On screen
Cast
45 credited performers
Alec Guinness
George Smiley
Michael Jayston
Peter Guillam
Anthony Bate
Sir Oliver Lacon
George Sewell
Mendel
Bernard Hepton
Toby Esterhase
Robert MacNeil
Self – Host (uncredited)
Ian Richardson
Bill Haydon
Hywel Bennett
Ricki Tarr
Michael Aldridge
Percy Alleline
Terence Rigby
Roy Bland
Ian Bannen
Jim Prideaux
Artwork unavailable
Alec Sabin
Fawn
Beryl Reid
Connie Sachs
Alexander Knox
Control
Artwork unavailable
Duncan Jones
Roach
Artwork unavailable
Daniel Beecher
Spikely
Artwork unavailable
Frank Compton
Bryant
Frank Moorey
Lauder Strickland
Artwork unavailable
John Wells
Headmaster
Artwork unavailable
Terry Pearson
Schoolmaster (uncredited)
Nigel Stock
Roddy Martindale
Milos Kirek
Barak
Eugene Lipinski
Czech Guard
Artwork unavailable
Brian Hawksley
Bookseller
Thorley Walters
Tufty Thessinger
Artwork unavailable
Susan Kodicek
Irina
Artwork unavailable
Hilary Minster
Boris
Artwork unavailable
Pauline Letts
Mrs Pope-Graham
Artwork unavailable
Stephen Earle
Norman
Artwork unavailable
Timothy Stetson
The American
Artwork unavailable
Jean Rimmer
Senior Secretary
Patrick Stewart
Karla
Artwork unavailable
Marjorie Hogan
Alisa Brimley
Artwork unavailable
Joe Praml
Paul Skordeno
Warren Clarke
Alwyn
John Standing
Sam Collins
Artwork unavailable
Mandy Cuthbert
Molly Purcell
Joss Ackland
Jerry Westerby
Guy Standeven
Flemyng-Smith
Artwork unavailable
Betty Hardy
Headmaster's Mother
Artwork unavailable
Jo Apted
Linda
Siân Phillips
Ann Smiley
George Pravda
Polyakov
Artwork unavailable
Reg Thomason
Reception (uncredited)
Michael Fish
Self (archive footage)