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Full Cast Photo!

posted 15 years ago by life4all
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There were so many well-known actors in this film (many with less than 30 seconds in front of the camera). Wouldn’t it be great to see a still photo of entire cast in costume? Just imagine how it might look with all these notables in the photo:

Max von Sydow ... Jesus
Michael Anderson Jr. ... James the Younger
Carroll Baker ... Veronica
Ina Balin ... Martha of Bethany
Victor Buono ... Sorak
Richard Conte ... Barabbas
Joanna Dunham ... Mary Magdalene
José Ferrer ... Herod Antipas
Van Heflin ... Bar Amand
Charlton Heston ... John the Baptist
Martin Landau ... Caiaphas
Angela Lansbury ... Claudia
Pat Boone ... Angel at the Tomb
Janet Margolin ... Mary of Bethany
David McCallum ... Judas Iscariot
Roddy McDowall ... Matthew
Dorothy McGuire ... The Virgin Mary
Sal Mineo ... Uriah
Nehemiah Persoff ... Shemiah
Donald Pleasence ... The Dark Hermit - Satan
Sidney Poitier ... Simon of Cyrene
Claude Rains ... King Herod
Gary Raymond ... Peter
Telly Savalas ... Pontius Pilate
Joseph Schildkraut ... Nicodemus
Paul Stewart ... Questor
John Wayne ... Centurion at crucifixion
Shelley Winters ... Woman who is healed
Ed Wynn ... Old Aram
John Abbott ... Aben
Rodolfo Acosta ... Captain of lancers
Michael Ansara ... Herod's commander
Robert Blake ... Simon the Zealot
Burt Brinckerhoff ... Andrew
Robert Busch ... Emissary
John Considine ... John
Philip Coolidge ... Chuza
John Crawford ... Alexander
Frank DeKova ... The tormentor (as Frank de Kova)
Cyril Delevanti ... Melchior
Jamie Farr ... Thaddaeus
David Hedison ... Philip
Russell Johnson ... Scribe
Mark Lenard ... Balthazar
Robert Loggia ... Joseph
John Lupton ... Speaker of Capernaum
Peter Mann ... Nathanael
Tom Reese ... Thomas
Marian Seldes ... Herodias
David Sheiner ... James the Elder
Frank Silvera ... Caspar
Joseph Sirola ... Dumah
Abraham Sofaer ... Joseph of Arimathaea
Harold J. Stone ... Gen. Varus
Chet Stratton ... Theophilus
Michael Tolan ... Lazarus
Ron Whelan ... Annas
Marc Cavell ... Bad thief on cross (uncredited)

[–] prjdean 15 years ago

I'm sure that you know that it was never possible to get all these actors in one posed shot --

as you point out, some actors spent only a few days or weeks on the film while the leads - Jesus and the disciples mainly - worked for a year on the film in various locales -- on location in Utah and also on Hollywood sound stages -

I have many great stills from this film but almost no behind the scenes photos. There must be some , perhaps waiting publication. I have always wished that there was an in depth look at the making of TGSET like was done on THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ( entitled Written in Stone).