Robert Donat
Charles Edward Chipping aka 'Mr. Chips'

Greer Garson
Katherine 'Kathy'

Terry Kilburn
John Colley / Peter Colley I / Peter Colley II / Peter Colley III

John Mills
Peter Colley as a Young Man

Paul Henreid
Max Staefel

Judith Furse
Flora

Lyn Harding
Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby

Milton Rosmer
Chatteris

Frederick Leister
Marsham

Louise Hampton
Mrs. Wickett

Austin Trevor
Ralston

David Tree
Jackson

Edmund Breon
Colonel Morgan

Scott Sunderland
Sir John Colley

Henry Caine
Bit Role (uncredited)

David Croft
Greengrocer's Boy Perkins (uncredited)

Clive Dunn
Youth (uncredited)

Peter Gawthorne
Army General (uncredited)

Martita Hunt
British Tourist on Bicycle (uncredited)

John Longden
Raven (uncredited)

Patrick Ludlow
(uncredited)

Guy Middleton
McCulloch (uncredited)

Cyril Raymond
Teacher (uncredited)

J.H. Roberts
Doctor (uncredited)

Michael Shepley
Teacher (uncredited)

Nigel Stock
John Forrester (uncredited)

Ronald Ward
(uncredited)