The King of Kings (1927)

Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!

The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.

Cast (55)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

H.B. Warner

Jesus, The Christ

D

Dorothy Cumming

Mary, the Mother

Ernest Torrence

Peter

Joseph Schildkraut

Judas Iscariot

James Neill

James - Brother of John

J

Joseph Striker

John - the Beloved

Robert Edeson

Matthew - the Publican

Sidney D'Albrook

Thomas, the Doubter

Jacqueline Logan

Mary Magdalene

Charles Belcher

Philip

Victor Varconi

Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea

Montagu Love

Roman Centurion

William Boyd

Simon Of Cyrene

Julia Faye

Martha

May Robson

Mother of Gestas

Sidney Franklin

(uncredited)

John George

(uncredited)

Rex Ingram

(uncredited)

R

Ruth Miller

(uncredited)

Ayn Rand

(uncredited)

Sally Rand

Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited)

M

Mark Strong

(uncredited)

D

David Imboden

Andrew - a Fisherman

C

Clayton Packard

Bartholomew

R

Robert Ellsworth

Simon - the Zealot

Charles Requa

James the Lesser

John T. Prince

Thaddeus

Rudolph Schildkraut

Caiaphas - High Priest of Israel

Sam De Grasse

Pharisee

Casson Ferguson

Scribe

Majel Coleman

Proculla - Wife of Pilate

Michael D. Moore

Mark (as Micky Moore)

Theodore Kosloff

Malchus - Captain of the High Priest's Guards

George Siegmann

Barabbas

Josephine Norman

Mary Of Bethany

Kenneth Thomson

Lazarus

A

Alan Brooks

Satan

V

Viola Louie

Adulterous Woman

M

Muriel McCormac

Blind Girl

Clarence Burton

Dysmas - the Repentant Thief

James Pier Mason

Gestas - the Unrepentant Thief (as James Mason)

Dot Farley

Maidservant of Caiaphas

Hector V. Sarno

Galilean Carpenter (as Hector Sarno)

L

Leon Holmes

Imbecile Boy

Otto Lederer

Eber - a Pharisee

Bryant Washburn

Young Roman

Lionel Belmore

Roman Noble

Monte Collins Sr.

Rich Judeaean

L

Lucio Flamma

Gallant Of Galilee (as Luca Flamma)

Sôjin Kamiyama

Prince Of Persia (as Sojin)

André Cheron

Wealthy Merchant

Willy Castello

Babylonian Noble

Noble Johnson

Charioteer

Jim Farley

Executioner

Winifred Greenwood

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