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Roots: The Next Generations
Ended
2/18/1979
en - US
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.
Drama
Actors
Georg Stanford Brown
Tom Harvey
Olivia de Havilland
Mrs. Warner
Henry Fonda
Col. Frederick Warner
Paul Koslo
Earl Crowther
Avon Long
Chicken George Moore
Lynne Moody
Irene Harvey
Greg Morris
Beeman Jones
Marc Singer
Andy Warner
Richard Thomas
Jim Warner
Fay Hauser
Carrie Barden
Brian Stokes Mitchell
John Dolan
Debbi Morgan
Elizabeth Harvey
Kathleen Doyle
Lucy Damson
Ja'net DuBois
Sally Harvey
Slim Gaillard
Sam Wesley
Harry Morgan
Bob Campbell
Roger E. Mosley
Lee Garnet
Stan Shaw
Will Palmer
Irene Cara
Bertha Palmer Haley
James Daly
R.S.M. Boyce
Ossie Davis
Dad Jones
Ruby Dee
Queen Victoria Haley
Dorian Harewood
Simon Haley
Kene Holliday
Detroit
George Voskovec
Mr. Goldstein
Hal Williams
Aleck Haley
Bever-Leigh Banfield
Cynthia Palmer
E. Lamont Johnson
Frank Warner, age 20
Bernie Casey
Bubba Haywood
Pam Grier
Francey
Rosey Grier
Big Slew Johnson
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Capt. Bowker
Percy Rodriguez
Boyd Moffatt
John Rubinstein
Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck
Diana Douglas
Mrs. Andy Warner
Jason Wingreen
Judge Quartermain
Maidie Norman
Sister Scrap Scott
Bruce French
Calloway
Robert Culp
Lyle Pettijohn
Dina Merrill
Mrs. Hickinger
Brock Peters
Ab Decker
Beah Richards
Cynthia Palmer
Paul Winfield
Dr. Horace Huguley
Lynn Hamilton
Cousin Georgia Anderson
Kristoff St. John
Alex Haley, age 12
Logan Ramsey
D.L. Lewis
Dennis Fimple
Sheriff Duffy
Debbie Allen
Nan Branch Haley
Damon Evans
Alex Haley, ages 17-25
Andy Griffith
Cmdr. Robert Munroe
Diahann Carroll
Zeona Haley
Rafer Johnson
Nelson
Carmen McRae
Lila
John Hancock
Scotty
Della Reese
Mrs. Lydia Branch
Telma Hopkins
Daisy
Milt Kogan
Mel Klein
Barbara Barrie
Dodie Brattle
Marlon Brando
George Lincoln Rockwell
James Broderick
Dr. Lewis
Lee Chamberlin
Odile Richards
Michael Constantine
Dr. Vansina
Norman Fell
Bernie Raymond
Al Freeman Jr.
Malcolm X
James Earl Jones
Alex Haley
Claudia McNeil
Sister Will Ada
Linda Hopkins
Singer
Bobby Short
Pianist
Jane Rose
Mrs. Bullfinch
Howard Rollins
George Haley
Johnny Sekka
Ebou Manga
Kim Fields
Lydia Haley
Miniseries
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