cast
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Denholm Elliott
John Jarndyce
- Suzanne Burden Esther Summerson
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Jonathan Moore
William Guppy
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Diana Rigg
Lady Honoria Dedlock
- Lucy Hornak Ada Clare
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Bernard Hepton
Krook
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Brian Deacon
Allan Woodcourt
- Philip Franks Richard Carstone / Richard Cartsone
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T. P. McKenna
Harold Skimpole
- Chris Pitt Jo
- Sylvia Coleridge Miss Flite / Miss Flyte
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Graham Crowden
Lord Chancellor
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Peter Vaughan
Tulkinghorn
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Charlie Drake
Smallweed
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Eileen Davies
Judy Smallweed
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Dave King
Sergeant George
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Sam Kelly
Snagsby / Snagbsy
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Robin Bailey
Sir Leicester Dedlock
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Frank Windsor
Gridley
- Rebecca Sebborn Young Esther
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Donald Sumpter
'Nemo'
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Gerald Flood
Coroner
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Ian Hogg
Inspector Bucket
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Heather Tobias
Jenny
- Samantha Holland Charley Neckett
- Pamela Merrick Hortense
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Cathy Murphy
Housemaid
- Harry Fielder Smart gent passerby (uncredited)
- Fiona Walker Miss Barbary
- Chris Pitt Jo
- Jonathan Moore William Guppy
- Philip Franks Richard Carstone
- Christopher Whitehouse Beadle
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Barry Jones
Phil Squod
- Hilary Crane Mrs. Snagsby
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Malcolm Terris
The Reverend Chadband
- Stella Tanner Mrs. Chadband
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Kathy Burke
Guster
- Samantha Holland Charley Neckett
- Wanda Toubas Lizzy
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Katharine Page
Mrs. Smallweed
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Robert Urquhart
Laurence Boythorn
- Sam Kelly Snagsby
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Pat Coombs
Mrs. Guppy
- Stephen Kemble Footman
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Colin Jeavons
Vholes
- Anthony Roye Kenge
