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