About King
- Released on February 12, 1978
The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968.
Full Cast of King
Paul Winfield plays Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (3 episodes)
Cicely Tyson plays Coretta Scott King (3 episodes)
Tony Bennett plays Himself (3 episodes)
Roscoe Lee Browne plays Philip Harrison (3 episodes)
Lonny Chapman plays Chief Frank Holloman (3 episodes)
Ossie Davis plays Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. (3 episodes)
Cliff DeYoung plays Robert F. Kennedy (3 episodes)
Al Freeman Jr. plays Damon Lockwood (3 episodes)
Clu Gulager plays William Sullivan (3 episodes)
Steven Hill plays Stanley Levison (3 episodes)
William Jordan plays John F. Kennedy (3 episodes)
Warren J. Kemmerling plays Lyndon Johnson (3 episodes)
Lincoln Kilpatrick plays Waring (3 episodes)
Kenneth McMillan plays Bull Connor (3 episodes)
Howard Rollins plays Andrew Young (3 episodes)
David Spielberg plays Beamer (3 episodes)
Dolph Sweet plays J. Edgar Hoover (3 episodes)
Dick Anthony Williams plays Malcolm X (3 episodes)
Art Evans plays A.D. King (3 episodes)
Frances Foster plays Alberta King (3 episodes)
Charles Robinson plays Det. Ed Redditt (3 episodes)
Roger Robinson plays Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth (3 episodes)
Terry Alexander plays Bernard Lee (3 episodes)
Ernie Lee Banks plays Ralph Abernathy (3 episodes)
Robert Christian plays Wallace (3 episodes)
Sheila Frazier plays June (3 episodes)
Yolanda King plays Rosa Parks (3 episodes)
Crew of King
Art
Directing
Editing
Production
Sound
Writing
Camera
- Paul Winfield
- Cicely Tyson
- Tony Bennett
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Lonny Chapman
- Ossie Davis
- Cliff DeYoung
- Al Freeman Jr.
- Clu Gulager
- Steven Hill
- William Jordan
- Warren J. Kemmerling
- Lincoln Kilpatrick
- Kenneth McMillan
- Howard Rollins
- David Spielberg
- Dolph Sweet
- Dick Anthony Williams
- Art Evans
- Frances Foster
- Charles Robinson
- Roger Robinson
- Terry Alexander
- Ernie Lee Banks
- Robert Christian
- Sheila Frazier
- Yolanda King