Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley. Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original.

Georg Stanford Brown

(Tom Harvey)

Olivia de Havilland

(Mrs. Warner)

Henry Fonda

(Col. Frederick Warner)

Paul Koslo

(Earl Crowther)

Avon Long

(Chicken George Moore)

Lynne Moody

(Irene Harvey)

Greg Morris

(Beeman Jones)

Marc Singer

(Andy Warner)

Richard Thomas

(Jim Warner)

Fay Hauser

(Carrie Barden)

Brian Stokes Mitchell

(John Dolan)

Debbi Morgan

(Elizabeth Harvey)

Kathleen Doyle

(Lucy Damson)

Ja'net DuBois

(Sally Harvey)

Slim Gaillard

(Sam Wesley)

Harry Morgan

(Bob Campbell)

Roger E. Mosley

(Lee Garnet)

Stan Shaw

(Will Palmer)

Irene Cara

(Bertha Palmer Haley)

James Daly

(R.S.M. Boyce)

Ossie Davis

(Dad Jones)

Ruby Dee

(Queen Victoria Haley)

Dorian Harewood

(Simon Haley)

Kene Holliday

(Detroit)

George Voskovec

(Mr. Goldstein)

Hal Williams

(Aleck Haley)

Bever-Leigh Banfield

(Cynthia Palmer)

E. Lamont Johnson

(Frank Warner, age 20)

Bernie Casey

(Bubba Haywood)

Pam Grier

(Francey)

Rosey Grier

(Big Slew Johnson)

Gerald S. O'Loughlin

(Capt. Bowker)

Percy Rodriguez

(Boyd Moffatt)

John Rubinstein

(Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck)

Diana Douglas

(Mrs. Andy Warner)

Jason Wingreen

(Judge Quartermain)

Maidie Norman

(Sister Scrap Scott)

Bruce French

(Calloway)

Robert Culp

(Lyle Pettijohn)

Dina Merrill

(Mrs. Hickinger)

Brock Peters

(Ab Decker)

Beah Richards

(Cynthia Palmer)

Paul Winfield

(Dr. Horace Huguley)

Lynn Hamilton

(Cousin Georgia Anderson)

Kristoff St. John

(Alex Haley, age 12)

Logan Ramsey

(D.L. Lewis)

Dennis Fimple

(Sheriff Duffy)

Debbie Allen

(Nan Branch Haley)

Damon Evans

(Alex Haley, ages 17-25)

Andy Griffith

(Cmdr. Robert Munroe)

Diahann Carroll

(Zeona Haley)

Rafer Johnson

(Nelson)

Carmen McRae

(Lila)

John Hancock

(Scotty)

Della Reese

(Mrs. Lydia Branch)

Telma Hopkins

(Daisy)

Milt Kogan

(Mel Klein)

Barbara Barrie

(Dodie Brattle)

Marlon Brando

(George Lincoln Rockwell)

James Broderick

(Dr. Lewis)

Lee Chamberlin

(Odile Richards)

Michael Constantine

(Dr. Vansina)

Norman Fell

(Bernie Raymond)

Al Freeman Jr.

(Malcolm X)

James Earl Jones

(Alex Haley)

Claudia McNeil

(Sister Will Ada)

Linda Hopkins

(Singer)

Bobby Short

(Pianist)

Jane Rose

(Mrs. Bullfinch)

Howard Rollins

(George Haley)

Johnny Sekka

(Ebou Manga)

Kim Fields

(Lydia Haley)