On screen
Cast
30 credited performers
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Avery Brooks
Cletus Moyer
Kate Mulgrew
Hattie Carraway
Shaun Cassidy
Edmund Parker, Jr.
John McMartin
Edmund Parker, Sr.
Jerry Hardin
William Reynolds
Annabella Price
Sarah Parker
Michael Learned
Amelia Parker
Fran Bennett
May
Tim Russ
Marcellus
Jimmie F. Skaggs
Scarvie
Artwork unavailable
Brandy Brown
Arabella
Ernest Harden Jr.
Nick
Artwork unavailable
Maria Bryant
Lilly
Artwork unavailable
James McIntire
Jubal
Lawrence Mandley
Boatman
Artwork unavailable
John Sherrod
Driver #1
Artwork unavailable
Karl Anthony Smith
Gaunt Man
Artwork unavailable
J. Christopher Sullivan
Driver #2
Artwork unavailable
Donna Howell
Elly
Artwork unavailable
Billy Ray Reynolds
Christopher
Artwork unavailable
Michael Edwards
Gentleman #1
Artwork unavailable
Myke R. Mueller
Gentleman #2
John Murray
Bishop Wadley
Alex Haley
Self - presenter
Artwork unavailable
Bernard Peyton
Jolly
Tina Andrews
Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Goldman
Horseman (uncredited)
Debra Perry
Slave Girl (uncredited)