The Great Adventure

1963    60m
Drama
8.5
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The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History.
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1 Season
  • Season 1
    Season 126 Episodes
Cast of The Great Adventure
  • Kent SmithGen. Nelson Miles
  • Russell JohnsonSelf - Narrator
  • Ian WolfeTownsend
  • Ricardo MontalbanPhilip Crow
  • James DunnIndian Agent McLean
  • Noah Beery Jr.Jervis
  • Andrew DugganCol. Callaway
  • David McCallumCapt. Hanning
  • Rodolfo AcostaLt. Bullhead
  • Peggy McCayMrs. Callaway
  • James MacArthurLt. Alexander
  • Torin ThatcherColonel Lewis Washington
  • Carroll O'ConnorJohann Sutter
  • Barry SullivanE.J. Edwards
  • Leif EricksonPresident Grover Cleveland
  • Lloyd NolanCol. Fraser
  • Peter GravesDaniel Boone
  • Byron MorrowGen. Beauregard
  • David WhiteJohn C. Calhoun
  • John MarleyCallum
  • Arthur BatanidesLieutenant Gomez
  • Joseph CottenCaptain Meehan
  • Arthur HunnicuttSimon Kenton
  • Marion RossEtta Wheeler
  • Harry TownesJudah P. Benjamin
  • Ted EcclesJames Boone
  • Miriam ColonSarah Crow
  • Richard LupinoLt. Brown
  • Stuart CooperFlanders Callaway
  • Eddie Little SkyLeft Hand
  • Claude AkinsFather Kranz
  • Laurie MockFrances Callaway
  • Richard X. SlatteryTucker
  • Ruby DeeHarriet Tubman
  • Carl Benton ReidTrenholm
  • Flip MarkAndrew Jackson
  • Sheree NorthAgnes Lake
  • Wallace FordUncle Billy Smith
  • Earl HollimanWill Cross
  • Hampton FancherFleming
  • Ivan DixonSgt. Willis
  • George MitchellDr. Drury
  • Frank AletterJames Welton
  • Jack WardenLatham
  • Wayne RogersTombs
  • Lee MarvinMisok Bedrozian
  • Maxwell ReedMajor Hardwick
  • Rupert CrosseWilliam Still
  • Philip AbbottJanin
  • Joan HackettSister Blandina
  • Richard EyerRobert Jackson
  • William FawcettBrink
  • Julie SommarsMeg Jethro
  • Geoffrey HorneWales
  • James WesterfieldAttorney Thomas Green
  • Gina GillespieEllen Howard
  • Don DubbinsJason Chiles
  • George MacreadyDr. Keen
  • Fritz WeaverColonel Thomas Rose
  • Frank SilveraGambi
  • Walter BrookeTaylor
  • Gene EvansSgt. Winn
  • Nancy MaloneJenny
  • Ossie DavisJohn Ross
  • J.D. CannonClarence King
  • Michael RenniePresident Jefferson Davis
  • Bernard FoxRedcoat Lieutenant
  • Lloyd BridgesWild Bill Hickok
  • Collin Wilcox PaxtonElizabeth Cross
  • Ted BessellDavies
  • Robert CulpSam Houston
  • Denver PyleGen. Mills
  • Alan BaxterJudge
  • Robert CummingsDr. Benjamin Waterhouse
  • Frank CadyDrover
  • Sorrell BookeE.W. Ross
  • Jackie CooperLt. Dickson
  • Sean McCloryMajor Carlton
  • Ethel WatersRit
  • John FiedlerPhilip Arnold
  • Andrew PrineBilly the Kid
  • Vito ScottiTicket Seller
  • Maggie McNamaraLaura Drake
  • Steven MarloRed Deer
  • Diane LaddAnnie Thompson
  • Dick WilsonMr. Metcalf
  • Paul BurkeCapt. Richard Pratt
  • Jack KlugmanJohn Brown
  • John DehnerPresident Thomas Jefferson
  • Rip TornLieutenant John C. Freemont
  • Brian KeithHenry Bergh
  • Michael ConstantineColonel Streight
  • George LindseyHampton
  • Dorothy AdamsMrs. Woodhaven
  • Roy BarcroftDr. Anthony Thompson
  • Dick ForanColton
  • Tim O'ConnorGen. Breckinridge
  • Frank FaylenO'Brien
  • James GriffithHarry Young
  • Whit BissellBenjamin Silliman
  • Victor JoryAndrew Jackson
  • Antoinette BowerAnna Pratt
  • Ron HowardDaniel Waterhouse
  • Joe De SantisGeneral Vallejo
  • Bernie HamiltonWilbur Jones
  • Jeremy SlateCaptain Nathan Hale
  • Brock PetersJoe Bailey
  • Richard BullLandlord
  • Edward AndrewsMayor William March 'Boss' Tweed
  • Len LesserVarnes
  • James T. CallahanJosh
  • George KennedySergeant Muldaney
  • Mario AlcaldeToo-Chee-La
  • Valentin de VargasOkahatan
  • Parley BaerMajor Beckham
  • Jacqueline ScottEliza Waterhouse
  • Stuart NisbetBusinessman
  • Sandy KenyonCaptain James
  • Isabel CooleyLydia
  • Ken MayerHarrison
  • Don KeeferCopeland
  • Leo GordonMcCanles
  • Barry KelleyHughes (uncredited)
  • Hal NeedhamRecruiting Officer
  • Walter BurkeHiggins
  • David LewisDr. Bartlett
  • Channing PollockKit Carson
  • John AndersonColonel Knowlton
  • Frank MaxwellConnolly
  • Tom ReeseMike Williams
  • Richard KileyCol. Edwin L. Drake
  • Henry BeckmanGuard Sergeant
  • Joel FluellenNewby
  • Noel DraytonBuchanan
  • Anthony CarusoSitting Bull
  • Douglas HendersonCaptain Hull
  • James DalyGeorge Jones
  • Edward KnightBrady
  • Woodrow ParfreyGeorge Bissel
  • H.M. WynantLieutenant Waters
  • Nora MarloweWidow Chich
  • Russell CollinsWatson
  • Bill WalkerCharlie
  • Patrick McVeyDr. Crosley

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