas Ball

John Arnott

Rosalind Ayres

Rita

Paul McGann

Norman

Lesley Mackie

Alison

Nick Tate

Steve Jackson

David Hayman

Alec

Eric Porter

Stanley Wilkinson

Norman Eshley

Dave Osmond

Edward Hardwicke

Gareth

Roger Sloman

Joe

Sheila Hancock

Ellen

Derek Fowlds

Hartley

Stephen Greif

Gerry

Timothy Spall

Gordon

George Sewell

Father

Georgina Hale

Fran

Michael Sheard

Conrad Tucker

David Neal

Dr. Ackerly

Patrick Stewart

The Man

Charles Gray

Oxlade

Geoffrey Hughes

Derek

John Gielgud

Harry

George A. Cooper

Ashcroft

John Bryans

Magistrate

Terry Molloy

Clarence

George Lazenby

David Adler

John Cater

Norman

John Franklyn-Robbins

Shales

Arnold Diamond

Andrews

Spencer Banks

Stephen

Leslie Dwyer

Alec's Father

Vivian Pickles

Beth Bailey

William Simons

Doctor

Philip Latham

Dr Millham

Christopher Benjamin

Mr Porter

Gwyneth Strong

Penny Shepherd

Jim Broadbent

Mr. Horsfall

Colin Douglas

Philips

Brian Capron

Tony

Martin Boddey

Mr. O'Brien

John Salthouse

Bus Conductor

Derek Martin

Security Guard

Floella Benjamin

Solicitor's Clerk

Roger Avon

Chauffeur

Simon Rouse

Blakeney

Morag Hood

Mary Hulse

Elisabeth Sladen

Jo

Aubrey Morris

Headmaster

Ralph Richardson

Jack

Elizabeth Spriggs

Sonia Marsden

John Hurt

Alec Cassell

John Challis

Victor Mintell

Alan Bennett

Denis Midgley

Royston Tickner

Usher

Kim Hartman

Receptionist

Harriet Philpin

Kate

Jennie Hesselwood

Mrs. Arne

Helen Fraser

Joyce Midgley

Julie Walters

Valery (Night Nurse)

Eric Richard

Stan

Lorraine Brunning

Tina

Kay Stonham

Hazel

Tim Barker

Harold

Su Elliot

June

Frances Barber

Melody

Sheila Kelley

Janice

John Atkinson

Reverend J. Franklin

Tim Curry

Glen

Anna Cropper

Elizabeth Carter

Tom Bell

Michael Biddle

Billy Connolly

Jody

Jon Morrison

Bunny

Sue Vanner

Clare

John Bett

Sellar / Government Spokesman etc

David Smith

Ronnie Warboys

Peter Marshall

Maggie's Son

Leonard Rossiter

Arthur

Pat Heywood

Beatrice

David Threlfall

Robert

Lesley Manville

Vivienne

John Grillo

The Vet

Charles Lamb

Grandad

Liz Crowther

Doctor

Alec McCowen

Percy

Sheila Allen

Veronica

Marguerite Hardiman

Mary

Jane Lapotaire

Kim

Lynne Frederick

Nikki

Benedict Taylor

Ben

Pippa Guard

Ada

Trevor Ray

Alaric

Sylvia Coleridge

Great Aunt Mavis

Jean Trend

Helda

Timothy Davies

Jim Bone

Denis Lawson

Felix

Bernadette Shortt

Midge

Tony Melody

Harry Shoe

Bill Gavin

Brian

David Griffin

Carl Morgan

Jenny Donnison

Carole

Michael Carter

1st Youth

Phil Davis

2nd Youth (as Philip Davis)

Mark Wingett

3rd Youth

Richard Vernon

Mr. Price

Peggy Aitchison

Lil, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'

Freda Dowie

Mother Superior, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Roger Hammond

Victor, Helper at 'Jesus Saves'

Anthony Dawes

Man in Car

Jeffrey Segal

Counsel, at Public Hearing