Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Release: 1979-02-25
·Runtime: 166m
·★ 6.5
History
Drama
TV Movie
Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
BBC
Time-Life Television Productions
Cast
John Stride
as Henry VIII
Julian Glover
as Duke of Buckingham
Jeremy Kemp
as Duke of Norfolk
David Rintoul
as Lord Abergavenny
Timothy West
as Cardinal Wolsey
Alan Leith
as Sergeant-at-Arms
Claire Bloom
as Katharine of Aragon
John Bailey
as Griffith / Gentleman Usher
David Troughton
as A Surveyor
John Nettleton
as Lord Chamberlain
Charles Lloyd Pack
as Lord Sandys
Barbara Kellerman
as Anne Bullen
John Cater
as 1st Gentleman
Roger Lloyd Pack
as 2nd Gentleman
Michael Poole
as Cardinal Campeius
Peter Vaughan
as Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester
Michael Gaunt
as A Crier
Ronald Pickup
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Emma Kirkby
as Singer
Oliver Cotton
as Earl of Surrey
John Rhys-Davies
as Capucius, Ambassador from Emperor Charles V
Jack May
as Lord Chancellor
John Rogan
as Dr. Butts
