Roots: The Next Generations

First air date: 02/18/1979

Last air date: 02/25/1979

Number of episodes: 7

Number of seasons: 1

Genres:

Drama

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

7.4

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.

Seasons

Actors

Georg Stanford Brown

Tom Harvey

Olivia de Havilland

Mrs. Warner

Henry Fonda

Col. Frederick Warner

Paul Koslo

Earl Crowther

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

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

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

Roots: The Next Generations

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