Roots (1977) | Full Cast

Marvin J. Chomsky

DIRECTOR

John Erman

DIRECTOR

David Greene

DIRECTOR

Gilbert Moses

DIRECTOR

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Robert Reed

Dr. William Reynolds

John Amos

Older Kunta Kinte

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Lynda Day George

Mrs. Reynolds

Olivia Cole

Mathilda

Madge Sinclair

Bell Reynolds

Ben Vereen

Chicken George Moore

Leslie Uggams

Kizzy Reynolds

Lloyd Bridges

Evan Brent

Chuck Connors

Tom Moore

Georg Stanford Brown

Tom Harvey

Lorne Greene

John Reynolds

Ralph Waite

Slater

Sandy Duncan

Missy Anne Reynolds

Brad Davis

Old George

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Noah

Edward Asner

Capt. Thomas Davies

Hilly Hicks

Lewis Harvey

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Wrestler

Vic Morrow

Ames

Lynne Moody

Irene Harvey

Lillian Randolph

Sister Sara

Richard McKenzie

Sam Harvey

Tanya Boyd

Genelva

Renn Woods

Fanta

Sally Kemp

Lila Harvey

Thayer David

Harlan

Austin Stoker

Virgil Harvey

Lane Binkley

Martha Johnson

Stan Haze

Field Singer

Fred D. Scott

Luther

Macdonald Carey

Squire James

O.J. Simpson

Kadi Touray

Scatman Crothers

Mingo

Maya Angelou

Nyo Boto

George Hamilton

Stephen Bennett

Carolyn Jones

Mrs. Moore

Doug McClure

Jimmy Brent

John Schuck

Ordell

Moses Gunn

Kintango

Burl Ives

Senator Arthur J. Justin

Raymond St. Jacques

The Drummer

Ian McShane

Sir Eric Russell

Thalmus Rasulala

Omoro

Richard Roundtree

Sam Bennett

Gary Collins

Grill

Paul Shenar

John Carrington

Hari Rhodes

Brima Cesay

Roxie Roker

Malizy

Helen Martin

Aunt Sukey

William Watson

Gardner

Lee de Broux

Trumbull

Elma V. Jackson

Mama Ada

Brion James

Slaver

Tina Andrews

Aurelia

Cicely Tyson

Binta

Ann Weldon

Mary

Wally Taylor

Reverend

Lee Kessler

Miss Constable

Charles Cyphers

Fred Drake

Ernest Thomas

Kailuba

Big Joe Turner

The Singer

John Quade

Sheriff Charlie Biggs

Davis Roberts

Leonard

Hank Rolike

John

Fred Covington

Auctioneer

Rebecca Bess

Girl on Ship

Pat Corley

Referee

Macon McCalman

Poston

Allen Williams

Robert Calvert

Maurice Hunt

The Doctor

Henry Butts

Sitafa

John Dennis Johnston

Man at Cockfight

Brooks Clift

McAlmon

Kermit Echols

Vilars

Joe Dorsey

Calvert

Robert Phalen

Rufus Jackson

Ronnie Leggett

Kalilu

Wayne Heffley

Telegrapher

Bill Gribble

Seaman Grimes

Roosevelt Smith

James

Cindy Henderson

Bess

Rachel Longaker

Caroline

Betty Cole

Sassy Woman

Richard Farnsworth

Trumbull

Todd Bridges

Bud Harvey

Beverly Todd

Maggie (Fanta)

Tajh Abdul-Samad

Baby Kunta Kinte

Tracey Gold

Missy Anne Reynoldsuncredited

Sonny Jim Gaines

Field Handuncredited