Cast and crew
Ben-Hur
Directed by William Wyler · starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins and Haya Harareet
- 11 actors
- 2 in the crew
- 1959
- 3 h 32 min
Ben-Hur: cast and crew
Director
Actors and characters
- Actors
- 11
- Crew
- 2
- Youngest at release
- 28 yearsHaya Harareet
- Eldest at release
- 81 yearsFinlay Currie
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The whole cast 11
Crew
Writers 1
Producers 1
Companies
- Production companies
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Questions about the cast of Ben-Hur
- Who plays Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur?
- Charlton Heston plays Judah Ben-Hur.
- Who plays Quintus Arrius in Ben-Hur?
- Jack Hawkins plays Quintus Arrius.
- Who plays Esther in Ben-Hur?
- Haya Harareet plays Esther.
- Who plays Messala in Ben-Hur?
- Stephen Boyd plays Messala.
- Who plays Miriam in Ben-Hur?
- Martha Scott plays Miriam.
- Who plays Simonides in Ben-Hur?
- Sam Jaffe plays Simonides.
- Who directed Ben-Hur?
- William Wyler.
- Who wrote Ben-Hur?
- Gore Vidal.
- How many actors are in Ben-Hur?
- 11 actors are credited, and 2 people in the crew.
The cast in numbers
William Wyler had already directed Charlton Heston in The Big Country (1958).
Charlton Heston and Martha Scott had already worked together on one film: The Ten Commandments (1956).
Jack Hawkins and André Morell had already worked together on one film: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
With the most films on MovieNCo: Charlton Heston (25), William Wyler (7) and Finlay Currie (5).
The cast’s average age at release is 48 (of the 8 actors whose birth date we know).