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title: "Excalibur: cast and crew"
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cast: 30
crew: 35
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# Excalibur (1981): cast and crew

30 cast and 35 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Nigel Terry](https://film.one/person/nigel-terry.md) as King Arthur
- [Nicol Williamson](https://film.one/person/nicol-williamson.md) as Merlin
- [Helen Mirren](https://film.one/person/helen-mirren.md) as Morgana
- [Nicholas Clay](https://film.one/person/nicholas-clay.md) as Lancelot
- [Paul Geoffrey](https://film.one/person/paul-geoffrey.md) as Perceval
- [Cherie Lunghi](https://film.one/person/cherie-lunghi.md) as Guenevere
- [Robert Addie](https://film.one/person/robert-addie.md) as Mordred
- [Gabriel Byrne](https://film.one/person/gabriel-byrne.md) as Uther
- [Keith Buckley](https://film.one/person/keith-buckley.md) as Uryens
- [Katrine Boorman](https://film.one/person/katrine-boorman.md) as Igrayne
- [Corin Redgrave](https://film.one/person/corin-redgrave.md) as Cornwall
- [Liam Neeson](https://film.one/person/liam-neeson.md) as Gawain
- Niall O'Brien as Kay
- [Patrick Stewart](https://film.one/person/patrick-stewart.md) as Leondegrance
- Clive Swift as Ector
- [Ciarán Hinds](https://film.one/person/ciaran-hinds.md) as Lot
- Liam O'Callaghan as Sadok
- Michael Muldoon as Astamor
- Charley Boorman as Boy Mordred
- [Brid Brennan](https://film.one/person/brid-brennan.md) as Lady in Waiting
- Garrett Keogh as Mador
- Emmet Bergin as Ulfius
- Eamon Kelly as Abbot
- Gerard Mannix Flynn as Mordred's Lieutenant
- Barbara Byrne as Young Morgana
- Kay Maclaren as Aged Morgana
- Joelle Hélary as Lady of the Lake
- Conor Lambert as Puppeteer
- Prudence Wright Holmes as Sunshine
- Paul Markey as Peasant Boy

## Directing

- [John Boorman](https://film.one/person/john-boorman.md): Director
- Barry Blackmore: Assistant Director
- Ted Morley: Second Assistant Director
- John Lawlor: Second Assistant Director
- David Murphy: Second Assistant Director
- Robert Dwyer-Joyce: Second Assistant Director
- Peter MacDonald: Second Unit Director
- Andrew Montgomery: Second Assistant Director
- Martin O'Malley: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Thomas Malory](https://film.one/person/thomas-malory.md): Novel
- [John Boorman](https://film.one/person/john-boorman.md): Screenplay
- [Rospo Pallenberg](https://film.one/person/rospo-pallenberg.md): Adaptation, Screenplay

## Production

- Edgar F. Gross: Executive Producer
- Robert A. Eisenstein: Executive Producer
- [John Boorman](https://film.one/person/john-boorman.md): Producer
- Michael Dryhurst: Associate Producer
- Mary Selway: Casting
- Jack Phelan: Production Manager

## Camera

- [Alex Thomson](https://film.one/person/alex-thomson.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [John Merritt](https://film.one/person/john-merritt.md): Editor
- [Donn Cambern](https://film.one/person/donn-cambern.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Trevor Jones](https://film.one/person/trevor-jones.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Tim Hutchinson: Art Direction
- Bryan Graves: Set Decoration
- [Anthony Pratt](https://film.one/person/anthony-pratt.md): Production Design

## Costume and make-up

- Anne Dunne: Hairstylist
- Anne McFadyen: Hairstylist
- Anna Dryhurst: Makeup Artist
- Basil Newall: Makeup Artist
- [Bob Ringwood](https://film.one/person/bob-ringwood.md): Costume Design
- [Graham Churchyard](https://film.one/person/graham-churchyard.md): Costume Assistant

## Visual effects

- Wally Veevers: Visual Effects

## Crew

- Gilbert White: Animal Wrangler
- Terry English: Armorer
- Peter Hutchinson: Special Effects

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