--- title: "Roots: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/roots/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/roots" cast: 60 crew: 16 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Roots (1977): cast and crew 60 cast and 16 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [LeVar Burton](https://film.one/person/levar-burton.md) as Kunta Kinte (2 episodes) - [Olivia Cole](https://film.one/person/olivia-cole.md) as Mathilda (3 episodes) - [Ben Vereen](https://film.one/person/ben-vereen.md) as Chicken George Moore (3 episodes) - [Cicely Tyson](https://film.one/person/cicely-tyson.md) as Binta (1 episodes) - [Louis Gossett Jr.](https://film.one/person/louis-gossett-jr.md) as Fiddler (3 episodes) - [Ji-Tu Cumbuka](https://film.one/person/ji-tu-cumbuka.md) as Wrestler (2 episodes) - [Chuck Connors](https://film.one/person/chuck-connors.md) as Tom Moore (2 episodes) - [Carolyn Jones](https://film.one/person/carolyn-jones.md) as Mrs. Moore (1 episodes) - [Leslie Uggams](https://film.one/person/leslie-uggams.md) as Kizzy Reynolds Moore (2 episodes) - [O. J. Simpson](https://film.one/person/o-j-simpson.md) as Kadi Touray (1 episodes) - [Maya Angelou](https://film.one/person/maya-angelou.md) as Nyo Boto (1 episodes) - [Moses Gunn](https://film.one/person/moses-gunn.md) as Kintango (1 episodes) - Thalmus Rasulala as Omoro (1 episodes) - Hari Rhodes as Brima Cesay (1 episodes) - William Watson as Gardner (1 episodes) - [Ernest Lee Thomas](https://film.one/person/ernest-lee-thomas.md) as Kailuba (1 episodes) - Lorne Greene as John Reynolds (2 episodes) - [Ralph Waite](https://film.one/person/ralph-waite.md) as Slater (2 episodes) - [Lynda Day George](https://film.one/person/lynda-day-george.md) as Mrs. Reynolds (3 episodes) - [Paul Shenar](https://film.one/person/paul-shenar.md) as John Carrington (1 episodes) - Tina Andrews as Aurelia (1 episodes) - [Renn Woods](https://film.one/person/ren-woods.md) as Fanta (2 episodes) - Sandy Duncan as Missy Anne Reynolds (2 episodes) - [Richard Roundtree](https://film.one/person/richard-roundtree.md) as Sam Bennett (1 episodes) - [Macdonald Carey](https://film.one/person/macdonald-carey.md) as Squire James (1 episodes) - [Scatman Crothers](https://film.one/person/scatman-crothers.md) as Mingo (1 episodes) - [George Hamilton](https://film.one/person/george-hamilton.md) as Stephen Bennett (1 episodes) - [Ian McShane](https://film.one/person/ian-mcshane.md) as Sir Eric Russell (1 episodes) - [Pat Corley](https://film.one/person/pat-corley.md) as Referee (1 episodes) - Macon McCalman as Poston (1 episodes) - Robert Phalen as Rufus Jackson (1 episodes) - Wayne Heffley as Telegrapher (1 episodes) - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as Noah (2 episodes) - [John Schuck](https://film.one/person/john-schuck.md) as Ordell (1 episodes) - [Brion James](https://film.one/person/brion-james.md) as Slaver (1 episodes) - [Richard Farnsworth](https://film.one/person/richard-farnsworth.md) as Trumbull (1 episodes) - [Raymond St. Jacques](https://film.one/person/raymond-st-jacques.md) as The Drummer (1 episodes) - Tanya Boyd as Genelva (2 episodes) - [Thayer David](https://film.one/person/thayer-david.md) as Harlan (2 episodes) - [Ed Asner](https://film.one/person/ed-asner.md) as Capt. Thomas Davies (2 episodes) - Lee de Broux as Trumbull (1 episodes) - Allen Williams as Robert Calvert (1 episodes) - Vic Morrow as Ames (2 episodes) - [Charles Cyphers](https://film.one/person/charles-cyphers.md) as Fred Drake (1 episodes) - [John Amos](https://film.one/person/john-amos.md) as Kunta Kinte (3 episodes) - Robert Reed as Dr. William Reynolds (4 episodes) - [Madge Sinclair](https://film.one/person/madge-sinclair.md) as Bell Reynolds (3 episodes) - Fred D. Scott as Luther (2 episodes) - [Lloyd Bridges](https://film.one/person/lloyd-bridges.md) as Evan Brent (2 episodes) - [Georg Stanford Brown](https://film.one/person/georg-stanford-brown.md) as Tom Harvey (2 episodes) - Brad Davis as 'Old' George Johnson (2 episodes) - Hilly Hicks as Lewis Harvey (2 episodes) - Lynne Moody as Irene Harvey (2 episodes) - Lillian Randolph as Sister Sara (2 episodes) - Richard McKenzie as Sam Harvey (2 episodes) - Sally Kemp as Lila Harvey (2 episodes) - Austin Stoker as Virgil Harvey (2 episodes) - Lane Binkley as Martha Johnson (2 episodes) - Stan Haze as Field Singer (2 episodes) - Todd Bridges as Bud Harvey (1 episodes) ## Directing - [Marvin J. Chomsky](https://film.one/person/marvin-j-chomsky.md): Director (8 episodes) - [David Greene](https://film.one/person/david-greene.md): Director (8 episodes) - [John Erman](https://film.one/person/john-erman.md): Director (8 episodes) - [Gilbert Moses](https://film.one/person/gilbert-moses.md): Director (8 episodes) ## Writing - [M. Charles Cohen](https://film.one/person/m-charles-cohen.md): Screenplay (8 episodes) - [William Blinn](https://film.one/person/william-blinn.md): Screenplay (8 episodes) - [James Lee](https://film.one/person/james-lee.md): Screenplay (8 episodes) - [Ernest Kinoy](https://film.one/person/ernest-kinoy.md): Screenplay (8 episodes) - [Alex Haley](https://film.one/person/alex-haley.md): Writer (8 episodes) ## Camera - Joseph M. Wilcots: Camera Technician (8 episodes) - [Stevan Larner](https://film.one/person/stevan-larner.md): Camera Supervisor (8 episodes) ## Editing - [Neil Travis](https://film.one/person/neil-travis.md): Editor (8 episodes) - [James T. Heckert](https://film.one/person/james-t-heckert.md): Editor (8 episodes) - [Peter Kirby](https://film.one/person/peter-kirby.md): Editor (8 episodes) ## Sound and music - [Gerald Fried](https://film.one/person/gerald-fried.md): Original Music Composer (8 episodes) - [Quincy Jones](https://film.one/person/quincy-jones.md): Music (8 episodes) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/roots.md