REEL ROMANS Week 1 - Movie Cast Lists A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966 Director: Richard Lester Zero Mostel ... Pseudolus Phil Silvers ... Marcus Lycus Buster Keaton ... Erronius Michael Crawford ... Hero Jack Gilford ... Hysterium Annette Andre ... Philia Michael Hordern ... Senex Patricia Jessel ... Domina History of the World Pt 1 Director/Writer: Mel Brooks Mel Brooks ... Comicus Dom DeLuise ... Emperor Nero Madeline Kahn ... Empress Nympho Gregory Hines ... Josephus Ben Hur 1925 Director: Fred Niblo Ramon Novarro ... Judah Ben-Hur Francis X. Bushman ... Messala Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn Leroy Robert Taylor ... Marcus Vinicius Deborah Kerr ... Lygia Leo Genn ... Petronius Peter Ustinov ... Nero Patricia Laffan ... Poppaea The Sign of the Cross 1932 Director: Cecil B DeMille Fredric March ... Marcus Superbus Elissa Landi ... Mercia Claudette Colbert ... Empress Poppaea Charles Laughton ... Emperor Nero The Life of Brian 1979 Director: Terry Jones Graham Chapman ... Wise Man #2 / Brian Cohen / Biggus Dickus John Cleese ... Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / Centurion / Deadly Dirk Terry Gilliam ... Man Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer Eric Idle ... Mr. Cheeky / Stan (Loretta) / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman Terry Jones ... Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man/Bob Hoskins Michael Palin ... Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper Spartacus Director: Stanley Kubrick Kirk Douglas... Spartacus Laurence Olivier... Marcus Licinius Crassus Jean Simmons... Varinia Charles Laughton ...Sempronius Gracchus Peter Ustinov... Lentulus Batiatus Week 1 Cast Lists .