Keith Michell Henry VIII Actor Elvi Hale Anne of Cleves Actor Rosalie Crutchley Catherine Parr Actor Anne Stallybrass Jane Seymour Actor Dorothy Tutin Anne Boleyn Actor Angela Pleasence Catherine Howard Actor John Ronane Thomas Seymour Actor Patrick Troughton Duke of Norfolk Actor Howard Goorney Will Somers Actor Anthony Quayle Narrator Sheila Burrell Lady Rochford Actor Daniel Patrick Moynihan Edward Seymour (Lord Hertford) Actor Bernard Hepton Archbishop Thomas Cranmer Actor Julia Cornelius Anne Carey Actor Catherine Lacy Dowager Duchess of Norfolk Actor Gillian Bailey Dorothy Seymour Actor Wolfe Morris Thomas Cromwell Actor Michael Osborne Mark Smeaton Actor Basil Dignam Bishop Gardiner Actor Dorothy Black Lady Margaret Seymour Actor John Glenister Director Nick McCarty Writer Ian Thorne Writer John Prebble Writer Beverley Cross Writer Rosemary Anne Sisson Writer Jean Morris Writer Mark Shivas Producer Ronald Travers Producer Naomi Capon Director