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TV series · 1979

Roots: The Next Generations

First aired 18 February 1979 Drama TMDB ↗

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley. Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original.

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Olivia de Havilland
as Mrs. Warner
62
Everyone else (51) ↓
Henry Fonda
as Colonel Frederick Warner
73
Joel Fluellen
as State Man
71
Don Keefer
as Mr. Hapgood
62
Ossie Davis
as 'Dad' Jones
61
Percy Rodriguez
as Boyd Moffatt
60
James Daly
as RSM Boyce
Died aged 59, before release
Beah Richards
as Cynthia Palmer
58
Logan Ramsey
as F.R. Lewis
57
Diana Douglas
as Mrs. Andy Warner
56
Ruby Dee
as Queen Haley
56
Dina Merrill
as Mrs. Hickinger
55
Norman Fell
as Paul Reynolds
54
Michael Constantine
as Dr. Vansina
51
John Carter
as T.J. Calloway
51
James Broderick
as Dr. Lewis
51
Jerry Hardin
as State Man
49
Mel Stewart
as Dr. Crawford
49
Lynn Hamilton
as Cousin Georgia Anderson
48
Greg Morris
as Beeman Jones
45
Rafer Johnson
as Nelson
44
Zakes Mokae
as African Minister
44
Al Freeman Jr.
as Malcolm X
44
Diahann Carroll
as Zeona Haley
43
Roger E. Mosley
as Lee Garnet
40
Bernie Casey
as Bubba Haywood
39
Dennis Fimple
as Sheriff Duffy
38
Charles Weldon
as Doxey Walker
38
J. Patrick McNamara
as Matthew Holmes
36
Georg Stanford Brown
as Tom Harvey
35
Georg Stanford Brown
as Tom Harvey (archive footage)
35
Paul Koslo
as Earl Crowther
34
Lynne Moody
as Irene Harvey
33
Charles Robinson
as Luke Bettiger
33
Ja'net DuBois
as Sally Harvey
33
Marc Singer
as Andy Warner
31
Kathleen Doyle
as Lucy Damson
31
Gerald McRaney
as Harry Owens
31
Fay Hauser
as Carrie Warner
30
Telma Hopkins
as Daisy
30
Debbie Allen
as Nan Branch Haley
29
Philip Michael Thomas
as Eddie Franklin
29
Dorian Harewood
as Simon Haley
28
Howard Rollins
as George Haley
28
Richard Thomas
as Jim Warner
27
Debbi Morgan
as Elizabeth Harvey
27
Stan Shaw
as Will Palmer
26
Stan Shaw
as Will Palmer (archive footage)
26
Bever-Leigh Banfield
as Cynthia Palmer
25
Irene Cara
as Bertha Palmer Haley
19
Irene Cara
as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)
19
Kim Fields
as Lydia Haley
9
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