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91 cast members |
Name | Episodes | Known for |
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Robert Reed
Dr. William Reynolds
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4
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John Amos
Older Kunta Kinte / Toby
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3
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
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3
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Lynda Day George
Mrs. Reynolds
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3
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Olivia Cole
Mathilda / Matilda Moore
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3
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Madge Sinclair
Bell Reynolds
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3
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Ben Vereen
Chicken George Moore
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3
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Lloyd Bridges
Evan Brent
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2
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Chuck Connors
Tom Moore
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2
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Georg Stanford Brown
Tom Harvey
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2
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Lorne Greene
John Reynolds
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2
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Ralph Waite
Slater
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2
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Sandy Duncan
Missy Anne Reynolds
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2
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Brad Davis
Old George
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2
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2
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Edward Asner
Capt. Thomas Davies
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2
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Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Wrestler
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2
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Hilly Hicks
Lewis Harvey
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2
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Vic Morrow
Ames
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2
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Lynne Moody
Irene Harvey
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2
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Leslie Uggams
Kizzy Reynolds Moore / Kizzy Reynolds
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2
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Lillian Randolph
Sister Sara
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2
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Richard McKenzie
Sam Harvey
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2
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Tanya Boyd
Genelva
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2
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Renn Woods
Fanta
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2
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Sally Kemp
Lila Harvey
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2
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LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte / Toby
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2
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Thayer David
Harlan
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2
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Austin Stoker
Virgil Harvey
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2
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Lane Binkley
Martha Johnson
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2
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Stan Haze
Field Singer / Singer
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2
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Fred D. Scott
Luther
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2
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Macdonald Carey
Squire James
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1
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O.J. Simpson
Kadi Touray
|
1
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Scatman Crothers
Mingo
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1
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Maya Angelou
Nyo Boto
|
1
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George Hamilton
Stephen Bennett
|
1
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Carolyn Jones
Mrs. Moore
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1
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Doug McClure
Jimmy Brent
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1
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John Schuck
Ordell
|
1
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Moses Gunn
Kintango
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1
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Burl Ives
Senator Arthur J. Justin
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1
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Raymond St. Jacques
The Drummer
|
1
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Ian McShane
Sir Eric Russell
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1
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Thalmus Rasulala
Omoro
|
1
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Gary Collins
Grill
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1
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Richard Roundtree
Sam Bennett
|
1
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Paul Shenar
John Carrington
|
1
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Hari Rhodes
Brima Cesay
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1
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Roxie Roker
Malizy
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1
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William Watson
Gardner
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1
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Helen Martin
Aunt Sukey
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1
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Lee de Broux
Trumbull
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1
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Elma V. Jackson
Mama Ada
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1
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Brion James
Slaver
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1
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Tina Andrews
Aurelia
|
1
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Cicely Tyson
Binta
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1
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Ann Weldon
Mary
|
1
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Lee Kessler
Miss Constable
|
1
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Wally Taylor
Reverend
|
1
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Ernest Thomas
Kailuba
|
1
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Charles Cyphers
Fred Drake
|
1
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Big Joe Turner
The Singer
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1
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John Quade
Sheriff Charlie Biggs
|
1
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Davis Roberts
Leonard
|
1
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Hank Rolike
John
|
1
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Fred Covington
Auctioneer
|
1
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Rebecca Bess
Girl on Ship
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1
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Pat Corley
Referee
|
1
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Macon McCalman
Poston
|
1
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Allen Williams
Robert Calvert
|
1
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Maurice Hunt
The Doctor
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1
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Henry Butts
Sitafa
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1
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John Dennis Johnston
Man at Cockfight
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1
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Brooks Clift
McAlmon
|
1
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Kermit Echols
Vilars
|
1
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Joe Dorsey
Calvert
|
1
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Robert Phalen
Rufus Jackson
|
1
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Ronnie Leggett
Kalilu
|
1
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Wayne Heffley
Telegrapher
|
1
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Bill Gribble
Seaman Grimes
|
1
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Roosevelt Smith
James
|
1
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Cindy Henderson
Bess
|
1
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Rachel Longaker
Caroline
|
1
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Betty Cole
Sassy Woman
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1
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Richard Farnsworth
Trumbull
|
1
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Todd Bridges
Bud Harvey
|
1
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Beverly Todd
Maggie (Fanta)
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1
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Tajh Abdul-Samad
Baby Kunta Kinte
|
1
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Tracey Gold
Missy Anne Reynolds (uncredited)
|
1
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Sonny Jim Gaines
Field Hand (uncredited)
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1
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