King Lear - Cast

King Lear (1983)
TV Movie | 158 min | Drama

King Lear (1983)

TV Movie | 158 min | Drama

Aging King Lear invites disaster when he abdicates to his two disloyal and obsequious daughters while rejecting the one who truly loves him.

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Colin Blakely Kent Kent See fewer	A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Leo McKern Gloucester Gloucester See fewer	Ladyhawke (1985)
Robert Lindsay Edmund Edmund See fewer	Fierce Creatures (1997)
Laurence Olivier King Lear King Lear See fewer	Sleuth (1972)
Dorothy Tutin Goneril Goneril See fewer	The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Anna Calder-Marshall Cordelia Cordelia See fewer	Wuthering Heights (1970)
Diana Rigg Regan Regan See fewer	Last Night in Soho (2021)
Robert Lang Albany Albany See fewer	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Jeremy Kemp Cornwall Cornwall See fewer	Top Secret! (1984)
Brian Cox Burgundy Burgundy See fewer	Succession (2018)
Edward Petherbridge France France See fewer	The Guardians (1971)
David Threlfall Edgar Edgar See fewer	Shameless (2004)
Geoffrey Bateman Oswald Oswald See fewer	Léon: The Professional (1994)
John Cording Lear's Knight Lear's Knight See fewer	Superman (1978)
John Hurt The Fool The Fool See fewer	1984 (1984)
Benny Young Cornwall's Servant Cornwall's Servant See fewer	Out of Africa (1985)
Esmond Knight Old Man Old Man See fewer	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Ian Ruskin Edmund's Officer Edmund's Officer See fewer	The Omen (2006)
Paul Curran Doctor Doctor See fewer	Poldark (1975)
Ronald Forfar First Officer First Officer See fewer	Bread (1986)
Harry Walker Second Officer Second Officer See fewer	Romance (1977)
Harry Fielder Man Servant (uncredited) Man Servant (uncredited) See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Sean Glenn Knight at the Royal Court (uncredited) Knight at the Royal Court (uncredited) See fewer	The Navigators (2001)
William Tarmey Bit part (uncredited) Bit part (uncredited) See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)