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Brad Davis offered up his Robert Kennedy interpretation in this three-part, seven-hour dramatization of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s biography. Davis followed in the acting footsteps of other Robert Kennedys over the years, like Martin Sheen (who later played brother Jack) in "The Missiles of October," Cotter Smith in "Blood Feud," John Shea in "Kennedy" and Cliff DeYoung (who, in this miniseries, played Jack) in "King," the film about Martin Luther King Jr. "Robert Kennedy and His Times," covering Kennedy's life from 1946, when he was campaigning for his older brother's Congressional race, to his assassination in 1968, won an Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Limited Series. Another nomination went to hairstylist Lynda Gurasich for her work on Part 1.
Directed by
Marvin J. Chomsky
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Walon Green writer
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. book
Brad Davis ... Robert Kennedy
River Phoenix ... Robert Kennedy Jr. (Part 3)
James Read ... Teddy Kennedy
Mimi Kennedy ... Pat Kennedy
Veronica Cartwright ... Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Shannen Doherty ... Kathleen Kennedy
Jason Bateman ... Joe Kennedy III
Cast completo
Brad Davis ... Robert Kennedy
Veronica Cartwright ... Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Cliff De Young ... John F. Kennedy
Ned Beatty ... J. Edgar Hoover
Beatrice Straight ... Rose Kennedy
G.D. Spradlin ... Lyndon Johnson
George Grizzard ... John Seigenthaler
Harris Yulin ... Sen. Joseph McCarthy
Mitch Ryan ... Robert McNamara
Joe Pantoliano ... Roy Cohn
Jeffrey Tambor ... Pierre Salinger
Jack Warden ... Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Jordan Charney ... Arthur Schlesinger
John Ericson ... Senator
Danna Hansen ... Lady Bird Johnson
Mimi Kennedy ... Pat Kennedy
Dean Santoro ... Fred Dutton
Charles Bateman ... Army Gen. Carey
Juanin Clay ... Jacqueline Kennedy
Dorothy Fielding ... Jean Kennedy
Belita Moreno ... Angie Novello
James Read ... Teddy Kennedy
Dennis Redfield ... Walter Sheridan
Alan Rosenberg ... Jack Newfield
Hansford Rowe ... Ron McMasters
Trey Wilson ... Jimmy Hoffa
Betsy Baker ... Courtney Kennedy (Part 3)
Jason Bateman ... Joe Kennedy III
Jeremy Brown ... Matthew Kennedy
Shannen Doherty ... Kathleen Kennedy
Jordan Denton ... Michael Kennedy
Natalie Gregory ... Courtney Kennedy (Part 1 & 2)
Rebecca Gullion ... Kathleen Kennedy (Part 3)
Chris Hebert ... Robert Kennedy Jr. (Part 1 & 2)
River Phoenix ... Robert Kennedy Jr. (Part 3)
Steve Rumph ... Young Joe Kennedy III
Branden Williams ... David Kennedy
Nancy Abramson ... Woman at stable
Phyllis Applegate ... Ruby
Amanda Barrett ... Kerry
Dorothy Butts ... Annie Lee Moss
Ralph Clift ... Gov. Patterson (as Ralph M. Clift)
Darlene Conley ... Moderator
Walter Covell ... Old-timer
Kathy Cronkite ... Official's wife
Reid Cruickshanks ... Sam Baron
Robert Decker ... Staffer
Louis De Farra ... Waiter
Ben Fuhrman ... Edward Partin
Gokul ... Nehru
Albert Hall ... Roy Wilkins
Richard Kuss ... Dave Beck
Wendy LaMastra ... Joan Kennedy
Charles Lanyer ... Porter Biggs
Christopher Lofton ... Steve Smith
John McCook ... Interrogator
Elizabeth Norment ... Eunice Kennedy
Austin Stoker ... Robert Henderson
Jack Thibeau ... Clyde Tolson
Father Frank Toste ... Priest
Jean-Paul Vignon ... French general
Madison Arnold ... Marvin Haanstra
Barbara Allyne-Bennet ... Evelyn Lincoln
Pat Corley ... Andy McLaughlin
Matthew Faison ... Dick Peterson
Bruce French ... Frank Simpson
James Hornbeck ... Keating advisor
Will Jeffries ... Silvio Mollo
Shelly Lipkin ... Robert Morgenthau
Walter Mathews ... Kenneth Keating
David Lloyd Nelson ... Functionary
William Wintersole ... Robert Travis
Wayne Armstrong ... First timberman
David Austin ... Aide
Joe Dorsey ... Chief of Police
Richard Fullerton ... Second timberman
Patrick Gorman ... John Gunter Dean
Haven Earle Haley ... Reporter
Maurice Marsac ... Etienne Manac'h
Bufort McClerkins ... Roosevelt Grier
Paul Napier ... Mayor
Jerold Pearson ... Adam Walinsky
Matthew Ribis ... David
John Scott ... John Frankenheimer
Brent Spiner ... Allard Lowenstein
Edmund Tenney ... Minor functionary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Escobar
Walter Gotell ... Anatoly Dobrynin
William James Kennedy ... Longshoreman
Cady McClain ... Young Pat
