Cast and Crew of Favorite Son

Cast of
Favorite Son

About Favorite Son

The only thing more dangerous than his politics... is the woman behind them.

Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in 1988 a week before that year's presidential election. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.

Favorite Son ran for 1 season.

Full Cast of Favorite Son

Harry Hamlin
plays Senator Terry Fallon (3 episodes)

Harry Hamlin as Senator Terry Fallon

Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 ...

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Linda Kozlowski
plays Sally Crain (3 episodes)

Robert Loggia
plays Nick Mancuso (3 episodes)

Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso

Salvatore "Robert" Loggia (January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academ...

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John Mahoney
plays Lou Brenner (3 episodes)

John Mahoney as Lou Brenner

Charles John Mahoney (born June 20, 1940) was an English-born American actor, best known for playing Martin 'Marty' C...

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Ronny Cox
plays Admiral William Rieker (3 episodes)

Lance Guest
plays David Ross (3 episodes)

Kenneth McMillan
plays Henry O'Brien (3 episodes)

Mitchell Ryan
plays Vice President Dan Eastman (3 episodes)

Richard Bradford
plays Charles MacDonald (3 episodes)

Jason Alexander
plays Chris Van Allen (3 episodes)

Jason Alexander as Chris Van Allen

Jay Scott Greenspan, better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian...

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Jon Cypher
plays Bartholomew Scott (3 episodes)

Fredric Lehne
plays Wyckoff (3 episodes)

Fredric Lehne as Wyckoff

​Fredric Lehne is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for playing demon Azazel on the television...

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Richard Herd

Randi Brooks

Dante D'Andre

J. Kenneth Campbell
plays Thomas (3 episodes)

Lee Kessler

John Shearin

Brian Thompson
plays Peterson (3 episodes)

Brian Thompson as Peterson

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brian Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His distinctive ...

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Charles Siebert

Geno Silva
plays Colonel Octavio Martinez (3 episodes)

Stepfanie Kramer
plays Stevie Chandler (3 episodes)

Stepfanie Kramer as Stevie Chandler

Stepfanie Kramer is an American film and television actress.

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James Whitmore
plays The President (3 episodes)

James Whitmore as The President

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Allen Whitmore Jr. (October 1, 1921 – February 6, 2009) was an American ...

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Thomas Gibson

Thomas Gibson

Thomas Ellis Gibson (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and director. He portrayed Daniel Nyland in the CBS seri...

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Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy "Tiny" Lister (born Thomas Lister, Jr.; June 24, 1958, died December 10, 2020) was a character actor and former...

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