Guest Stars Ralph Richardson as Simeon Donald Pleasence as Melchior Peter Ustinov as Herod the Great Norman Bowler as Saturninus John Phillips as Naso Cyril Cusack as Yehuda Oliver Tobias as Joel Roy Holder as Enoch Yorgo Voyagis as Joseph Credit Only Robert Powell as Jesus Ian McShane as Judas Iscariot Ernest Borgnine as The Centurion Anthony Quinn as Caiaphas Laurence Olivier as Nicodemus James Farentino as Simon Peter James Mason as Joseph of Arimathea Anne Bancroft as Mary Magdalene Ian Holm as Zerah