Charles Laughton
Henry VIII
Robert Donat
Thomas Culpeper
Franklin Dyall
Thomas Cromwell
Laurence Hanray
Archbishop Cranmer
William Austin
Duke of Cleves
Gibb McLaughlin
The French Executioner
Sam Livesey
The English Executioner
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)