Charles Laughton

Henry VIII

Robert Donat

Thomas Culpeper

Franklin Dyall

Thomas Cromwell

Miles Mander

Wriothesley

Laurence Hanray

Archbishop Cranmer

William Austin

Duke of Cleves

John Loder

Peynell

Claud Allister

Cornell

Gibb McLaughlin

The French Executioner

Sam Livesey

The English Executioner

Merle Oberon

Anne Boleyn

Wendy Barrie

Jane Seymour

Elsa Lanchester

Anne of Cleves

Binnie Barnes

Katherine Howard

Everley Gregg

Katherine Parr

Lady Tree

The King's Nurse

Frederick Culley

Duke of Norfolk (uncredited)

Mark Daly

Man (uncredited)

Toni Edgar-Bruce

Spectator at Executions (uncredited)

Annie Esmond

The Cook's Wife (uncredited)

William Heughan

Kingston (uncredited)

Arthur Howard

Kitchen Helper (uncredited)

Judy Kelly

Lady Rochford (uncredited)

Wally Patch

Butcher in Kitchen (uncredited)

Hay Petrie

The King's Barber (uncredited)

Terry-Thomas

Man (uncredited)

John Turnbull

Hans Holbein (uncredited)