A Special Friendship (1987) | Full Cast

Fielder Cook

DIRECTOR

Tracy Pollan

Elizabeth Van Lew

Akosua Busia

Mary Bowser

Josef Sommer

General Winder

Adam Storke

Tom Gadsden

Tom Aldredge

Jefferson Davis

Patricia Elliott

Mrs. Davis

William Newman

Quaker

LeVar Burton

Ben Sumner

Cynthia Harris

Mrs. Van Lew

Richard Brooks

Matt Bowser

John Horton

Congressman Gadsden

John Ramsey

Union General

Andy Stahl

Revere

Andi Chapman

Sally Bowser

Edmund Genest

John Van Lew

Keith Colbert

Jefferson Davis' Aide

Alina Kilpatrick

Elizabeth Age 8

LaShaunna Brown

Mary Age 9

Michael Mattison

General Winder's Aide

Anne Owens

Mrs. Cooper

Darla N. Warner

Mrs. Cooper's Daughter

Ruth Gottlieb

Matron

Graham Brown

Jeremiah

Laurens Moore

Eli Cornwell

Terrence Markovich

Auctioneer

Roy Lind

Parks

Rebecca Koon

Governess

George Washington

Pompey

John Carpenter

Lawyer

Nate Bynum

Lecturer

Isabell O'Connor

Mrs. Webb

John Daman

Joey Davis

Joy S. Pryor

Gospel Singer

Andrew Reilly

Bidder at Auction

Steve Boles

Confederate Officer

Ted Prause

Confederate Soldier

Danny Nelson

Union Officer

Robert McCourt

Union Colonel

Paris Peet

Soldier

Boyd T. Cooke

Guard 1

Jon Thompson

Guard 2

Valerie Whiteside

Maura

Rodger Williamson

Union Cavalryman (uncredited)