Charlton Heston (Judas Ben Hur), Haya Harareet (Esther), Stephen Boyd (Messala), Jack Hawkins (Quintus Arrius), Martha Scott (Miriam), Hugh Griffith (Scheich Ilderim), Cathy O'Donnell (Tirzah), Sam Jaffe (Simonides), Finlay Currie (Balthasar), Frank Thring (Pontius Pilatus), Robert Brown (Galeerenoffizier), Ralph Truman (Adjutant), Marina Berti (Flavia), Ferdy Mayne (Kapitän), Laurence Payne (Joseph), José Greci (Maria), John Le Mesurier (Arzt), John Horsley (Spintho), Duncan Lamont (Marius), Andre Morell (Sextus), Terence Longdon (Drusus), Adi Berber (Malluch), George Relph (Tiberius Caesar), Stella Vitelleschi (Amrah), Richard Coleman (Metallus)