William Friese-Greene

Robert Donat

Helena Friese-Greene

Maria Schell

Edith Harrison Friese-Greene

Margaret Johnston

Ethel Friese-Greene

Janette Scott

Miss Tagg

Renée Asherson

Lord Beaverbrook

Robert Beatty

Jack Carter

Richard Attenborough

Cousin Alfred

Bernard Miles

Maurice Guttenberg

Frederick Valk

Sitter in Bath Studio

Martin Boddey

Maurice Friese-Greene

John Howard Davies

Father in Family Group

Edward Chapman

Arthur Collings

Eric Portman

Graham Friese-Greene

John Charlesworth

Bride's Father in wedding group

Maurice Colbourne

1st Company Promoter

Roland Culver

Connaught Rooms Reporter

Michael Denison

Friese-Greene Maid

Joan Dowling

Butler at Fox Talbot's

Henry Edwards

Mrs. Collings

Mary Ellis

Elderly Viscountess

Marjorie Fielding

Doctor in Surgery

Robert Flemyng

Maida Vale Doctor

Leo Genn

House Agent

Marius Goring

Bridegroom's Mother at Wedding

Everley Gregg

Mrs. Clare

Joyce Grenfell

Sitter in Bath Studio

Robertson Hare

Mother in Family Group

Kathleen Harrison

Recruiting Sergeant

William Hartnell

Mrs. Stukely

Joan Hickson

Doctor's Housekeeper

Thora Hird

Broker's Man

Stanley Holloway

Sitter in Bath Studio

Patrick Holt

Official Receiver

Michael Hordern

1st Holborn Policeman

Jack Hulbert

Army Sergeant

Sid James

May Jones

Glynis Johns

Pawnbroker

Mervyn Johns

Bath Doctor

Barry Jones

Industry Man, Connaught Rooms

Peter Jones

Kenneth Friese-Greene

James Kenney

Bridesmaid in Wedding Group

Ann Lancaster

Warehouse Manager

Herbert Lomas

Speaker in Connaught Rooms

John Longden

Bride's Mother in Wedding Group

Bessie Love

Orchestra Conductor

Miles Malleson

2nd Company Promoter

Garry Marsh

Sir Arthur Sullivan

Muir Mathieson

Old Gentleman, Bond St. Studio

A.E. Matthews

Sitter in Bath Studio

John McCallum

Sitter in Bath Studio

Richard Murdoch

Claude Friese-Greene

David Oake

2nd Holborn Policeman

Laurence Olivier

1st Platform Man at Connaught

Cecil Parker

Bridegroom's Father in Wedding Group

Frank Pettingell

Speaker in Connaught Rooms

Norman Pierce

Assistant in Bond St. Studio

Dennis Price

Mr. Lege, Instrument Maker

Michael Redgrave

Bridegroom, Wedding Group

Peter Reynolds

Lady Pond

Margaret Rutherford

Fairground Barker

Ronald Shiner

Nursemaid

Sheila Sim

Soloist at Bath Concert

Oda Slobodskaya

2nd Platform Man at Connaught

John Stuart

Bride in Wedding Group

Marianne Stone

William Fox Talbot

Basil Sydney

Earl, Bond St.Studio

Ernest Thesiger

Assistant in Laboratory

David Tomlinson

Sitter in Bath Studio

Sybil Thorndike

John Rudge

Cecil Trouncer

Sitter in Bath Studio

Michael Trubshawe

Industry Man

Peter Ustinov

Industry Man, Connaught Rooms

Charles Victor

Hotel Receptionist

Kay Walsh

Grandmother in Wedding Group

Amy Veness

Doctor in Connaught Rooms

Norman Watson

Bank Manager

Emlyn Williams

Tom, Workman at Lege & Co.

Harcourt Williams

Sitter in Bath Studio

Googie Withers

Glove Shop `Dragon'

Joan Young

Man

Ernst Thesiger

Film Society Member (uncredited)

John Sharp

Miss Tagg

Renée Ashershon