Episodes Part I January 23, 1977 Part II January 24, 1977 Part III January 25, 1977 Part IV January 26, 1977 Part V January 27, 1977 Part VI January 28, 1977 Part VII January 29, 1977 Part VIII January 30, 1977 Directed by David Greene   John Erman   Marvin J. Chomsky   Gilbert Moses   Written by William Blinn   Alex Haley   Ernest Kinoy   James Lee   M. Charles Cohen   Cast Robert Reed ... Dr. William Reynolds (4 episodes) Louis Gossett Jr. ... Fiddler (3 episodes) Lynda Day George ... Mrs. Reynolds (3 episodes) John Amos ... Older Kunta Kinte / Toby (3 episodes) Madge Sinclair ... Bell Reynolds (3 episodes) Ben Vereen ... Chicken George Moore (3 episodes) Olivia Cole ... Matilda Moore (3 episodes) Edward Asner ... Capt. Thomas Davies (2 episodes) Ralph Waite ... Slater (2 episodes) Ji-Tu Cumbuka ... Wrestler (2 episodes) Renn Woods ... Fanta (2 episodes) (as Ren Woods) LeVar Burton ... Kunta Kinte / Toby (2 episodes) Lorne Greene ... John Reynolds (2 episodes) Vic Morrow ... Ames (2 episodes) Stan Haze ... Field Singer (2 episodes) Tanya Boyd ... Genelva (2 episodes) (as Tanya L. Boyd) Thayer David ... Harlan (2 episodes) Fred D. Scott ... Luther (2 episodes) Chuck Connors ... Tom Moore (2 episodes) Sandy Duncan ... Missy Anne Reynolds (2 episodes) Lillian Randolph ... Sister Sara (2 episodes) Leslie Uggams ... Kizzy Reynolds Moore (2 episodes) Lloyd Bridges ... Evan Brent (2 episodes) Georg Stanford Brown ... Tom Harvey (2 episodes) Brad Davis ... Old George (2 episodes) Hilly Hicks ... Lewis Harvey (2 episodes) Lynne Moody ... Irene Harvey (2 episodes) Richard McKenzie ... Sam Harvey (2 episodes) Sally Kemp ... Lila Harvey (2 episodes) Austin Stoker ... Virgil Harvey (2 episodes) Lane Binkley ... Martha Johnson (2 episodes) O.J. Simpson ... Kadi Touray Maya Angelou ... Nyo Boto Moses Gunn ... Kintango Thalmus Rasulala ... Omoro Hari Rhodes ... Brima Cesay (as Harry Rhodes) William Watson ... Gardner Cicely Tyson ... Binta Ernest Thomas ... Kailuba Rebecca Bess ... Girl on Ship Henry Butts ... Sitafa Kermit Echols ... Vilars Ronnie Leggett ... Kalilu Tajh Abdul-Samad ... Baby Kunta Kinte Paul Shenar ... John Carrington Tina Andrews ... Aurelia Ann Weldon ... Mary Big Joe Turner ... The Singer (as Joe Turner) Fred Covington ... Auctioneer Maurice Hunt ... The Doctor Brooks Clift ... McAlmon Joe Dorsey ... Calvert Bill Gribble ... Seaman Grimes Roosevelt Smith ... James Cindy Henderson ... Bess Rachel Longaker ... Caroline Betty Cole ... Sassy Woman Gary Collins ... Grill Lee de Broux ... Trumbull (as Lee Jones-de Broux) Lee Kessler ... Miss Constable Hank Rolike ... John Allen Williams ... Robert Calvert Beverly Todd ... Maggie (Fanta) Raymond St. Jacques ... The Drummer Helen Martin ... Aunt Sukey Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs ... Noah John Schuck ... Ordell Roxie Roker ... Malizy Elma V. Jackson ... Mama Ada (as Elma Jackson) Brion James ... Slaver Richard Farnsworth ... Trumbull Macdonald Carey ... Squire James Scatman Crothers ... Mingo George Hamilton ... Stephen Bennett Carolyn Jones ... Mrs. Moore Ian McShane ... Sir Eric Russell Richard Roundtree ... Sam Bennett Wally Taylor ... Reverend Davis Roberts ... Leonard Pat Corley ... Referee John Dennis Johnston ... Man at Cockfight Doug McClure ... Jimmy Brent Burl Ives ... Senator Arthur J. Justin Charles Cyphers ... Fred Drake John Quade ... Sheriff Charlie Biggs Macon McCalman ... Poston Robert Phalen ... Rufus Jackson Wayne Heffley ... Telegrapher Uncredited Cast Tracey Gold ... Missy Anne Reynolds Produced by Malcolm Alper   Stan Margulies   Donald A. Ramsey   David L. Wolper   William Beaudine Jr.   Original Music by Gerald Fried   Quincy Jones

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