Judas Iscariot — The King of Kings Character Profile

About Judas Iscariot

An apostle who initially stays with Jesus hoping to gain a high official position. Desperate to avoid persecution by Caiaphas, he betrays Jesus, refuses communion at the Last Supper, and later commits suicide out of horror.

Character Facts

Played by

Joseph Schildkraut

Appears in

The King of Kings (1927)

Role

Supporting

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• Mary, the Mother (Dorothy Cumming)
• Peter (Ernest Torrence)
• Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea (Victor Varconi)
• James - Brother of John (James Neill)
• Mother of Gestas (May Robson)
• (uncredited) (Ayn Rand)
• Mary Magdalene's Slave (uncredited) (Sally Rand)
• Simon Of Cyrene (William Boyd)
• Martha (Julia Faye)
• Roman Centurion (Montagu Love)
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