The Storyteller (1987) | Full Cast

Steve Barron

DIRECTOR

Jim Henson

DIRECTOR

Jon Amiel

DIRECTOR

Peter Smith

DIRECTOR

Charles Sturridge

DIRECTOR

Paul Weiland

DIRECTOR

John Hurt

The Storyteller

Brian Henson

Storyteller's Dog

Frederick Warder

Giant

David Greenaway

Badger

Robert Tygner

Badger

Alistair Fullarton

Death

Mak Wilson

Badger

Diana Payan

Miller's Wife

Robin Summers

Jailer

Michael Kilgarriff

Lion

Peter Marinker

Devil

Reece Dinsdale

Fearnot

Eric Richard

Farmer

Miranda Richardson

Witch

Alison Doody

Sapsorrow

Jane Horrocks

Anja

Steven Mackintosh

Lucky

Bob Peck

Soldier

Bryan Pringle

Cook

Willie Ross

Tinker

Maggie Wilkinson

Farmer's Wife

Sean Bean

Prince

Jonathan Pryce

King

James Wilby

Prince

Philip Jackson

King

John Kavanagh

Beggar

Elliott Spiers

Leo

Stuart Richman

Fiddling Beggar

David Swift

King

Brenda Blethyn

Storyteller's Wife

Jennifer Saunders

Badsister 1

Joely Richardson

Princess

Gemma Jones

Queen

Anthony O'Donnell

Little Man

Walter Sparrow

Card Trick Beggar

Gabrielle Anwar

Lidia

Helen Lindsay

Queen

Alun Armstrong

Troll

Dawn French

Badsister 2

Paul Brooke

Chancellor

John Franklyn-Robbins

Tzar

Richard Vernon

King

Robert Hines

Prince

Nicholas Selby

King

Abigail Cruttenden

Princess

James Donnelly

Lidia's Father

Richard Lintern

Prince 1

Geoffrey Bayldon

King

Sarah Crowden

Queen

Robert Eddison

Ferryman

Sandra Voe

Trollop

Ishia Bennison

Tzar's Wife

Richard Butler

Second King

Jason Carter

Man

Peter Jonfield

Fearnot's Father

Pauline Moran

Queen

Jan Chappell

Soldier's Wife

Simon Adams

Prince 2

Tim Barker

Minister

Jackson Kyle

Prince

Alexander Crockatt

Brother 1

Mark Williams

Fearnot's Brother

Charlie Condou

Brother 2

Cathryn Bradshaw

Princess

Arthur Hewlett

Page

Colin Hurley

Prisoner 1

John Atkinson

Guard

Gavin Knights

Soldier's Son

Ailsa Berk

Grovelhog

Lucy Harte

Water Nymphs

David Fleeshman

Innkeeper

Timothy Kightley

Miller

Robert Hamilton

Prisoner 2

Jeremy Stuart

Brother 3

Michael Cuckson

Pond Sprite

Sam Howard

Prisoner 3

Colin Farrell

Lucky's Father

Kate Williams

Chief Maid

Merelina Kendall

Lucky's Mother

David Alan Barclay

Devil

Ross Boatman

Page

Angus Barnett

Servant 1

Michael Bayliss

Devil

Marcus Clarke

Devil

Dawn Archibald

Servant 2

Edward Tudor-Pole

Page

Richard Coombs

Devil

George Little

Griffin

John Eccleston

Devil

Craig Givens

Dancer

Geoff Felix

Devil

Anita Griffin

Dancer

Matthew Hawkins

Dancer

Mike Quinn

Devil

Caroline Pope

Dancer

Francis Wright

Devil

Barbara Rhodes

Dancer

Anthony Jackson

Devil

Arthur Sweet

Dancer

Peter Hawkins

Devil

Terence Harvey

Grovelhoguncredited

Stephen Garlick

Young Grovelhoguncredited

Heather Henson

Cameouncredited

Mike Edmonds

Tiny Tailoruncredited

Maureen Bennett

Late Queenuncredited

Tony O'Leary

Courtieruncredited