 | Charlton Heston als Judah Ben-Hur |
 | Jack Hawkins als Quintus Arrius |
 | Haya Harareet als Esther |
 | Stephen Boyd als Messala |
 | Martha Scott als Miriam |
 | Cathy O'Donnell als Tirzah |
 | Sam Jaffe als Simonides |
 | Hugh Griffith als Scheich Ildirim |
 | Finlay Currie als Balthasar |
 | Frank Thring als Pontius Pilatus |
 | George Relph als Tiberius Caesar |
 | André Morell als Sextus |
 | Terence Longdon als Drusus |
 | Ady Berber als Malluch |
 | Lando Buzzanca als Jewish Slave in the Desert (uncredited) |
 | Giuliano Gemma als Roman Officer with Messala (uncredited) |
 | Marina Berti als Flavia (uncredited) |
 | Robert Brown als Chief of Rowers (uncredited) |
 | Liana Del Balzo als Guest at Banquet (uncredited) |
 | Enzo Fiermonte als Galley Officer (uncredited) |
 | Richard Hale als Gaspar (uncredited) |
 | Duncan Lamont als Marius (uncredited) |
 | John Le Mesurier als Doctor (uncredited) |
 | Ferdy Mayne als Captain of Rescue Ship (uncredited) |
 | May McAvoy als Woman in crowd (uncredited) |
 | Aldo Silvani als Man in Nazareth (uncredited) |
 | Ralph Truman als Aide to Tiberius (uncredited) |
| Claude Heater als Christ |
| Joe Canutt als Sportsman (uncredited) |
| Richard Coleman als Metellus (uncredited) |
| Antonio Corevi als Senator (uncredited) |
| David Davies als Quaestor (uncredited) |
 | Mino Doro als Gratus (uncredited) |
| Michael Dugan als Seaman (uncredited) |
 | Franco Fantasia als Roman Soldier Who Brings Crown to Gratus (uncredited) |
 | José Greci als Mary (uncredited) |
 | John Horsley als Spintho (uncredited) |
 | Howard Lang als Hortator (uncredited) |
| Stevenson Lang als Blind Man (uncredited) |
 | Tutte Lemkow als Leper (uncredited) |
 | Cliff Lyons als The Lubian (uncredited) |
| Tiberio Mitri als Roman at Bath (uncredited) |
| Remington Olmsted als Decurian (uncredited) |
 | Laurence Payne als Joseph (uncredited) |
 | Aldo Pini als Bad Thief on Cross (uncredited) |
| Diego Pozzetto als Villager (uncredited) |
| Stella Rho als Amrah (uncredited) |
 | Edwin Richfield als Supplier to Leper Colony (uncredited) |
| Hector Ross als Officer (uncredited) |
| Maxwell Shaw als Rower No. 43 (uncredited) |
 | Gianni Solaro als Galley Officer (uncredited) |
| Pietro Tordi als Pilate's Servant (uncredited) |
 | Raimondo Van Riel als Old Man (uncredited) |
| Dervis Ward als Jailer (uncredited) |
| Joe Yrigoyen als The Egyptian - Chariot Racer (uncredited) |
 | Nazzareno Zamperla als Roman Soldier with a Bow on Galley (uncredited) |
| Jerry Brown als The Corinthian (uncredited) |
| Eddie Jauregui als The Athenian (uncredited) |
| Gianni Di Segni als Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited) |
 | Armando Fracassi als Arab (uncredited) |
 | Osiride Pevarello als (uncredited) |
 | Renzo Pevarello als (uncredited) |
 | Amerigo Santarelli als Rower (uncredited) |
| Artemio Antonini als Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited) |
 | Aldo Cecconi als Galley Guard on Ship (uncredited) |
 | Mario Meniconi als Crucifixion March Guard (uncredited) |
 | Terzo Monachesi als Nobleman at the Chariot Race (uncredited) |
 | Giorgio Ubaldi als Rower (uncredited) |
| Harold Michelson | Storyboard |
| Van Allen James | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sergio Leone | Second Unit Director |
| Irene Howard | Casting |
| Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Fredric Steinkamp | Editorial Services |
| William A. Horning | Art Direction |
| Ken Adam | Assistant Art Director |
| William Wyler | Director |
| William Wyler | Producer |
| Lew Wallace | Novel |
| Karl Tunberg | Screenplay |
| Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
| Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| John D. Dunning | Editor |
| Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Vittorio Valentini | Production Design |
| Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| Hugh Hunt | Set Decoration |
| Elizabeth Haffenden | Costume Design |
| Gabriella Borzelli | Hair Setup |
| Charles E. Parker | Makeup Artist |
| Edward Woehler | Unit Production Manager |
| Sol C. Siegel | Executive Producer |
| Gore Vidal | Writer |
| William Steinkamp | Sound Recordist |
| Eugene Zador | Orchestrator |
| Franklin Milton | Recording Supervision |
| Christopher Fry | Additional Writing |
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Visual Effects |
| Maxwell Anderson | Additional Writing |
| S. N. Behrman | Additional Writing |
| Margaret Booth | Additional Editing |
| David Sharpe | Stunts |
| Harold E. Wellman | Additional Photography |
| Charles K. Hagedon | Color Timer |
| Alberto Cardone | Assistant Director |
| Joan Bridge | Color Timer |
| J.J. Cohn | Production Manager |
| Henry Henigson | Production Manager |
| Piero Portalupi | Additional Photography |
| Edward Wahrman | First Assistant Camera |
| Umberto Dessena | Special Effects |
| Mickey Gilbert | Stunts |
| Italo Tomassi | Painter |
| Sash Fisher | Sound Recordist |
| Doug Hubbard | Special Effects |
| R.A. MacDonald | Visual Effects |
| Jerry Brown | Stunts |
| Eddie Jauregui | Stunts |
| Tap Canutt | Stunts |
| Milo B. Lory | Sound Effects |
