On screen
Cast
89 credited performers
Olivia Cole
Mathilda Moore
Ben Vereen
Chicken Joe Moore
John Amos
Kunta Kinte
Madge Sinclair
Bell Reynolds
Robert Reed
Dr. William Reynolds
Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
Lynda Day George
Mrs. Reynolds
LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Wrestler
Chuck Connors
Tom Moore
Leslie Uggams
Kizzy Reynolds 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