Roots: The Next Generations

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Roots: The Next Generations (18-Feb-1979)

Directors: Georg Stanford Brown ; Charles S. Dubin ; John Erman ; Lloyd Richards

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Debbie Allen Dancer 16-Jan-1950 All About You

Barbara Barrie Actor 23-May-1931 Mrs. Barney Miller

Marlon Brando Actor 3-Apr-1924 1-Jul-2004 A Streetcar Named Desire

James Broderick Actor 7-Mar-1927 1-Nov-1982 Doug Lawrence on Family

Georg Stanford Brown Actor 24-Jun-1943 Officer Webster on The Rookies

Irene Cara Singer 18-Mar-1959 Oh what a feeling

Diahann Carroll Singer 17-Jul-1935 Claudine

Bernie Casey Football 8-Jun-1939 NFL wide receiver turned actor

Michael Constantine Actor 22-May-1927 My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Robert Culp Actor 16-Aug-1930 I Spy

James Daly Actor 23-Oct-1918 3-Jul-1978 Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center

Ossie Davis Actor 18-Dec-1917 4-Feb-2005 Do The Right Thing

Ruby Dee Actor 27-Oct-1924 The Jackie Robinson Story

Ja'net DuBois Actor 5-Aug-1945 Willona Woods on Good Times

Norman Fell Actor 24-Mar-1924 14-Dec-1998 Mr. Roper on Three's Company

Kim Fields Actor 12-May-1969 Tootie on The Facts of Life

Henry Fonda Actor 16-May-1905 12-Aug-1982 12 Angry Men

Slim Gaillard Jazz Musician 4-Jan-1916 26-Feb-1991 Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti

Pam Grier Actor 26-May-1949 Blaxploitation queen, star of Jackie Brown

Rosey Grier Football 14-Jul-1932 LA Rams All-Pro defensive lineman

Andy Griffith Actor 1-Jun-1926 Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show

Alex Haley Novelist 11-Aug-1921 10-Feb-1992 Roots

Lynn Hamilton Actor 25-Apr-1930 Donna Harris on Sanford and Son

Dorian Harewood Actor 6-Aug-1950 Full Metal Jacket

Olivia de Havilland Actor 1-Jul-1916 Gone With the Wind

Kene Holliday Actor 25-Jun-1949 Tyler Hudson on Matlock

Telma Hopkins Actor 28-Oct-1948 Rachel Crawford on Family Matters

Ernie Hudson Actor 17-Dec-1945 Warden Glenn on Oz

Rafer Johnson Track and Field 18-Aug-1935 Olympic track and field star

James Earl Jones Actor 17-Jan-1931 Voice of Darth Vader and CNN

Carmen McRae Singer 8-Apr-1922 10-Nov-1994 Jazz vocalist

Gerald McRaney Actor 19-Aug-1947 Major Dad, married Delta Burke

Dina Merrill Actor 9-Dec-1925 EF Hutton heiress and actress

Brian Stokes Mitchell Actor 31-Oct-1957 Jackpot Johnson on Trapper John, MD

Zakes Mokae Actor 5-Aug-1935 The Serpent and the Rainbow

Debbi Morgan Actor 20-Sep-1956 Dr. Angela Hubbard All My Children

Harry Morgan Actor 10-Apr-1915 Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H

Greg Morris Actor 27-Sep-1933 27-Aug-1996 Mission: Impossible

Roger E. Mosley Actor 18-Dec-1938 T.C. on Magnum, P.I.

Brock Peters Actor 2-Jul-1927 23-Aug-2005 To Kill a Mockingbird

Beah Richards Actor 12-Jul-1920 14-Sep-2000 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Percy Rodriguez Actor 13-Jun-1918 6-Sep-2007 Afro-Canadian actor

Howard E. Rollins, Jr. Actor 17-Oct-1950 8-Dec-1996 A Soldier's Story

Richard Sanders Actor 23-Aug-1940 Les Nessman on WKRP

Stan Shaw Actor 14-Jul-1952 Snake Eyes

Bobby Short Singer 15-Sep-1924 21-Mar-2005 Cabaret singer at the Carlyle Hotel

Marc Singer Actor 27-Jan-1948 Beastmaster

Mel Stewart Actor 19-Sep-1929 24-Feb-2002 Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Philip Michael Thomas Actor 26-May-1949 Det. Ricardo Tubbs on Miami Vice

Richard Thomas Actor 13-Jun-1951 John Boy on The Waltons

George Voskovec Actor 19-Jun-1905 1-Jul-1981 12 Angry Men

Paul Winfield Actor 22-May-1941 7-Mar-2004 Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn

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