Roots (1977 miniseries) Episode 5

ROOTS ep.5

Number in parentheses indicates how many episodes in which the actor/character appears.

Main cast

John Amos – Older Kunta Kinte (3)
Maya Angelou – Nyo Boto (1)
Ed Asner – Capt. Davies (2)
Lloyd Bridges – Evan Brent (2)
Georg Stanford Brown – Tom Harvey (2)
LeVar Burton – Young Kunta Kinte (2)
Macdonald Carey – Squire James (1)
Olivia Cole – Matilda (3)
Chuck Connors – Tom Moore (2)
Scatman Crothers – Mingo (1)
Ji-Tu Cumbuka – Wrestler (2)
Brad Davis – Ol' George Johnson (2)
Sandy Duncan – Missy Anne Reynolds (2)
Lynda Day George – Mrs. Reynolds (3)
Louis Gossett Jr. – Fiddler (3)
Lorne Greene – John Reynolds (2)
Moses Gunn – Kintango (1)
George Hamilton – Stephen Bennett (1)
Hilly Hicks – Lewis (2)
Burl Ives – Sen. Arthur Justin (1)
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs – Noah (1)
Carolyn Jones – Mrs. Moore (2)
Doug McClure – Jemmy Brent (1)
Ian McShane – Sir Eric Russell (1)
Lynne Moody – Irene Harvey (2)
Vic Morrow – Ames (2)
Thalmus Rasulala – Omoro (1)
Robert Reed – Dr. William Reynolds (4)
Harry Rhodes – Brima Cesay (1)
Richard Roundtree – Sam Bennett (1)
John Schuck – Ordell (1)
Paul Shenar – John Carrington (1)
O.J. Simpson – Kadi Touray (1)
Madge Sinclair – Bell Reynolds (3)
Cicely Tyson – Binta (1)
Leslie Uggams – Kizzy Reynolds (2)
Ben Vereen – Chicken George Moore (3)
Ralph Waite – Third mate Slater (2)
William Watson – Gardner (1)
Ren Woods – Fanta (2)
Also appearing

Lane Binkley – Martha Johnson (2)
Tanya Boyd – Genelva (2)
Todd Bridges – Bud (1)
Grand L. Bush – Captured runaway slave (1)
Gary Collins – Grill (1)
Charles Cyphers – Drake (1)
Thayer David – Harlan (2)
Richard Farnsworth – Trumbull (1)
Tracey Gold – Young Missy Reynolds (1)
Brion James – Slaver (1)
Macon McCalman – Poston (1)
Richard McKenzie – Sam Harvey (2)
John Quade – Sheriff Biggs (1)
Roxie Roker – Malizy (1)
Lillian Randolph – Sister Sara (1)
Raymond St. Jacques – Drummer (1)
Austin Stoker – Virgil (2)
Ernest Lee Thomas – Kailuba (1)
Beverly Todd – Older Fanta (1)
Zack Fisher as Abraham Lincoln

Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States
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