TV series · 1976
The Adams Chronicles
First aired 20 January 1976 Drama / War & Politics TMDB ↗
Chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams (drafter and signer of the Declaration, accomplished diplomat, and the 2nd President of the U.S.), his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams (acclaimed Secretary of State, the 6th President, and prominent abolitionist Congressman), grandson Charles Francis Adams, Congressman and Ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War, and much-heralded members of the fourth generation Henry Brooks Adams, the historian and author of the novel Democracy, and Charles Francis Adams II, the industrialist.
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John Houseman
as Justice Gridley
John Beal
as Charles Francis Adams
Wesley Addy
as Andrew Jackson
Fred Stuthman
as Judge
Addison Powell
as The Reverend Smith
Roberts Blossom
as Carver
William Daniels
as John Quincy Adams
George Grizzard
as John Adams
Nancy Marchand
as Mrs. Smith
Tom Aldredge
as James McHenry
Patrick Horgan
as Lord Howe
Taina Elg
as Comtesse de Vergennes
Josef Sommer
as Charles Lee
George Hearn
as Henry Clay
Ken Kercheval
as James Madison
Nicholas Pryor
as John Quincy Adams II
Barton Heyman
as Captain Beckford
John Tillinger
as King George III
Christopher Lloyd
as Tsar Alexandre I
Charles Siebert
as Charles Francis Adams II
Pamela Payton-Wright
as Louisa Catherine Adams
Kathryn Walker
as Abigail Smith Adams
Katharine Houghton
as Abigail Adams II
Jean-Pierre Stewart
as Alexis de Toqueville
Richard Cox
as Colonel William Stephens Smith
Michael O'Hare
as Richard Cranch
Lisa Lucas
as Young Abigail II
Allan Carlsen
as John Adams II
W.B. Brydon
as Samuel Adams
Tim Wilson
as Young John II