The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight

Kevin Billington

John Fletcher
William Shakespeare

[Cast Group]
Actor: John Stride | Character: Henry VIII
Actor: Julian Glover | Character: Duke of Buckingham
Actor: Ronald Pickup | Character: Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Actor: Barbara Kellerman | Character: Anne Bullen
Actor: Timothy West | Character: Cardinal Wolsey
Actor: John Rowe | Character: Cromwell
Actor: Lewis Fiander | Character: Duke of Suffolk
Actor: Alan Leith | Character: Sergeant-at-Arms
Actor: Claire Bloom | Character: Katharine of Aragon
Actor: Tony Church | Character: Prologue
Actor: John Bailey | Character: Griffith, Gentleman-Usher
Actor: David Troughton | Character: Surveyor
Actor: John Nettleton | Character: Lord Chamberlain
Actor: Charles Lloyd Pack | Character: Lord Sandys
Actor: Nigel Lambert | Character: Sir Thomas Lovell
Actor: Adam Bareham | Character: Sir Henry Guildford
Actor: Jeffrey Daunton | Character: Servant
Actor: John Cater | Character: 1st Gentleman
Actor: Jeremy Kemp | Character: Duke of Norfolk
Actor: Jack McKenzie | Character: Sir Nicholas Vaux
Actor: Michael Poole | Character: Cardinal Campeius
Actor: Peter Vaughan | Character: Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Actor: Sylvia Coleridge | Character: Old Lady, Anne Bullen's friend
Actor: Michael Gaunt | Character: Crier
Actor: David Rintoul | Character: Lord Abergavenny
Actor: David Dodimead | Character: Bishop of Lincoln
Actor: Emma Kirkby | Character: Singer
Actor: Sally Home | Character: Patience
Actor: Oliver Cotton | Character: Earl of Surrey
Actor: Michael Walker | Character: Messenger
Actor: John Rhys-Davies | Character: Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
Actor: Timothy Barker | Character: Page to Gardiner
Actor: Brian Osborne | Character: Door-keeper of the Council Chamber
Actor: John Rogan | Character: Dr. Butts
Actor: Jack May | Character: Lord Chancellor
Actor: Roger Lloyd Pack | Character: 2nd Gentleman

[Directors Group]
Name: Kevin Billington | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: John Fletcher | Role: Writer
Name: William Shakespeare | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Cedric Messina | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: James Tyler | Role: Composer

[Editing Group]
Name: Malcolm Banthorpe | Role: Editor
Name: Howard Dell | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Don Taylor | Role: Production Designer

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Alun Hughes | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Dawn Alcock | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Fraser Lowden | Role: Production Manager

[Sound Department]
Name: Ian Leiper | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Hubert Cartwright | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Trevor Wimlett | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mike Winser | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Shirley Coward | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: David Lloyd-Jones | Role: Music Department
Name: William Walton | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Terence Banks | Role: Production Department
Name: Joan Hamilton | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Alan Shallcross | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Sue Box | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Beryl Hurdle | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Geraldine Stephenson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Caroline Sutton | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Wilders | Role: Additional Crew

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080860/videogallery/

United Kingdom: February 25, 1979
United States: April 25, 1979
Hungary: July 5, 1981
Belgium: September 3, 1981 (Flemish speaking region)
Japan: February 28, 1982
Italy: December 21, 1984 (Raitre)
Netherlands: July 16, 1986

Nominee | 1980 | BAFTA Awards | BAFTA TV Award | Best Actor | Timothy West, Crime and Punishment, Churchill and the Generals, Henry VIII

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