The Greatest Story Ever Told

Cyril Delevanti as Melchior Marian Seldes as Herodias Ina Balin as Martha of Bethany Pat Boone as Angel at the Tomb Rodolfo Acosta as Captain of lancers Frank De Kova as The tormentor Michael Tolan as Lazarus Carroll Baker as Veronica Dorothy McGuire as The Virgin Mary Claude Rains as King Herod Paul Stewart as Questor Frank Silvera as Caspar Michael Anderson Jr. as James the Younger Shelley Winters as Woman who is healed Jamie Farr as Thaddaeus David Hedison as Philip Janet Margolin as Mary of Bethany Michael Ansara as Herod's commander Victor Buono as Sorak John Abbott as Aben Mark Lenard as Balthazar David McCallum as Judas Iskarioth John Wayne as Centurion at crucifixion John Considine as John John Crawford as Alexander Jay C. Flippen as Drunken Soldier - Herod Antipas' Court Sidney Poitier as Simon of Cyrene Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate Philip Coolidge as Chuza Abraham Sofaer as Joseph of Arimathaea Harold J. Stone as Gen. Varus Nehemiah Persoff as Shemiah Donald Pleasence as The Dark Hermit - Satan Burt Brinckerhoff as Andrew Marc Cavell as Bad Thief on Cross Max von Sydow as Jesus Charlton Heston as John the Baptist Martin Landau as Caiaphas Robert Blake as Simon the Zealot Johnny Seven as Pilate's Aide Van Heflin as Bar Amand David Sheiner as James the Elder Richard Conte as Barabbas Joanna Dunham as Mary Magdalene Celia Lovsky as Woman Behind Railings Ed Wynn as Old Aram Joseph V. Perry as Archelaus Angela Lansbury as Claudia Roddy McDowall as Matthew Sal Mineo as Uriah Robert Loggia as Joseph José Ferrer as Herod Antipas Gary Raymond as Simon Peter Joseph Schildkraut as Nicodemus Russell Johnson as Scribe John Lupton as Speaker of Capernaum Peter Mann as Nathanael Tom Reese as Thomas Joseph Sirola as Dumah

Neil Summers Stunts Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Charlie Picerni Stunts George Stevens Director, Screenplay, Producer William C. Mellor Director of Photography Loren Janes Stunts Henry Wills Stunts Coordinator, Stunt Coordinator Lynn Stalmaster Casting Paul Baxley Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator Jean Negulesco Second Unit Director David Lean Second Unit Director