On screen
Cast
255 credited performers
John Thaw
Chief Inspector Morse
Kevin Whately
Detective Sergeant Lewis
Peter Woodthorpe
Dr. Max DeBryn
James Grout
Chief Superintendent Strange
Maureen Bennett
Val Lewis
Amanda Hillwood
Dr. Grayling Russell
Andrew Ray
Alfred Rydale
Norman Jones
Chief Inspector Bell
Julia Sawalha
Rachel
Perry Fenwick
Jimmy
Derek Fowlds
Kurt Friedman
Rachel Weisz
Arabella Baydon
Jacqueline Leonard
Miss Sarah Spillers
Brian Cox
Michael Steppings
Jean Anderson
Lady Hinksey
Dominic Keating
Murray Stone
Peter Blythe
Kenneth Lawrence
Sukie Smith
Lorraine
Suzanna Hamilton
Emma Cryer
Seeta Indrani
Laboratory Assistant
Tenniel Evans
Dr. David Kerridge
Barbara Flynn
Monica Height
Judy Campbell
Mrs. Rawlinson
Adam Morris
Constable Dixon
Su Elliot
Mrs. Hart
George Irving
George Henderson
Daniel Massey
Anthony Donn
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Blanche Copley-Barnes
Lisa Harrow
Thelma Radford
Jake Wood
Jimmy
Tip Tipping
P.C. Dene
Sam Kelly
Walter Majors
Kenneth Haigh
Freddie Galt
Ian Sharp
First Angler
Noah Taylor
Dave Harding
Dicken Ashworth
George Drummond
Peter McEnery
Donald Phillipson
Amanda Wenban
Typist
Amanda Burton
Mirella Lunghi
Elspet Gray
Mrs Bartlett
Julie Legrand
Brigitte de Plessy
David Haig
Peter Rhodes
Frances Barber
Nicole Burgess
Charlotte Coleman
Jessica White
Robert Pugh
Geoff Harris - Prison Officer
Anna Chancellor
Sally Smith
Claire Skinner
Girl Pupil
Gertan Klauber
German Man
Christine Norden
Laura Poindexter
Michael Hordern
Doctor Starkie
Rupert Holliday-Evans
David
Nicky Henson
Vince Cranston
Gavin Richards
Steven Trevors
Ivor Roberts
Mr. Waugh
George Costigan
Ron Garrett
Betty Marsden
Cynthia Preece
Al Hunter Ashton
Detective
Ian McDiarmid
Hugo De Vries
Kenneth Colley
DCI Patrick Dawson
Peggy Mount
Nun
Eileen Way
Mrs Papas
Max Phipps
DI Glenn McAllister
Philip Locke
Freddie Mortimer
Frances Tomelty
Grace Craven
Ian Bleasdale
Time and Motion Expert
Clive Swift
Dr Bartlett
Sheila Gish
Gwladys Probert
Patrick Godfrey
Dr. Greer
Michael Culver
Maugham Willowbank
Samantha Bond
Helen Marriat
Michael Kitchen
Russell Clark
Rupert Graves
Billy
Christopher Benjamin
Professor Furlong
Patricia Hodge
Lady Hanbury
Beatie Edney
Deborah Burns
Anna Calder-Marshall
Jane Robson
Kenneth Cranham
Cedric Downes
John Normington
Lionel Pawlen
James Laurenson
Tony Richards
Stephen Moore
Radio Producer
Marion Bailey
Fran Pierce
Penny Downie
Nurse Wendy Hazlitt
Cheryl Campbell
Sylvie Maxton
Alex Jennings
Victor Preece
Patrick Malahide
Jeremy Boynton
Mark Strong
PC Mike Butterworth
Ann Bell
Catherine Dawson
Zoë Wanamaker
Emma Pickford
Jonny Lee Miller
Student
Rhondda Findleton
Anne Harding
Geraldine James
Helen Field
Elizabeth Hurley
Julia
Fabia Drake
Mrs. Jarman
John Bluthal
Victor Ignotas
Janet Suzman
Dr. Claire Brewster
Keith Allen
John Peter Barrie
Richard Pasco
William Bryce-Morgan
Phil Davis
Roland Sherman
Jason Isaacs
Dr. Desmond Collier
Patsy Byrne
Mrs. Maltby
Michael Aldridge
Arthur Drysdale
Mildred Shay
Janet Roscoe
Robert Stephens
Sir Wilfred Mulryne
Michael Gough
Philip Ogleby
Charlotte Mitchell
Mrs Staveley
Peter Amory
DC Hilaire
Tom Wilkinson
Jake Normington
Paul Shelley
Stephen Radford
David Lonsdale
Detective
Iain Cuthbertson
Desmond McNutt
Oliver Ford Davies
Frederick Redpath
Maggie O'Neill
Hilary Dobson
Carole Ashby
Laura
Con O'Neill
Paul Matthews
John Castle
Tony Doyle
Philip Bretherton
David Acum
Shirley Stelfox
Mrs. Kane
Jason Durr
John Brewster
Kevin Stoney
Heironymous St John
Adrian Dunbar
John Marriat
Martin Clunes
James Balcombe
Jim Broadbent
Charlie Bennett
Isla Blair
Janey Wilson
Clifford Rose
Dr. Charles Hudson
Laura Sadler
Sabena
Gary Webster
Colin
Bryan Pringle
Barker
Geoffrey Palmer
Matthew Copley-Barnes
Lionel Jeffries
Charles Radford
Jenny Howe
Angry Neighbour
Pat Heywood
Mrs. Mitchell
James Hazeldine
Digby Tuckerman
Jeremy Clyde
Roger McMill
Glyn Houston
George Craven
Christine Kavanagh
Lucy Downes
Ian McNeice
Pathologist
Cheryl Hall
Laura - Secretary
John Elmes
Roger Meadows
Maurice O'Connell
Harry Josephs
Robert Lang
Chief Superintendent Dewar
Roger Lloyd Pack
Donald Martin
Norman Rodway
Roland Marshall
David Ryall
Derek Whittaker
Christopher Eccleston
Terrence Mitchell
Tilly Vosburgh
Irene Saunders
James Faulkner
Basilios Vasilakis
Nicola Cowper
Jane Marriot
John Gielgud
Lord Hinksey
Richard Griffiths
Canon Humphrey Appleton
Joanna David
Susan Fallon
Gwen Taylor
Margaret Cliff
Sean Bean
Alex Bailey
Liza Walker
Vicky Wilson
Bev Willis
Denman
Connor Byrne
Constable Willis
Charles Collingwood
Cassidy
Michael Attwell
Parsons
Noel Johnson
Butler
Richard Pearson
Jerome Hogg
Freddie Jones
Harry Field Senior
Holly Aird
Angie Hartman
Robert Hardy
Andrew Baydon
Gilly Coman
Holly Trevors
Harriet Walter
Dr. Esther Martin
Alun Armstrong
Superintendent Holdsby
James Aubrey
Pathologist
Sorcha Cusack
Joyce Garrett
Michael Bertenshaw
Detective
Bert Parnaby
Ben
Patrick Troughton
George Jackson
Richard Owens
Dr. Mathew Brewster
Denys Hawthorne
Chief Superintendent Rennie
John Bird
George Linacre
Shahnaz Pakravan
Doctor
Maurice Denham
Lance Mandeville
Martin Jarvis
Randall Rees
Ronald Pickup
Ian Matthews
Jenny Jay
Sylvia Kane
Carol Starks
Jane Folley
Brian Bovell
Pierre
Ralph Nossek
Professor Joshua Masterson
Jonathan Firth
Peter Thornton
Charlotte Chatton
Marilyn Garrett
John Cater
The Dean
Sian Thomas
Carol Sharp
Venetia Barrett
Mrs. Webb
Antony Carrick
George Granger
Nathaniel Parker
Jamie Jasper
David Neal
Dr. Julian Dear
Jenny Laird
Mrs. Keelan
Ben Onwukwe
Doctor
Terrence Hardiman
Clive Palmer
John Bett
Thomas Neely
Don Fellows
Lyman Stansky
Jamie Foreman
Chas
Richard Wilson
Brian Thornton
Gemma Jones
Anne Staveley
Anna Patrick
Eirl's Secretary
Geoffrey Beevers
Peter Foster
Jean Ainslie
Cleaning Lady
Simon Coady
Street Preacher
Jan Harvey
Friday Rees
Jill Baker
Jennifer Coleby
Julian Curry
Alan Cartwright
Anna Massey
Lady Emily Balcombe
Preston Lockwood
College Chaplain
Richard Cubison
Pharmacist
Vania Vilers
Paul Eirl
Rosalind March
Susie Tuckerman
Doug Bradley
Clergyman Williams
Steven Mackintosh
DS Cheetham
Souad Faress
Hospital Doctor
Trevor Byfield
Harry Field
Diana Quick
Hilary Stephens
Billy Hartman
Police Sergeant
Sue Johnston
Mrs. Bailey
Allan Corduner
Gentile Bellocchio
Joan Blackham
Helen Buscott
Tony Steedman
Lawrence Cryer
Andrew Read
Peter Morris
Gina McKee
Girl in Betting Shop
Jill Johnson
Mrs. Burns
Alan David
Sir Watkin Davies
Robert Arden
Eddie Poindexter
Pamela Stirling
French Woman
Paul Mooney
Pathologist
Christopher Hunter
Andreas Heller
Philip Anthony
Newspaper Editor
Frederick Treves
Dean of Lonsdale College
Simon Callow
Theodore Kemp
Andrew Wilde
Edward Manley
Mel Martin
Rosemary Henderson
Pearce Quigley
Mick McGovern
Kim Thomson
Helen Radford
Tariq Yunus
George
Tessa Wojtczak
Angie Howe
Christopher Fulford
Tim Ablett
John Jarratt
Sergeant Scott Humphries
Jonathan Coy
Harry Balcombe
Julia Goodman
May Lawrence
Kate Harper
Patti Wilcox
Patrick Drury
Frank McTeer
Isabel Dean
Isobel Radford
Andy Bradford
Trevor Radford
John Junkin
Chief Inspector Holroyd
Josephine Welcome
Judy
Piers Ibbotson
Ambulance Man
Pamela Jikiemi
Press Person
Doreen Ingleton
Annie Lever
Bill Moody
Police Sergeant
James Greene
Defence Counsel
Paul Ridley
Husband
Harold Innocent
Archdeacon (uncredited)
Michèle Winstanley
Fiona
Cathryn Bradshaw
Janice