Roots

Robert Reed

Dr. William Reynolds

Olivia Cole

Mathilda

Leslie Uggams

Kizzy Reynolds / Kizzy Reynolds Moore

Ben Vereen

Chicken George Moore

Louis Gossett Jr.

Fiddler

Lynda Day George

Mrs. Reynolds

John Amos

Kunta Kinte

Madge Sinclair

Bell Reynolds

LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Wrestler

Chuck Connors

Tom Moore

Lorne Greene

John Reynolds

Ralph Waite

Slater

Ren Woods

Fanta

Sandy Duncan

Missy Anne Reynolds

Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Noah

Tanya Boyd

Genelva

Thayer David

Harlan

Ed Asner

Capt. Thomas Davies

Vic Morrow

Ames

Fred D. Scott

Luther

Lloyd Bridges

Evan Brent

Georg Stanford Brown

Tom Harvey

Brad Davis

'Old' George Johnson

Hilly Hicks

Lewis Harvey

Lynne Moody

Irene Harvey

Lillian Randolph

Sister Sara

Richard McKenzie

Sam Harvey

Sally Kemp

Lila Harvey

Austin Stoker

Virgil Harvey

Lane Binkley

Martha Johnson

Stan Haze

Field Singer

Cicely Tyson

Binta

Carolyn Jones

Mrs. Moore

O. J. Simpson

Kadi Touray

Maya Angelou

Nyo Boto

Moses Gunn

Kintango

Thalmus Rasulala

Omoro

Hari Rhodes

Brima Cesay

William Watson

Gardner

Ernest Lee Thomas

Kailuba

Paul Shenar

John Carrington

Tina Andrews

Aurelia

Richard Roundtree

Sam Bennett

Macdonald Carey

Squire James

Scatman Crothers

Mingo

George Hamilton

Stephen Bennett

Ian McShane

Sir Eric Russell

Pat Corley

Referee

Macon McCalman

Poston

Robert Phalen

Rufus Jackson

Wayne Heffley

Telegrapher

John Schuck

Ordell

Brion James

Slaver

Richard Farnsworth

Trumbull

Raymond St. Jacques

The Drummer

Lee de Broux

Trumbull

Allen Williams

Robert Calvert

Charles Cyphers

Fred Drake

Todd Bridges

Bud Harvey

Beverly Todd

Maggie (Fanta)

Tajh Abdul-Samad

Baby Kunta Kinte

Doug McClure

Jimmy Brent

Burl Ives

Senator Arthur J. Justin

Gary Collins

Grill

Roxie Roker

Malizy

Helen Martin

Aunt Sukey

Elma V. Jackson

Mama Ada

Ann Weldon

Mary

Wally Taylor

Reverend

Lee Kessler

Miss Constable

Big Joe Turner

The Singer

John Quade

Sheriff Charlie Biggs

Davis Roberts

Leonard

Tracey Gold

Missy Anne Reynolds

Hank Rolike

John

Fred Covington

Auctioneer

Maurice Hunt

The Doctor

John Dennis Johnston

Man at Cockfight

Brooks Clift

McAlmon

Kermit Echols

Vilars

Joe Dorsey

Calvert

Ronnie Leggett

Kalilu

Bill Gribble

Seaman Grimes

Roosevelt Smith

James

Cindy Henderson

Bess

Rachel Longaker

Caroline

Betty Cole

Sassy Woman

Sonny Jim Gaines

Field Hand