Cast

Here is the full Cast list

Maya Angelou .... Nyo Boto
Ji-Tu Cumbuka .... Wrestler
Moses Gunn .... Kintango
Thalmus Rasulala .... Omoro, Kunta's father
Hari Rhodes .... Brima Cesay (as Harry Rhodes)
William Watson .... Gardner
Ren Woods .... Fanta
LeVar Burton .... Kunta Kinte/Toby Reynolds
Edward Asner .... Captain Thomas Davies
O.J. Simpson .... Kadi Touray
Ralph Waite .... Slater
Louis Gossett Jr. .... Fiddler
Robert Reed .... Dr. William Reynolds
Lorne Greene .... John Reynolds
Lynda Day George .... Mrs. Reynolds
Vic Morrow .... Ames
Paul Shenar .... John Carrington
John Amos .... Toby - Kunta Kinte as Adult
Madge Sinclair .... Bell
Gary Collins .... Grill
Lee de Broux .... Trumbull
Tanya Boyd .... Genelva
Beverly Todd .... Fanta as Adult
Thayer David .... Harlan
Raymond St. Jacques .... The Drummer
Sandy Duncan .... Missy Anne Reynolds
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs .... Noah
John Schuck .... Ordell
Leslie Uggams .... Kizzy
Roxie Roker .... Melissa
Elma V. Jackson .... Mama Ada (as Elma Jackson)
Carolyn Jones .... Mrs. Moore
Macdonald Carey .... Squire James Scatman Crothers .... Mingo
Olivia Cole .... Mathilda
George Hamilton .... Stephen Bennett
Ian McShane .... Sir Eric Russell
Lillian Randolph .... Sister Sara
Richard Roundtree .... Sam Bennett
Ben Vereen .... 'Chicken' George Moore
Wally Taylor .... Reverend
Davis Roberts .... Leonard
Lloyd Bridges .... Evan Brent
Georg Stanford Brown .... Tom Harvey
Brad Davis .... Ol' George Johnson
Hilly Hicks .... Lewis
Doug McClure .... Jemmy Brent
Lynne Moody .... Irene Harvey
Lane Binkley .... Martha Johnson
Richard McKenzie .... Sam Harvey
Austin Stoker .... Virgil
Sally Kemp .... Lila Harvey
Burl Ives .... Senator Arthur Johnson
John Quade .... Sheriff Biggs
Charles Cyphers .... Drake
Todd Bridges .... Bud
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Brooks Clift .... McAlmon
Betty Cole .... Sassy Woman
Chuck Connors .... Tom Moore
Pat Corley .... Referee
Fred Covington .... Auctioneer
Joe Dorsey .... Calvert
Kermit Echols .... Vilars
Richard Farnsworth .... Slave Catcher
Bill Gribble .... Seaman Grimes
Stan Haze .... Field Singer
Wayne Heffley .... Telegrapher
Cindy Henderson .... Bess
Maurice Hunt .... The Doctor
Brion James .... Slaver
John Dennis Johnston .... Man at Cockfight
Lee Kessler .... Miss Constable
Yaphet Kotto
Rachel Longaker .... Caroline
Macon McCalman .... Poston
Robert Phalen .... Rufus Jackson
Hank Rolike .... John
Fred D. Scott
Roosevelt Smith .... James
Ernest Thomas .... Kailuba
Cicely Tyson .... Binta, Kunta's mother
Alex Haley .... Himself (uncredited)

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