The Jesse Owens Story poster

Movie · 1984

The Jesse Owens Story

Released 9 July 1984 More from 1984 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Norman Fell
as Marty Forkins
60
George Kennedy
as Charles 'Charley' Riley
59
Vic Tayback
as Abe Saperstein
54
Lynn Hamilton
as Mamma Solomon
54
Georg Stanford Brown
as Lew Gilbert
41
Ben Vereen
as Herb Douglas
37
Debbi Morgan
as Ruth Solomon Owens
32
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
28years between the oldest and youngest billed
60Norman Fell — oldest on the call sheet
32Debbi Morgan — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast
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