where eagles dare cast

Here’s the core cast of the World War II action film Where Eagles Dare (1968), which is what “where eagles dare cast” usually refers to.

Main cast

• Richard Burton – Major John Smith (often listed as Maj. Smith)

• Clint Eastwood – Lieutenant Morris Schaffer (Lt. Schaffer)

• Mary Ure – Mary Ellison (sometimes spelled Elison in some listings)

• Patrick Wymark – Colonel Wyatt Turner (Col. Turner, DSO MC)

• Michael Hordern – Vice Admiral/Admiral Rolland (credit wording varies slightly by site)

• Donald Houston – Captain Olaf Christiansen / Christiansen

• Peter Barkworth – Captain Ted Berkeley / Berkeley

• William Squire – Thomas

• Robert Beatty – General George Carnaby / Carnaby

• Brook Williams – Sergeant Harrod

• Neil McCarthy – Sergeant Jock MacPherson / MacPherson

• Vincent Ball – Carpenter

• Anton Diffring – Colonel Kramer

• Ferdy Mayne – General Rosemeyer / Rosemeyer

• Derren Nesbitt – Major Von Hapen

• Victor Beaumont – Colonel Weissner

• Ingrid Pitt – Heidi

Quick HTML table of key cast

[1][3][7][9] [1][3][7][9] [1][3][7][9] [3][5][7][9][1] [5][7][9][1][3] [7][9][1][3][5] [9][1][3][7] [3][7][9] [7][9][3] [5][9][3][7] [9][3][7] [3][5][7][9]

Actor	Role
Richard Burton	Maj. John Smith / Maj. Smith
Clint Eastwood	Lt. Morris Schaffer
Mary Ure	Mary Ellison / Mary Elison
Patrick Wymark	Col. Wyatt Turner
Michael Hordern	Adm. / Vice Adm. Rolland
Donald Houston	Christiansen / Capt. Olaf Christiansen
Peter Barkworth	Berkeley / Capt. Ted Berkeley
Robert Beatty	Gen. George Carnaby
Anton Diffring	Col. Kramer
Ferdy Mayne	Gen. Rosemeyer
Derren Nesbitt	Maj. Von Hapen
Ingrid Pitt	Heidi

If you’d like, I can also walk through who’s who in the plot (who’s on which side, who’s undercover, etc.). Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.