Sword of Freedom

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

Terry Bishop
(14 episodes, 1957-1959)
Peter Maxwell
(9 episodes, 1957)
Anthony Squire
(5 episodes, 1957-1958)
Bernard Knowles
(4 episodes, 1957-1958)
Coby Ruskin
(4 episodes, 1957)
Terence Fisher
(2 episodes, 1957-1958)
Peter Cotes
(1 episode, 1961)

Series Writing Credits

George Baxt
(screenplay) (10 episodes, 1957-1961)
A.M. Caidden
(screenplay) (1 episode, 1957)
Sidney Cole
(screenplay) (1 episode, 1957)
Lewis Hart
(screenplay) (1 episode, 1958)
Ian McLellan Hunter
(screenplay) (2 episodes, 1958)
Leighton Reynolds
(screenplay) (4 episodes, 1957-1959)
Albert Ruben
(screenplay) (1 episode, 1957)
Michael Sayers
(screenplay) (8 episodes, 1957)
William Templeton
(screenplay) (7 episodes, 1957-1958)
Robert Westerby
(screenplay) (5 episodes, 1957-1958)

Series Cast

Edmund Purdom
 Marco del Monte 39 episodes, 1957-1961
Martin Benson
 Duke de Medici / ... 27 episodes, 1957-1959
Adrienne Corri
 Angelica / ... 23 episodes, 1957-1958
Roland Bartrop
 Sandro 23 episodes, 1957-1961
Derek Sydney
 Rodrigo / ... 18 episodes, 1957-1959
Kenneth Hyde
 Machiavelli 12 episodes, 1957-1958
Monica Stevenson
 Francesca / ... 9 episodes, 1957-1958
Patrick Troughton
 Bastiano / ... 4 episodes, 1957-1958
Basil Dignam
 Sebastiano / ... 3 episodes, 1957-1958
Andrew Keir
 Leonardo Da Vinci / ... 3 episodes, 1957-1959
Michael Peake
 Magistrate / ... 3 episodes, 1957-1958
Geoffrey Bayldon
 Luigi / ... 3 episodes, 1957-1958
John Dearth
 Gonfalonier / ... 3 episodes, 1957-1958
Norma Parnell
 Lisa Orsini / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
George Murcell
 Baglione / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Charles Lamb
 Poggio / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Bryan Coleman
 Umberto / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Richard Wordsworth
 Coppa / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Leonard Sachs
 Bosti / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Kevin Stoney
 Niccolo 2 episodes, 1957
Carl Bernard
 Galeotto / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1961
Charles Gray
 Pierre De Foix / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
John Carson
 Cipriano / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Alan Rowe
 Antonio / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Elwyn Brook-Jones
 De Bassi / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1961
Anne Padwick
 Beatrice / ... 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Peter Torquill
 Captain / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Maxwell Shaw
 Ginori / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Paul Hansard
 Guard / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Bernard Brown
 Leader / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Sheldon Allan
 Beppe / ... 2 episodes, 1957
Martita Hunt
 Duchess Di Crespi / ... 1 episode, 1958
Jane Downs
 Violetta 1 episode, 1957
Julia Arnall
 Cristina 1 episode, 1957
John Gabriel
 Vespucci 1 episode, 1957
John Longden
 Umberto 1 episode, 1957
Murray Hayne
 Ludovico 1 episode, 1957
Richard O'Sullivan
 Alberto 1 episode, 1957
Bill Owen
 Otello 1 episode, 1957
George A. Cooper
 Arturo Bardi 1 episode, 1957
Roger Delgado
 Virelli 1 episode, 1957
Zena Walker
 Felicia 1 episode, 1957
Ronald Hines
 Paolo 1 episode, 1957
Peter Hammond
 Ambassador 1 episode, 1957
Brian Haines
 Serilo 1 episode, 1957
Llewellyn Rees
 Count Origi 1 episode, 1957
Jean Kent
 Valeska 1 episode, 1958
Robert Raikes
 The Captain 1 episode, 1958
Michael Bryant
 Alessandro 1 episode, 1961
Joan Plowright
 Lisa Giocondo 1 episode, 1957
Luciana Paluzzi
 Little Fawn 1 episode, 1957
Jennifer Jayne
 Lisa 1 episode, 1957
Richard Leech
 Cosimo 1 episode, 1957
Ziki Arnot
 Safiye 1 episode, 1957
Peter Wyngarde
 Colonna 1 episode, 1958
Reginald Beckwith
 Sandro 1 episode, 1958
June Rodney
 Lucrezia Basti 1 episode, 1958
Marianne Benet
 Caterina 1 episode, 1958
Manning Wilson
 Frederici 1 episode, 1961
Nigel Davenport
 Berto 1 episode, 1957
Walter Gotell
 Dominick 1 episode, 1957
Daphne Anderson
 Viola 1 episode, 1957
Morton Lowry
 Orlando de Giovanni 1 episode, 1957
Noelle Middleton
 Adriana 1 episode, 1957
Donald Morley
 Clown 1 episode, 1957
Thomas Heathcote
 Di Santi 1 episode, 1957
Patric Doonan
 Luigi 1 episode, 1957
Concepta Fennell
 Ipolita 1 episode, 1957
Kenneth Williams
 Tizio 1 episode, 1958
John Le Mesurier
 Guilio Basti 1 episode, 1958
Richard Pasco
 Duke of Ferrara 1 episode, 1958
Thomas Gallagher
 Paolo 1 episode, 1959
Colin Douglas
 Mario 1 episode, 1961
Jane Asher
 Tristana 1 episode, 1957
William Russell
 Count René d'Albert 1 episode, 1957
Wilfrid Brambell
 Beppo 1 episode, 1957
Joseph O'Conor
 Stephano 1 episode, 1957
Maurice Kaufmann
 Sigismondo 1 episode, 1957
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
 Carlo 1 episode, 1957
Barry Shawzin
 Marezza 1 episode, 1957
Jocelyn Britton
 Laura 1 episode, 1957
Michael Cosmo
 Ronio 1 episode, 1957
Sean Barrett
 Brunetto 1 episode, 1958
William Lucas
 Tortini 1 episode, 1958
Tom Clegg
 Ugo 1 episode, 1958
John Robinson
 General Ferrucci 1 episode, 1958
Brian Nissen
 Carlo Orsini 1 episode, 1958
Anthony Nicholls
 Zanobi 1 episode, 1957
John Barron
 Merchant 1 episode, 1957
Bill Fraser
 Agnolo 1 episode, 1957
Andrew Cruickshank
 Duke of Urbino 1 episode, 1957
Alec Mango
 Arno 1 episode, 1957
Noel Davis
 Clerk 1 episode, 1957
Edward Harvey
 Biotto 1 episode, 1957
Philip Ashley
 Gonfalonier 1 episode, 1957
Alex Scott
 Julius 1 episode, 1958
John Bailey
 Rollo 1 episode, 1958
Nora Gordon
 Maria 1 episode, 1958
Tony Thawnton
 Captain 1 episode, 1958
Hamish Roughead
 Judge 1 episode, 1958
Edward Atienza
 Leonardo Da Vinci 1 episode, 1958
Thomas Hare
 Aldo 1 episode, 1958
Bruce Sharman
 Angelo 1 episode, 1958
Russell Carr
 Servant 1 episode, 1959
John Arnatt
 Count Ugo 1 episode, 1957
Roger Gage
 Battista 1 episode, 1957
Patricia Burke
 Duchess of Urbino 1 episode, 1957
Ferdy Mayne
 Spanish Ambassador 1 episode, 1958
Charles Houston
 Guilio 1 episode, 1958
Neville Jason
 Paolo 1 episode, 1958
Dennis Edwards
 The Consul 1 episode, 1958
Desmond Jordan
 1st Soldier 1 episode, 1958
John Moore
 Castellani 1 episode, 1958
Colin Broadley
 Crespino 1 episode, 1958
Patrick Crean
 Lupo 1 episode, 1961
Edwin Richfield
 Melozzo 1 episode, 1957
Peter Asher
 Pagalo 1 episode, 1957
Tony Wright
 Tonio 1 episode, 1957
Philip James
 Major Domo 1 episode, 1957
Lynette Mills
 Serving Girl 1 episode, 1957
Paul Eddington
 Alfonso 1 episode, 1958
Howard Lang
 Major Domo 1 episode, 1958
Fred McNaughton
 Landlord 1 episode, 1958
David Ritch
 Attendent 1 episode, 1958
Geraldine Hagan
 Bella 1 episode, 1958
George Gee
 Tiberio 1 episode, 1958
Derren Nesbitt
 Di Luca 1 episode, 1957
Larry Taylor
 Captain 1 episode, 1957
Leonard Sharp
 Dealer 1 episode, 1957
Bruno Barnabe
 Girolamo 1 episode, 1957
Charmian Eyre
 Maria 1 episode, 1958
Peter Johnson
 Bravo 1 episode, 1958
Richard Brown
 Orator 1 episode, 1958
Tim Seely
 Lorenzo 1 episode, 1957
Jim Brady
 Man Watching Card Game / ... (uncredited) 2 episodes, 1957-1958
Guy Standeven
 Servant (uncredited) 1 episode, 1957
Reg Thomason
 Guild Member (uncredited) 1 episode, 1957
Aileen Lewis
 Francesca's Maid (uncredited) 1 episode, 1957
George Hilsdon
 Landlord (uncredited) 1 episode, 1957
Jack Sharp
 One of Marezza's Thieves (uncredited) 1 episode, 1957
George Spence
 Man at Council of Justice Meeting (uncredited) 1 episode, 1958
John Brown
 2nd Guard (uncredited) 1 episode, 1958
Peter Wrubel
 Spanish Soldier (uncredited) 1 episode, 1958
Cecil Brock
 1st Guard (uncredited) 1 episode, 1958

Series Produced by

Sidney Cole
producer (39 episodes, 1957-1961)
Albert Ruben
associate producer (24 episodes, 1957-1959)
Hannah Weinstein
executive producer (uncredited) (39 episodes, 1957-1961)

Series Music by

Eric Spear
(37 episodes, 1957-1961)

Series Cinematography by

Ken Hodges
(35 episodes, 1957-1961)
Michael Reed
(2 episodes, 1958)
Ian Craig
(1 episode, 1957)

Series Editing by

Peter Rolfe Johnson
(20 episodes, 1957-1958)
Spencer Reeve
(19 episodes, 1957-1961)

Series Art Direction by

John Blezard
(28 episodes, 1957-1959)
Frank White
(10 episodes, 1957-1958)
Peter Mullins
(1 episode, 1961)

Series Production Management

Harold Buck
production supervisor / production manager (24 episodes, 1957-1959)
Buddy Booth
production manager (22 episodes, 1957-1959)
Alfred W. Marcus
production manager (12 episodes, 1957-1961)
E.S. Laurie
production manager (1 episode, 1958)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

John Comfort
second assistant director (uncredited) (10 episodes, 1957-1961)

Series Sound Department

Sydney Wiles
sound (23 episodes, 1957-1959)
Dave Goghan
sound (15 episodes, 1957-1961)
Fred Ryan
sound (1 episode, 1958)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Eric Williams
camera operator (10 episodes, 1957)

Series Music Department

Eric Spear
composer: theme music (uncredited) (39 episodes, 1957-1961)

Series Script and Continuity Department

Albert Ruben
script supervisor / script supervision (37 episodes, 1957-1959)

Series Additional Crew

Woolf Goldberg
puppetry (1 episode, 1957)
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