Peter O'Toole
Role: Arthur Chipping
Petula Clark
Role: Katherine Bridges
Michael Redgrave
Role: The Headmaster
George Baker
Role: Lord Sutterwick
Siân Phillips
Role: Ursula Mossbank
Michael Bryant
Role: Max Staefel
Jack Hedley
Role: William Baxter
Alison Leggatt
Role: Headmaster's Wife
Clinton Greyn
Role: Bill Calbury
Barbara Couper
Role: Mrs. Paunceforth
Michael Culver
Role: Johnny Longbridge
Elspeth March
Role: Mrs. Summerswaithe
Clive Morton
Role: General Paunceforth
Ronnie Stevens
Role: Algie
Mario Maranzana
Role: Pompeii Guide
John Gugolka
Role: Sutterwick Jr.
Michael Ridgeway
Role: David
Michael Audreson
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Julian Barnes
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Pierre Bedenes
Role: Schoolboy (singing voice) (uncredited)
Gillian Blake
Role: Girl at Party (uncredited)
Leo Britt
Role: Elder Master (uncredited)
Nicholas Frankau
Role: Tardy Student (uncredited)
Gary Graham
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Elspet Gray
Role: Lady Sutterwick (uncredited)
Patricia Hayes
Role: Miss Honeybun (uncredited)
Mark Danvers Heron
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Barbara Knox
Role: Dancer (uncredited)
Lawrence Lambert
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Jeremy Lloyd
Role: Johnson (uncredited)
Craig Marriott
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Jack May
Role: Price (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
Role: Gresham (uncredited)
James Payne
Role: Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Jeremy Ranchev
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Stephen Reed
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Role: Jenkins (voice) (uncredited)
Sheila Steafel
Role: Tilly (uncredited)
Royston Tickner
Role: Policeman (uncredited)
Richard Vernon
Role: Chairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited)
Raymond Ward
Role: Schoolboy (uncredited)
Robert Wisepart
Role: Head Boy (uncredited)