Anthony Hopkins

Frederick Treves

John Hurt

John Merrick

Anne Bancroft

Mrs Kendal

John Gielgud

Carr Gomm

Wendy Hiller

Mothershead

Freddie Jones

Bytes

Michael Elphick

Night Porter

Hannah Gordon

Mrs Treves

Helen Ryan

Princess Alex

John Standing

Fox

Dexter Fletcher

Bytes' Boy

Lesley Dunlop

Nora

Phoebe Nicholls

Merrick's Mother

Pat Gorman

Fairground Bobby

Nula Conwell

Nurse Kathleen

Alfie Curtis

Milkman

Carol Harrison

Tart

Hugh Manning

Broadneck

William Morgan Sheppard

Man in Pub

Kathleen Byron

Lady Waddington

David Ryall

Man With Whores

Pauline Quirke

2nd Whore

Kenny Baker

Plumed Dwarf

Lesley Scoble

Siamese Twin

Eiji Kusuhara

Japanese Bleeder

Patricia Hodge

Screaming Mum

Peter Davidson

Second Bobby

David Lynch

Man in the Bowler Hat in the Mob Chasing Merrick (uncredited)

Tony Clarkin

Thug from Pub (uncredited)

Dave Cooper

Man in crowd (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Committee Member (uncredited)

Jill Goldston

Nurse (uncredited)