| An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 03, 1983 |
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| Director: | Michael Elliott |
| Writer: | |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | king |
| Production Companies | Granada Television |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Laurence Olivier | King Lear |
| John Hurt | The Fool |
| Brian Cox | Burgundy |
| Dorothy Tutin | Goneril |
| Anna Calder-Marshall | Cordelia |
| Diana Rigg | Regan |
| Leo McKern | Gloucester |
| David Threlfall | Edgar |
| Robert Lindsay | Edmund |
| Colin Blakely | Kent |
| Jeremy Kemp | Cornwall |
| Robert Lang | Albany |
| Edward Petherbridge | France |
| Geoffrey Bateman | Oswald |
| John Cording | Lear's Knight |
| Benny Young | Cornwall's Servant |
| Esmond Knight | Old Man |
| Ian Ruskin | Edmund's Officer |
| Paul Curran | Doctor |
| Ronald Forfar | First Officer |
| Harry Walker | Second Officer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Elliott | Director |
| Gordon Crosse | Original Music Composer |
| William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
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