Kirk Douglas

Spartacus

Laurence Olivier

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Jean Simmons

Varinia

Charles Laughton

Sempronius Gracchus

Peter Ustinov

Lentulus Batiatus

John Gavin

Julius Caesar

Tony Curtis

Antoninus

Nina Foch

Helena Glabrus

John Ireland

Crixus

Herbert Lom

Tigranes Levantus

John Dall

Marcus Publius Glabrus

Woody Strode

Draba

Harold J. Stone

David

Charles McGraw

Marcellus

Joanna Barnes

Claudia Marius

Peter Brocco

Ramon

Paul Lambert

Gannicus

Robert J. Wilke

Guard captain

Nick Dennis

Dionysius

John Hoyt

Caius

Frederick Worlock

Laelius

Paul Baxley

Gladiator (uncredited)

Louie Elias

Gladiator (uncredited)

Brad Harris

Gladiator (uncredited)

Hubie Kerns

Gladiator (uncredited)

Gordon Mitchell

Gladiator (uncredited)

Regis Parton

Gladiator (uncredited)

Victor Paul

Gladiator (uncredited)

Jack Perkins

Gladiator (uncredited)

Wally Rose

Gladiator (uncredited)

Aaron Saxon

Gladiator (uncredited)

Tom Steele

Gladiator (uncredited)

Jerry Summers

Gladiator (uncredited)

Shari Lee Bernath

Little Girl (uncredited)

Bill Blackburn

Prisoner (uncredited)

David Bond

Slave (uncredited)

Polly Burson

Slave (uncredited)

Carol Daniels

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Lila Finn

Slave (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Slave (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Slave Leader (uncredited)

Betty Harford

Slave (uncredited)

Harry Harvey Jr.

Slave (uncredited)

Wayne Heffley

Slave Guard (uncredited)

Lars Hensen

Slave (uncredited)

Charles Horvath

Slave Leader (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Slave (uncredited)

Pete Kellett

Slave (uncredited)

Joan McKellen

Slave (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

Slave (uncredited)

Gil Perkins

Slave Leader (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson

Slave (uncredited)

Frosty Royce

Slave (uncredited)

Autumn Russell

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Kay Stewart

Slave (uncredited)

Kay Stewart

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Helen Thurston

Slave (uncredited)

Louise Vincent

Slave at Gracchus' Home (uncredited)

Joe Canutt

Soldier (uncredited)

Bill Catching

Soldier (uncredited)

Chuck Courtney

Soldier (uncredited)

Chuck Hayward

Soldier (uncredited)

Robert F. Hoy

Soldier (uncredited)

Valley Keene

Soldier (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

Soldier (uncredited)

Bill Raisch

Soldier Whose Arm is Hacked Off (uncredited)

Buddy Van Horn

Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Williams

Soldier (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Fimbria (uncredited)

Wayne Burson

Guard (uncredited)

Dick Crockett

Guard (uncredited)

John Daheim

Capua Guard (uncredited)

Carey Loftin

Guard (uncredited)

Harvey Parry

Guard (uncredited)

Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Guard (uncredited)

Don Turner

Guard (uncredited)

Peter Virgo

Guard (uncredited)

Fred Zendar

Guard (uncredited)

Ted de Corsia

Legionnaire (uncredited)

Terence de Marney

Majordomo (uncredited)

Johnny Duncan

Beheaded Man (uncredited)

Roy Engel

Roman Businessman (uncredited)

Paul Keast

Roman Businessman (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Roman Senator (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Roman Senator (uncredited)

Otto Malde

Roman General (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Roman Senator (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)

Logan Field

Centurion (uncredited)

John Stephenson

Centurion (uncredited)

Robert Fuller

Extra (uncredited)

Jeanne Gerson

Woman Selling Chestnuts (uncredited)

Seamon Glass

Pirate (uncredited)

Preston Peterson

Pirate (uncredited)

George Robotham

Pirate (uncredited)

James Griffith

Otho (uncredited)

Jack Grinnage

Petitioner (uncredited)

Anthony Jochim

Petitioner (uncredited)

Joe Haworth

Marius (uncredited)

Vinton Hayworth

Metallius (uncredited)

Loren Janes

Salt Mine Slave / Gladiator / Slave General (uncredited)

Jil Jarmyn

Julia (uncredited)

Aron Kincaid

Crassus' Standard-Bearer (uncredited)

Dayton Lummis

Symmachus (uncredited)

Bob Morgan

Galeno (uncredited)

Tracy Olsen

Girl (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Garrison Officer (uncredited)

Vic Perrin

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Larry Thor

Staff Officer (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Trainer (uncredited)

Carleton Young

Herald (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

Roman Senator (uncredited)

Robert Stevenson

Legionnaire (uncredited)

John Barton

Slave (uncredited)

Jerry Brown

Soldier (uncredited)

John Benson

Guard (uncredited)

Arthur Batanides

Legionnaire (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Soldier (uncredited)

Eric Orbom

Art Direction

Larry Germain

Hairstylist

Howard Fast

Novel

Alexander Golitzen

Production Design

Ronald Pierce

Sound Designer

Russell Metty

Director of Photography

Kirk Douglas

Executive Producer

Bill Thomas

Costume Design

Edward Lewis

Producer

Stanley Kubrick

Director

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

Robert Lawrence

Editor

Bud Westmore

Makeup Artist

Dalton Trumbo

Screenplay

Waldon O. Watson

Sound Designer

Fred Valles

Costume Design

Alex North

Original Music Composer

Julia Heron

Set Decoration

Murray Spivack

Sound Designer

Polly Burson

Stunts

Jack Foley

Foley Artist

Edward Muhl

Executive Producer

Plutarch

Writer

Yakima Canutt

Stunts Coordinator

Wah Chang

Special Effects

Preston Peterson

Stunts

Saul Bass

Visual Effects Design Consultant

Yakima Canutt

Second Unit

Joe Lapis

Sound

Bob Rose

Grip

Frank E. Warner

Sound Effects Editor

Joseph Gershenson

Music Supervisor

Jack Williams

Stunts

Jerry Brown

Stunts

John Epper

Stunts

Don Turner

Stunts

Clifford Stine

Additional Photography

Tadeo Villalba

Unit Manager

Calder Willingham

Scenario Writer

Peter Ustinov

Screenplay

Roger K. Furse

Production Design

Eduardo García Maroto

Unit Production Manager

Don Sahlin

Special Effects

Irving Lerner

Editor

Marshall Green

Assistant Director

Norman Deming

Unit Production Manager

Tap Canutt

Stunts

Buddy Van Horn

Stunts

Loren Janes

Stunt Double

Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Stunts

Glenn R. Wilder

Stunts

Bob Herron

Stunts

Bill Catching

Stunts

Julián Mateos

Props