The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp - Cast

Cast

  • Roger Livesey as Clive Candy
  • Deborah Kerr as Edith Hunter / Barbara Wynne / Angela "Johnny" Cannon
  • Anton Walbrook as Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
  • Ursula Jeans as Frau von Kalteneck
  • James McKechnie as Spud Wilson
  • David Hutcheson as Hoppy
  • Frith Banbury as Baby-Face Fitzroy
  • Muriel Aked as Aunt Margaret
  • John Laurie as Murdoch
  • Neville Mapp as Stuffy Graves
  • Vincent Holman as Club porter (1942)
  • Spencer Trevor as Period Blimp
  • Roland Culver as Colonel Betteridge
  • James Knight as Club porter (1902)
  • Dennis Arundell as CafĂ© orchestra leader
  • David Ward as Kaunitz
  • Valentine Dyall as von Schönborn
  • A. E. Matthews as President of Tribunal
  • Carl Jaffe as von Reumann
  • Albert Lieven as von Ritter
  • Eric Maturin as Colonel Goodhead
  • Robert Harris as Embassy Secretary
  • Arthur Wontner as Embassy Counsellor
  • Theodore Zichy as Colonel Borg
  • Jane Millican as Nurse Erna
  • Reginald Tate as van Zijl
  • Captain W. Barrett as The Texan
  • Corporal Thomas Palmer as The Sergeant
  • Yvonne Andre as The Nun
  • Marjorie Gresley as The Matron
  • Felix Aylmer as The Bishop
  • Helen Debroy as Mrs.Wynne
  • Norman Pierce as Mr. Wynne
  • Harry Welchman as Major Davies
  • Edward Cooper as B.B.C. Official

Cast notes:

  • Making their second appearance in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp were director Michael Powell's golden cocker spaniels, Erik and Spangle, who had previously appeared in Contraband (1940), and went on to be seen in the Powell and Pressburger films I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) and A Matter of Life and Death, also known as Stairway to Heaven (1946).

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