TV series · 1977
Roots
“The Saga of an American Family.”
First aired 23 January 1977 Drama TMDB ↗
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
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Chuck Connors
as Tom Moore
Olivia Cole
as Mathilda
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
as Wrestler
LeVar Burton
as Kunta Kinte
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Betty Cole
as Sassy Woman
Macdonald Carey
as Squire James
Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene
as John Reynolds
Richard Farnsworth
as Trumbull
Cicely Tyson
as Binta
Thayer David
as Harlan
Ralph Waite
as Slater
Maya Angelou
as Nyo Boto
Ed Asner
as Thomas Davies
Ed Asner
as Capt. Thomas Davies
Vic Morrow
as Ames
Pat Corley
as Referee
Joe Dorsey
as Calvert
Robert Reed
as Dr. William Reynolds
Hari Rhodes
as Brima Cesay
Doug McClure
as Jimmy Brent
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Fiddler
Madge Sinclair
as Bell Reynolds
John Amos
as Kunta Kinte
Ian McShane
as Sir Eric Russell
Leslie Uggams
as Kizzy Reynolds
Georg Stanford Brown
as Tom Harvey
Lynda Day George
as Mrs. Reynolds
Sandy Duncan
as Missy Anne Reynolds
Beverly Todd
as Maggie (Fanta)
Ben Vereen
as Chicken George Moore
O. J. Simpson
as Kadi Touray
Ernest Lee Thomas
as Kailuba
John Dennis Johnston
as Man at Cockfight
Tanya Boyd
as Genelva
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
as Noah
Ren Woods
as Fanta
Todd Bridges
as Bud Harvey
Tracey Gold
as Missy Anne Reynolds