Canterbury Tales (1969) | Full Cast

Michael Bakewell

DIRECTOR

Roderick Graham

DIRECTOR

John Glenister

DIRECTOR

Joss Ackland

Host

William Squire

Chaucer

John Cater

Nun's Priest

Timothy Bateson

Reeve

Barbara Jefford

Wife of Bath

John Normington

Pardoner

Barry Linehan

Miller

Peter Woodthorpe

Summoner

David Collings

Clerk

Clive Morton

Franklin

Hugh Dickson

Parson

Kevin Flood

Cook

Jeannie Fisher

Nun

Robert Harris

Knight

Marian Diamond

Prioress

Stephen Sheppard

Squire

Jeremy Young

Merchant

Peter Stephens

Friar

Bart Allison

Haberdasher

Philip Brack

Shipman

Alan Lawrance

Dyer

Aubrey Danvers-Walker

Weaver

Windsor Davies

Monk

Kenneth Ives

Manciple

David Quilter

Canon's Yeoman

Jeffrey Gardiner

Chanticleer

Kenneth Cranham

Damian

Clive Swift

The Pardoner's Tale First Rioter

Ian Richardson

Palamon

Patrick Magee

The Pardoner's Tale Old Man

Geoffrey Bayldon

The Friar's Tale Summoner

Corin Redgrave

Nicholas

Peter Jeffrey

The Friar's Tale Yeoman

John Challis

Farmhand

Michael Goodliffe

Walter

Ian Lavender

The Pardoner's Tale Boy

Norman Eshley

Lover

Sheila Ruskin

Companion

Bernard Horsfall

Arveragus

Dinsdale Landen

Monk

Hilary Heath

Dorigen

Arthur Cox

Blacksmith

John Slater

Carpenter

Janina Faye

May

Geoffrey King

Petitioner

Paul Whitsun-Jones

Merchant

Patsy Smart

Widow

John Ronane

Arcite

Carolyn Jones

Daughter

Gwendolyn Watts

Wife

Donald Gee

Alan

Sharon Gurney

Emily

John Dearth

Duke Perotheus

John Barrie

Canon

Artro Morris

Fox

Oscar Quitak

The Pardoner's Tale Third Rioter

Tom Watson

Simpkin

Michael Graham Cox

John

Skip Martin

Grumio

Noel Johnson

Duke Theseus

David Garth

Justinus

Richard Hampton

Brother

Philip Bond

Knight

George Benson

Chaplain

Gerald Campion

The Pardoner's Tale Publican

Derek Seaton

Aurelius

Hamilton Dyce

Arthur

Pamela Conway

Wife

Norman McGlen

Pluto

Bee Duffell

Host's Wife

Joby Blanshard

Jailer

Peter Porteous

Herald

Angela Crow

Pertelote

Christine Ozanne

Daughter

David Nettheim

Placebo

John Rapley

Magician

Marshall Jones

Servant

Dallas Adams

Mercury

Noel Hood

Guinivere

Aubrey Richards

January

Penny Casdagli

Companion

Christopher Denham

The Pardoner's Tale Apothecary

Reg Pritchard

Farmhand

Alan Tucker

Absalon

Sydney Arnold

Janicula

Olwen Griffiths

Daughter

Derek Crewe

Squire

Karen Young

The Friar's Tale Madge

Sebastian Breaks

Ostler

Mary Patricia Finn

Proserpina

Ambrose Coghill

The Friar's Tale Alderman

Nicolette Bernard

Luciana

Kathleen Helme

Crone

Frederick Hall

Panaro

Jack Le White

Canon

Catherine Dolan

Queen

Wesley Murphy

The Pardoner's Tale Second Rioter

Mary McMillen

The Friar's Tale Bawd

Michael Hall

Friend of January

Gordon Griffin

Robin

Christopher Banner

Dancer

David Stockton

Chamberlain

Stephen Bradley

Phoebus

David Sadgrove

Boy

Ella Milne

The Friar's Tale Widow

Roderick Jones

Friend of January

Jessica Claridge

Hippolita

Nova St. Claire

Lady-in-waiting

Briony Hodge

Wife

Hermione Boulton

Bessy

Caroline Monkhouse

Alison

Ivor Ramsey

Child

Alexandra Taylor

Dancer

Jacqueline Firth

Lady-in-waiting

Henry Metcalfe

Dancer

Norman Milne

Dancer

Jean Cook

Dancer

Matin Pilcher

Priest's Boy

Pauline Thompson

Child

Sarah Hyde

Griselda