The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

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Director

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Anthony Mann

Storyline

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The death of Marcus Aurelius leads to a succession crisis, in which the deceased emperor's son, Commodus, demonstrates that he is unwilling to let anything undermine his claim to the Roman Empire. (from IMDb)

Cast

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• Credited
• Uncredited A-Z
• Unidentified

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Cast

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Actors credited in the English version, in credit order, which seem to be the same as all international credits.

Sophia Loren
as Lucilla

Stephen Boyd
as Livius

Alec Guinness
as Marcus Aurelius

James Mason
as Timonides

Christopher Plummer
as Commodus

Anthony Quayle
as Verulus

John Ireland
as Ballomar

Omar Sharif
as Sohamus

Mel Ferrer
as Cleander

Eric Porter
as Julianus

Finlay Currie
as Senator

Andrew Keir
as Polybius

Douglas Wilmer
as Niger

George Murcell
as Victorinus

Norman Wooland
as Virgilianus

Michael Gwynn
as Cornelius

Virgilio Teixeira
(credited as "Virgilio Texera")
as Marcellus

Peter Damon
as Claudius

Rafael Luis Calvo
(credited as "Rafael Calvo")
as Lentulus

Lena von Martens
as Helva

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Uncredited actors A-Z

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Emilio Alonso
as Senator

Román Ariznavarreta
as Roman soldier

Agustín Bescós
as Senator

Salvatore Borgese
as Gladiator

Frank Braña
as Mithradate, King of Petra

Mike Brendel
as Man at Commodus's arrival in Rome

Tap Canutt
as Stunt double for Stephen Boyd as Livius

Eric Chapman
as Senator

Rafael Cortés
as 1. Reveller
as 2. Senator

Mario Ghignone
as Gladiator trainer

Rufino Inglés
as Senator

José Jaspe
as Barbarian

Antonio Jiménez Escribano
as Senator

Gabriella Licudi
as Hostage
Some online sources say her character is named "Tauna", but I never heard her get called by name. The scene where she appears is reportedly heavily cut in some prints, so maybe also on the blu-ray.

Juan Martínez
as Senator

Emilio Messina
as Gladiator

Roberto Messina
as Gladiator

Juan Olaguibel
as Man at Commodus's arrival in Rome

Antonio Orengo
as Senator

Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo
as Senator

Guy Rolfe
as Senator

Joaquín Solís
as 1. Costelbicus, King of the Omnia
as 2. Roman soldier

José Terrón
as Soldier

Friedrich von Ledebur
as Barbarian

"Sara Fan"
as Soldier facing execution

"The Judge"
as Reveller

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Unidentified actors

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Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified

• Roland Carey - IMDb as Barbarian
• Margaret Fuller - IMDb as Part of Court. I assume by that they mean Courtier. There are very few noblewomen seen clearly, so if we could identify her she should be easy to find.
• Jeffrey O'Kelly - IMDb as Brother of Livius. He had a brother? That plot point must have completely passed me by!
• Robert Royal - From interview
• Patricia Wright - IMDb as Roman citizen / Slave woman

The film was shot entirely in Spain, except for the short gladiator training scene (images 84-86) which was shot in Rome.

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Unidentified actors

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Unidentified actors

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[ChristofferSlotte]

According to the dialogue continuity Cornelius (M Gwynn) has a line right in the end of the movie:

"Caesar’s command: Put her in chains!"

It should therefore be able to identify him in the last scene of the movie

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According to the dialogue continuity Cornelius (M Gwynn) has a line right in the end of the movie:

"Caesar’s command: Put her in chains!"

It should therefore be able to identify him in the last scene of the movie

The actor who speaks this line is the one we currently have identified as Guy Rolfe (below), but the Rolfe ID is based on information found online, so could be incorrect.

Gwynn has a distinctive mole beneath his right eye. It's rather hard to tell from the images if this actor has the mole, but it definitely looks like he could have. Gwynn and Rolfe have a rather similar look, so I'm not sure, but I think I'm inclined towards Gwynn, especially if this new information is correct. Any opinions?

Michael Gwynn

Guy Rolfe

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Guy Rolfe was unbilled. Could it be that Gwynn was changed to Rolfe? And then the credits were not updated. Usually Rolfe played bigger parts.

Some info about Lena von Martens: She was Finnish as I am. Her husband offended one of the stars of the film and after that Lena's part became much smaller. She writes that in her autobiography (in Finnish). She moved back to Finland after her movie career in Italy.

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Guy Rolfe was unbilled. Could it be that Gwynn was changed to Rolfe? And then the credits were not updated. Usually Rolfe played bigger parts.

Some info about Lena von Martens: She was Finnish as I am. Her husband offended one of the stars of the film and after that Lena's part became much smaller. She writes that in her autobiography (in Finnish). She moved back to Finland after her movie career in Italy.

My inclination is that it's Gwynn playing the role and that the Rolfe ID is incorrect.