On screen
Cast
70 credited performers
Roy Dotrice
Charles Dickens / John Dickens
John F. Landry
Dolby
Diana Coupland
Elizabeth Dickens
Adrienne Burgess
Catherine Hogarth
Simon Bell
Young Charles
Holly Palance
Miss Baldwin
Graham Faulkner
Fred Dickens
Lois Baxter
Mary Hogarth
Gene Foad
Young Adult Charles
Robert Longden
Hablot Browne
Pheona McLellan
Young Fanny
Claire McLellan
Letitia Dickens
Paul Lavers
James Lamert
Lynsey Baxter
Orfling
T.R. Bowen
John Forster
George Waring
Huffam
Karen Dotrice
Maria Beadnell
Raymond Francis
Mr. Beadnell
Sheila Felvin
Mary Ann Leigh
Richard Leech
Mr. Hogarth
John Nettles
Macrone
Michael Macowan
Sir Giles
John Ringham
Chapman
Anthony May
John Hullah
John Baddeley
Richard Bentley
Ben Kingsley
Dr. John Elliotson
Kim McDonald
Mary Weller
Vernon Dobtcheff
Legal Gentleman
Ivor Salter
Mr. Tribe
Pearl Hackney
Mrs. Tribe
John Breslin
Mr. Kerr
Antony Carrick
Beadle
David Healy
Comm. Wentworth
Madoline Thomas
Grandmother Dickens
Charles Pemberton
Uncle William Dickens
Peter-Hugo Daly
Tiny Tucker
Gwen Cherrell
Mrs. Beadnell
Godfrey Quigley
Henry Kerridge
Isabelle Amyes
Anne Beadnell
Hazel McBride
Margaret Beadnell
William Humbert
Henry Austin
Derek Francis
Stage Manager
Robin Halstead
Kolle
Liz Edmiston
Desdenona
David Ashford
Mr. Ainsworth
Hetty Baynes
Fanny Dickens
Dudley Jones
La Salle
Patsy Kensit
Georgina Hogarth
Graham Seed
Potter
Peter Howell
Mr. Black
John Nolan
Willis
Kenneth Colley
Robert Seymour
Tony Steedman
Harley
George Roubicek
Eberfield
Arthur Hewlett
Old Collector
Janet Spencer-Turner
Miss Picken
Ralph Michael
Lord Durham
Seymour Matthews
Edgar Allan Poe
Michael Darbyshire
Mr. V
Bob Sessions
Clerk
Christine McKenna
Georgina Hogarth
Milton Johns
Samuel Starey
Richard Hampton
Daniel MacLise
Roy Marsden
Stanfield
Norwich Duff
Journalist
Connie Booth
Sophie
Ken Wynne
Mr. De'ath
Patrick McAlinney
Box Office Manager
George Malpas
Old Man
Bernice Stegers
Lady