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TV series · 1963

The Great Adventure

First aired 27 September 1963 Drama TMDB ↗

The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History.

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Carl Benton Reid
as Trenholm
70
William Fawcett
as Brink
69
Ian Wolfe
as Townsend
66
Ethel Waters
as Rit
66
Wallace Ford
as Uncle Billy Smith
65
Russell Collins
as Watson
65
George Macready
as Dr. Keen
64
James Dunn
as Indian Agent McLean
61
Roy Barcroft
as Dr. Anthony Thompson
61
Victor Jory
as Andrew Jackson
60
George Mitchell
as Dr. Drury
58
Torin Thatcher
as General Howe
58
Torin Thatcher
as Colonel Lewis Washington
58
Frank Faylen
as O'Brien
57
Kent Smith
as Gen. Nelson Miles
56
Kent Smith
as William Carroll
56
Kent Smith
as Grymes
56
Joel Fluellen
as Newby
55
Barry Kelley
as Hughes (uncredited)
55
Joe De Santis
as General Vallejo
54
Alan Baxter
as Judge
54
Michael Rennie
as President Jefferson Davis
54
Whit Bissell
as Benjamin Silliman
53
Arthur Hunnicutt
as Simon Kenton
53
Dick Foran
as Colton
53
Leif Erickson
as President Grover Cleveland
51
Barry Sullivan
as William Ralston
51
Barry Sullivan
as E.J. Edwards
51
Noah Beery Jr.
as Jervis
50
Parley Baer
as Major Beckham
49
Frank Silvera
as Gambi
49
Frank Cady
as Drover
48
Walter Brooke
as Taylor
48
Edward Andrews
as Mayor William March 'Boss' Tweed
48
Dick Wilson
as Mr. Metcalf
47
Anthony Caruso
as Sitting Bull
47
Don Keefer
as Copeland
47
Vito Scotti
as Ticket Seller
45
Ossie Davis
as John Ross
45
Douglas Henderson
as Captain Hull
44
James Daly
as George Jones
44
Rodolfo Acosta
as Lt. Bullhead
43
Ricardo Montalban
as Philip Crow
42
Brian Keith
as Henry Bergh
41
Henry Beckman
as Guard Sergeant
41
J.D. Cannon
as Clarence King
41
Leo Gordon
as McCanles
40
Woodrow Parfrey
as George Bissel
40
Philip Abbott
as Janin
40
Ruby Dee
as Harriet Tubman
40
John Anderson
as Colonel Knowlton
40
Lee Marvin
as Misok Bedrozian
39
Andrew Duggan
as Col. Callaway
39
Carroll O'Connor
as O'Rourke
39
Carroll O'Connor
as Johann Sutter
39
Sean McClory
as Major Carlton
39
Richard Bull
as Landlord
39
George Kennedy
as Sergeant Muldaney
38
Russell Johnson
as Narrator (voice)
38
Russell Johnson
as Self - Narrator
38
Jeremy Slate
as Captain Nathan Hale
37
Paul Burke
as Capt. Richard Pratt
37
H.M. Wynant
as Lieutenant Waters
36
Michael Constantine
as Colonel Streight
36
Don Dubbins
as Jason Chiles
35
Earl Holliman
as Will Cross
35
Maggie McNamara
as Laura Drake
35
Peggy McCay
as Mrs. Callaway
35
Marion Ross
as Sister Marcella
34
Marion Ross
as Etta Wheeler
34
Hal Needham
as Recruiting Officer
32
Jacqueline Scott
as Eliza Waterhouse
31
Sheree North
as Agnes Lake
31
David McCallum
as Capt. Hanning
30
Wayne Rogers
as Tombs
30
Geoffrey Horne
as Wales
30
Joan Hackett
as Sister Blandina
29
Valentin de Vargas
as Okahatan
28
Andrew Prine
as Billy the Kid
27
James MacArthur
as Lt. Alexander
25
James MacArthur
as Rodger Young
25
Hampton Fancher
as Fleming
25
Julie Sommars
as Meg Jethro
23
Mario Alcalde
as Too-Chee-La
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