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Part V: Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. With John Amos, Chuck Connors, Sandy Duncan, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. In 1806, Kunta's teenage daughter Kizzy falls in love with a slave called Noah, who later tries to escape.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Marvin J. Chomsky
- 1977-01-27
January 30, 1977. ( 1977-01-30) Related. Roots: The Next Generations. Roots is a 1977 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. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.
Part VI: Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, Gilbert Moses. With Macdonald Carey, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Sandy Duncan. In 1824, Kizzy is allowed to visit the plantation of her previous owner, Dr. William Reynolds, and learn the ultimate fate of her parents.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Marvin J. Chomsky, Gilbert Moses
- 1977-01-28
Roots: With Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr., Lynda Day George. A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
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- 1977-01-23
- Biography, Drama, History
- 74
May 26, 2016 · Tom Moore, Then: Chuck Connors. Chuck Connors played Tom Moore, a poor farmer who rapes Kizzy and fathers her son, Chicken George. Over his 40-year career, Connors was best-known for his rough and ...
Because part of the genius of David Wolper was that he cast all of America’s TV dads as villains. Ed Asner, Chuck Connors, Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Lloyd Bridges—they all played the villains ...
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Kevin Joseph Aloysius Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Major League Baseball (Brooklyn Dodgers 1949, Chicago Cubs, 1951) and the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1946–48).
