--- title: "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979" cast: 45 crew: 13 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979): cast and crew 45 cast and 13 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Alec Guinness](https://film.one/person/alec-guinness.md) as George Smiley (7 episodes) - [Michael Jayston](https://film.one/person/michael-jayston.md) as Peter Guillam (7 episodes) - [Anthony Bate](https://film.one/person/anthony-bate.md) as Sir Oliver Lacon (7 episodes) - [George Sewell](https://film.one/person/george-sewell.md) as Mendel (7 episodes) - [Bernard Hepton](https://film.one/person/bernard-hepton.md) as Toby Esterhase (6 episodes) - [Ian Richardson](https://film.one/person/ian-richardson.md) as Bill Haydon (5 episodes) - [Hywel Bennett](https://film.one/person/hywel-bennett.md) as Ricki Tarr (5 episodes) - [Michael Aldridge](https://film.one/person/michael-aldridge.md) as Percy Alleline (5 episodes) - [Ian Bannen](https://film.one/person/ian-bannen.md) as Jim Prideaux (4 episodes) - [Terence Rigby](https://film.one/person/terence-rigby.md) as Roy Bland (5 episodes) - [Alec Sabin](https://film.one/person/alec-sabin.md) as Fawn (4 episodes) - [Beryl Reid](https://film.one/person/beryl-reid.md) as Connie Sachs (3 episodes) - Alexander Knox as Control (3 episodes) - Duncan Jones as Roach (3 episodes) - Daniel Beecher as Spikely (3 episodes) - [Nigel Stock](https://film.one/person/nigel-stock.md) as Roddy Martindale (1 episodes) - Milos Kirek as Barak (1 episodes) - Eugene Lipinski as Czech Guard (1 episodes) - Brian Hawksley as Bookseller (1 episodes) - Thorley Walters as Tufty Thessinger (1 episodes) - Susan Kodicek as Irina (1 episodes) - Hilary Minster as Boris (1 episodes) - Pauline Letts as Mrs Pope-Graham (1 episodes) - Stephen Earle as Norman (1 episodes) - Frank Compton as Bryant (2 episodes) - Frank Moorey as Lauder Strickland (2 episodes) - Timothy Stetson as The American (1 episodes) - Jean Rimmer as Senior Secretary (1 episodes) - [Patrick Stewart](https://film.one/person/patrick-stewart.md) as Karla (1 episodes) - Marjorie Hogan as Alisa Brimley (1 episodes) - Joe Praml as Paul Skordeno (1 episodes) - [Warren Clarke](https://film.one/person/warren-clarke.md) as Alwyn (1 episodes) - [John Standing](https://film.one/person/john-standing.md) as Sam Collins (1 episodes) - Mandy Cuthbert as Molly Purcell (1 episodes) - [Joss Ackland](https://film.one/person/joss-ackland.md) as Jerry Westerby (1 episodes) - Guy Standeven as Flemyng-Smith (1 episodes) - John Wells as Headmaster (2 episodes) - Betty Hardy as Headmaster's Mother (1 episodes) - Jo Apted as Linda (1 episodes) - Siân Phillips as Ann Smiley (1 episodes) - George Pravda as Polyakov (1 episodes) - Robert MacNeil as Self – Host (uncredited) (6 episodes) - Reg Thomason as Reception (uncredited) (1 episodes) - Terry Pearson as Schoolmaster (uncredited) (2 episodes) - Michael Fish as Self (archive footage) (1 episodes) ## Directing - [John Irvin](https://film.one/person/john-irvin.md): Director (7 episodes) ## Writing - Betty Willingale: Script Editor (7 episodes) - [John le Carré](https://film.one/person/john-le-carre.md): Novel (7 episodes) - [Arthur Hopcraft](https://film.one/person/arthur-hopcraft.md): Writer (7 episodes) ## Production - [Jonathan Powell](https://film.one/person/jonathan-powell.md): Producer (7 episodes) ## Camera - [Tony Pierce-Roberts](https://film.one/person/tony-pierce-roberts.md): Director of Photography (7 episodes) ## Editing - [Clare Douglas](https://film.one/person/clare-douglas.md): Editor (7 episodes) - [Chris Wimble](https://film.one/person/chris-wimble.md): Editor (7 episodes) ## Sound and music - Malcolm Webberley: Sound Recordist (7 episodes) - [Geoffrey Burgon](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-burgon.md): Music (7 episodes) ## Art - [Austen Spriggs](https://film.one/person/austen-spriggs.md): Production Design (7 episodes) ## Costume and make-up - Elizabeth Rowell: Makeup Artist (7 episodes) - [Joyce Mortlock](https://film.one/person/joyce-mortlock.md): Costume Design (7 episodes) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md