Filmmakers
Above the lineLO
Director
Laurence Olivier
LO
Screenplay
Laurence Olivier
DD
Cinematography
Desmond Dickinson
Director of Photography
HC
Editing
Helga Cranston
Editor
WW
Music
William Walton
Original Music Composer
RF
Costume Design
Roger K. Furse
EH
Costume Design
Elizabeth Hennings
Cast
25LO
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet - Prince of Denmark / Voice of Ghost
BS
Basil Sydney
Claudius - The King
EH
Eileen Herlie
Gertrude - The Queen
NW
Norman Wooland
Horatio - His Friend
FA
Felix Aylmer
Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
JS
Jean Simmons
Ophelia
TM
Terence Morgan
Laertes
PC
Peter Cushing
Osric
SH
Stanley Holloway
Gravedigger
RT
Russell Thorndike
Priest
JL
John Laurie
Francisco
EK
Esmond Knight
Bernardo
AQ
Anthony Quayle
Marcellus
HW
Harcourt Williams
First Player
PT
Patrick Troughton
Player King
TT
Tony Tarver
Player Queen
NM
Niall MacGinnis
Sea Captain
AB
Anthony Bushell
Bit Part (uncredited)
PD
Patricia Davidson
Lady of the Court (uncredited)
DL
Doreen Lawrence
Extra (uncredited)
CL
Christopher Lee
Palace Guard (uncredited)
DL
Desmond Llewelyn
Extra (uncredited)
VL
Victor Lucas
Extra (uncredited)
PM
Patrick Macnee
Extra (uncredited)
HL
Howard Lang
Servant (uncredited)
Departments
19Production
- Reginald BeckAssociate Producer
- Herbert SmithExecutive In Charge Of Production
- Laurence OlivierProducer
- Anthony BushellProducer's Assistant
Sound
- Harry MillerSound Editor
- John W. MitchellSound Recordist
- L.E. OvertonSound Recordist
- Desmond DewSound Recordist
- Ken RawkinsSound Recordist
Art
- Carmen DillonArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Vivienne WalkerHairstylist
- Tony SforziniMakeup Artist
- Michael MorrisMakeup Artist
- Norbert A. MylesMakeup Artist
- Basil NewallMakeup Artist
- Ernest WestoMakeup Artist
- Barbara GillettWardrobe Master
Writing
- William ShakespeareTheatre Play
Directing
- Peter BoltonAssistant Director