Charlton Heston:Judah Ben-Hur;Jack Hawkins:Quintus Arrius;Haya Harareet:Esther;Stephen Boyd:Messala;Hugh Griffith:Scheich Ildirim;Martha Scott:Miriam;Cathy O'Donnell:Tirzah;Frank Thring:Pontius Pilatus;Sam Jaffe:Simonides;Ady Berber:Malluch;Finlay Currie:Balthasar;André Morell:Sextus;Terence Longdon:Drusus;Lando Buzzanca:Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited);Giuliano Gemma:Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited);Marina Berti:Flavia (uncredited);Robert Brown:Chief of Rowers (uncredited);Liana Del Balzo:Guest at Banquet (uncredited);Enzo Fiermonte:Galley Officer (uncredited);Richard Hale:Gaspar (uncredited);Duncan Lamont:Marius (uncredited);John Le Mesurier:Doctor (uncredited);Ferdy Mayne:Captain of Rescue Ship (uncredited);May McAvoy:Woman in crowd (uncredited);Aldo Silvani:Man in Nazareth (uncredited);Ralph Truman:Aide to Tiberius (uncredited);George Relph:Tiberius Caesar;Joe Canutt:Sportsman (uncredited);Richard Coleman:Metellus (uncredited);Antonio Corevi:Senator (uncredited);David Davies:Quaestor (uncredited);Mino Doro:Gratus (uncredited);Michael Dugan:Seaman (uncredited);Franco Fantasia:Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus (uncredited);José Greci:Mary (uncredited);John Horsley:Spintho (uncredited);Howard Lang:Hortator (uncredited);Stevenson Lang:Blind Man (uncredited);Tutte Lemkow:Leper (uncredited);Cliff Lyons:The Lubian (uncredited);Tiberio Mitri:Roman at Bath (uncredited);Remington Olmsted:Decurian (uncredited);Laurence Payne:Joseph (uncredited);Aldo Pini:Bad Thief on Cross (uncredited);Diego Pozzetto:Villager (uncredited);Stella Rho:Amrah (uncredited);Edwin Richfield:Supplier to Leper Colony (uncredited);Hector Ross:Officer (uncredited);Maxwell Shaw:Rower No. 43 (uncredited);Gianni Solaro:Galley Officer (uncredited);Pietro Tordi:Pilate's Servant (uncredited);Raimondo Van Riel:Old Man (uncredited);Dervis Ward:Jailer (uncredited);Joe Yrigoyen:The Egyptian - Chariot Racer (uncredited);Nazzareno Zamperla:Roman Soldier with a Bow on Galley (uncredited);Jerry Brown:The Corinthian (uncredited);Eddie Jauregui:The Athenian (uncredited)