Reading Rainbow (1983) | Full Cast

Larry Lancit

DIRECTOR

Mark Mannucci

DIRECTOR

Hugh Martin

DIRECTOR

Mitch Geller

DIRECTOR

Vern Oakley

DIRECTOR

Dean Parisot

DIRECTOR

Ed Wiseman

DIRECTOR

Gabrielle de Cuir

DIRECTOR

Nicholas Jacobs

DIRECTOR

Herk Harvey

DIRECTOR

Lee Murphy

DIRECTOR

Michael Sporn

DIRECTOR

Steve Zink

DIRECTOR

Richard Hendrick

DIRECTOR

Fred Surr

DIRECTOR

LeVar Burton

Self - Host

Stephen Horelick

Self - Music Director

Jennifer Betit Yen

Self

Fred Newman

Self

Ruby Dee

Self

Kenny Blank

Self - Book Reviewer

Arnold Stang

Self

Lee Murphy

Announcer

Laura Haymann

Self

James Avery

Self

Lea Salonga

Self

Michael Ansara

Self - Narrator

Vincent Gardenia

Self

Tom Puckett

Self - Book Reviewer

Linda Gelman

Narrator

Doug Parvin

Camper

Carolyn McMahon

Dancer

Janet Weir

Self - Music Assistant

Jonathan Rose

Additional Voices - Conan Segment

Patrick Stewart

Self

Becky Wible

Self

Don Lewis

Comedy Makeover Specialist

Kaleena Kiff

Self

Patrick McCaffrey

Self

Lori Delgado

Self

J. Reuben Silverbird

Self

Lena Horne

Self

Julia Barr

Self

Marilyn Pasekoff

Self

Jason Ruggiero

Self

Reizl Bozyk

Self

Cecilia Arana

Self

Sarah Hubbard

Self

Nicholson Earl Billey

Self

Lucie Arnaz

Self

David Canary

Self

Tim Conway

Self

Regina King

Self

Naomi Judd

Self

Richard Gere

Self

Elizabeth Tuke

Self

Laura Hicks

Self

Lacey Chabert

Self

Jim Arnosky

Self

Maya Lin

Self

Rick English

ACTOR

Michael Uribe

Self

Tom Magliozzi

Self

Ian Desdone

Self

Kevin Chamberlin

Ted the Grateful Head

Richard Courtney

Self

Jamie Duneier

Self

Ray Magliozzi

Self

Lisa Drew

Singer in Fourtune

La Donna Mabry

Edith the Grateful Head

Nikki Giovanni

Self

Charisma Largy

Singer in Fourtune

Larry Mabrey

Singer in Fourtune

Eric Mabrey

Singer in Fourtune

James Earl Jones

Self

Madeline Kahn

Self

Lauren Tom

Self

Jerry Stiller

Dinosaur Comic

Bill Cosby

Self

Ruth Buzzi

Self

Ben Vereen

Self

Lou Rawls

Self

Maya Angelou

Self

Donna Smythe

Dancer

Herk Harvey

Policeman (segment "Puddle Hopping")

Stephanie Mills

Self

Phoebe Snow

Self

Venida Evans

Dancer

Eddie Castrodad

Camper

Marilyn Michaels

Self

Thomas R. Burman

Self

Harry Blackstone Jr.

Self

Jane Lind

Poem Narrator

Paul Zuckerman

Self - Chicago City Limits Member

Robert Tree Cody

Flute Player

Cassandra Murray

Dancer

Ronnie Krauss

Self - Writer

Ninon Rogers

Camper

Carol Schindler

Self - Chicago City Limits Member

Kevin Rideback

Self - Book Reviewer

David Regal

Self - Chicago City Limits Member

Heather Jenkins

Self - Book Reviewer

Christopher Oyen

Self - Chicago City Limits Member

Dick Seltzer

Dancer

Anne Kraft

Fish

Larry Lancit

Self - Director

Robert Kuhn

Papa Goat

V.J. Cartha

Self - Book Reviewer

Gale Sears

Viola Swamp

Joy Fan

Dancer

Alexander Burgos

Dancer

Glen Hampton

Goat Patron

Christine Horvath

Camper

Scott Bartholomew

Self - Book Reviewer

David C. Baker

Billy Goat

Ernie Perez

Self - Book Reviewer

Reenie Moore

Dancer

Linda Beerman

Forecaster

Percy Jones

Self - Book Reviewer

Les McDonough

Fish

Cheryl Jones

Umbrella woman

Donald Ronsi

Dancer

Tina Angracia

Self - Book Reviewer

Jacovia Cunningham

Self - Book Reviewer

Sherita Geer

Self - Book Reviewer

Harriet Winkleman

Fish

Charlene Anderson

Self - Book Reviewer

Will Hanauer

Fish

Anne Michele Harrington

Self - Book Reviewer

Africa Whittaker

Self - Book Reviewer

Sherman Bryce

Self - Associate Producer

Douglas Pressman

Fish

Terry Whitehead

Self - Book Reviewer

William Walters

Farmer

Erica Ernest

Self - Book Reviewer

Debbie Weisner

Mama Goat

Terilyn Menvielle

Balloon woman

Douglas Parvin

Camper

Laura Russell

Self - Book Reviewer

Cecily Truett

Self - Producer

Raul Julia

Self

William Windom

Self

Lorne Greene

Self

Amy Linker

Self

Bobby McFerrin

Self

Esther Elise

Dancer

Sammy Bayes

Self - Choreographer

Stanley Kramer

Dancer

Byron Easley

Dancer

Anthony Vincent Bova

Dancer

Stephanie Albers

Dancer

Beth Cloninger Mayo

Dancer

Shell Benjamin

Dancer

John Prignano

Dancer

Gilda Radner

Self

Buddy Ebsen

Self

Jim Henson

Kermit the Frog

Isabel Sanford

Self

James Coco

Self

John Sebastian

Self

Fernando Escandon

Self

Martin Short

Self

Jerry Orbach

Self

Eric Bogosian

Conan the Librarian

Michael Winslow

Self

Pete Seeger

Self

Imogene Coca

Self

Alaina Reed-Hall

Self

Joseph Simmons

Run

Darryl McDaniels

DMC

Lenora Claire

Self

Marv Albert

Self

Run-D.M.C.

Themselves

Jam Master Jay

Jam Master Jay

Michael Opal

Cab Driver

Jamie Dina

Additional Voices - Conan Segment

Timothy Oakes

Self

Penny Patterson

Self

Bonnie Wong

Dancer

Paul Sidoriak

Self

Pamela Stagner

Self

Molly Mandlin

Self

Raima Evans

Self

Jessica Mercado

Self

Jerry David

Self

Orson Bean

Self

Barbara Feldon

Self

Ralph Waite

Self

Georgia Engel

Self

Hoyt Axton

Self

Keye Luke

Self

Zelda Rubinstein

Self

Ron Foster

Self

Sada Thompson

Self

Kelly Hrudey

Self - a New York Islanders' goalie

Jenny Maki

Wench

Tim Maki

Young Peasant

Liza Siegler

Self

Todd Maki

Peasant

Peter Falk

Self

Marina Sirtis

Self

Denise Crosby

Self

Hector Elizondo

Self

Brent Spiner

Self

Jonathan Frakes

Self

Michael Dorn

Self

Kevin Clash

Self

Jack Gilford

Self

Robert Legato

Self

Rich Thorne

Self

Win Phelps

Self

Fred Raimondi

Self

Gene Klavan

Self

Robert Niosi

Self

Edwin Maldonado Jr.

Self

Manfred Bass

Self

Samuel Benjamin

Self

Samuel Joseph Benjamin

Self

Edward Asner

Self

Phylicia Rashad

Self

Jane Curtin

Self

Phyllis Diller

Self

Josh Saviano

Self

Roy Clark

Self

Jane Pauley

Self

Bree Walker

Self

Jose Canseco

Self - Oakland Athletics Outfielder

Corinne Orr

Self - Narrator

Kamali Minter

Self - Book Reviewer

Peter Pitofsky

Self

Mark McGwire

Self - Oakland Athletics First Baseman

Michele Mariana

Self

Dennis Eckersley

Self - Oakland Athletics Pitcher

Steve Albert

Baseball Announcer

Dave Parker

Self - Oakland Athletics Outfielder

Merv Rettenmund

Self - Oakland Athletics Hitting Coach

Marcelline Block

ACTOR

Dave Henderson

Self - Oakland Athletics Outfielder

Dave Stewart

Self - Oakland Athletics Pitcher

Anita Kaminiski

Self - Book Reviewer

Mimi Leveque

Self

Michael Roffe

Self - Book Reviewer

Charles Stern

Self - Book Reviewer

Jim Longshore

Self - Book Reviewer

Brooke Alexander

Self - Book Reviewer

Nicholas Saunders

Self - Book Reviewer

Melody Carter

Self - Book Reviewer

Gideon Elliott

Self - Book Reviewer

Stephanie Nevaro

Self - Book Reviewer

Leslie Uggams

Self

Keshia Knight Pulliam

Self

Robert Morse

Self

Victoria Jackson

Self

Philip Bosco

Self

Fran Brill

Self

Julia Child

Self

Harrod Blank

Self

Robert Ballard

Self

Tom Matsusaka

Self

Lynette LaCay

Self - Book Reviewer

Dana Marano

ACTOR

James Herman

Self - Book Reviewer

Nefertiti Brown

Self - Book Reviewer

Annie Wong

Self - Book Reviewer

Sandy Chum

Self - Book Reviewer

Kate Levine

Self - Book Reviewer

Alex Borg

Self

Raphael Diaz

Self - Book Reviewer

Thomas Petrykiewicz

Self - Contestant

Matthew O'Connor

Self - Book Reviewer

Jenny Levine

Self - Book Reviewer

Shaneeka Smith

Self - Book Reviewer

Brent Boyce

Self - Book Reviewer

Jimmy Lucas

Self - Book Reviewer

Amanda Bernsohn

Self - Book Reviewer

Jonathan LeCay

Self - Book Reviewer

Tristin Smith

Self - Book Reviewer

David Hyman

Self

Mike White

Self

Leanne Gallagher

Self - Book Reviewer

Kristie Donahue

Self - Book Reviewer

Brian Dennehy

Self

Hattie Winston

Self

Alisa Reyes

Self

Nicole Wilson

Self - Panelist (1991)

Mike Kinney

Self

Erma Campbell

Machine's Voice

Supreme Allen

Young Levar

Harold Littlebird

Self - Narrator

Dominic Arquero

Self

Anthony Ur

Self - Book Reviewer

John Huffman

Thomas Edison

Rashima Shells

Self - Book Reviewer

Jessica Hullings

Self - Book Reviewer

Graham Pierce

Self - Book Reviewer

Christina Coleman

Self - Book Reviewer

Diana Fleisher

Self - Book Reviewer

Chris Guiles

Self - Book Reviewer

Nyssa Fajardo

Self - Book Reviewer

Caroline Chang

Self - Book Reviewer

Barbara Mui

Self - Book Reviewer

Shaddi Albawab

Self

Lisa Ferrerio

Self

Jimon Martinez

Self - Book Reviewer

Christian Thee

Self

Lisa Lee

Self - Book Reviewer

Clexida Ortega

Self - Book Reviewer

Tovah Feldshuh

Self

Viveca Lindfors

Self

Jason Robards

Self

Dixie Carter

Self

Lola Falana

Self

Andrew Lei

Self

Walter J. Turnbull

Self

Matthew Stevenson

Self - Book Reviewer

Keith David

Self

Whoopi Goldberg

Self

Eartha Kitt

Self

Tyne Daly

Self

Beth Howland

Self

Lynne Thigpen

Self

Charles Kimbrough

Self

Robin Leach

Self

Terrylene

Self

Reggie Alvin Green

Newspaper Hawker

Teddy Stern

Self - Book Reviewer

Ron Eric Hughes

Self

Nowell Zimmerman

ACTOR

Candice Nichole Hughes

Self

Ray Billingsley

Self

Robert M. Watson

African-American Interpreter

Sarah Robinson

Self - Book Reviewer

Linda Lavin

Self

Eli Wallach

Self

Robert Guillaume

Self

Michael Learned

Self

Faith Prince

Self

Ossie Davis

Self

Olga Merediz

Self

Anne Jackson

Self

Al Roker

Self

Jane Goodall

Self

Rona Figueroa

Self

Gamil al-Kutiny

Self

Angela Bassett

Self

Jamie Farr

Self

Jesse Spielman

Self - Reviewer

Francisco Rivela

Self

Marjory Collado

Self

Jo Haden

Self

Helen Mirren

Self

Matthew Broderick

Self

Carol Kane

Self

Gregory Hines

Self

Regina Taylor

Self

David Reivers

Young LeVar's Teacher

John Cunningham

Self

Nick Sullivan

Self

B.J. Crosby

Self

Daniel Saltzman

Self

Kristian Damian

Young Levar

Patricia Icia

Young LeVar's Mother

Anna Holbrook

Self

Joshua Redman

Self

Ann Duquesnay

Self

Michelle Trachtenberg

Self

Jossie DeGuzman

Self

Scott Irby-Ranniar

Self

Susan Sarandon

Self

Jason Alexander

Self

Andrea McArdle

Self

Jeff Bridges

Self - Book Reader (voice)

Ed Harris

Self - Book Reader

Eliza Dushku

Self

Alfre Woodard

Self

Wayne Brady

Self

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Self

Jordan Nia Elizabeth

Self

Diahann Carroll

Self

Stephanie Cozart Burton

Self

Andrei Patterson

Kid

Kassidy Hassell

Kid

Emil Pinnock

Story Teller (1997-1999)

Daniel Shklair

Self - Music Assistant (uncredited)

Jami Simon

Diner (uncredited)