Captains and the Kings (1976)
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One of four dramatic miniseries carried by NBC under the blanket title Best Sellers, Captains and the Kings was adapted from a novel by Taylor Caldwell. Covering a time span from 1857 to 1912, this was the saga of the Irish-immigrant Armagh clan, with emphasis on the rags-to-riches career of Joseph… More One of four dramatic miniseries carried by NBC under the blanket title Best Sellers, Captains and the Kings was adapted from a novel by Taylor Caldwell. Covering a time span from 1857 to 1912, this was the saga of the Irish-immigrant Armagh clan, with emphasis on the rags-to-riches career of Joseph Armagh (Richard Jordan). Achieving fame and prominence (if not full-fledged social acceptance) through a Byzantine series of investments in the oil industry, the elder Armagh was obsessed with the notion of having one of his sons become the first Irish-Catholic President of the United States (does this story sound vaguely familiar?). Along the way, Joseph and his offspring indulged in innumerable romantic liaisons, extramarital and otherwise. Featured in the all-star cast is Patty Duke Astin, who won an Emmy award for her portrayal of Bernadette Hennessey Armagh. Captains and the Kings was broadcast from September 30 to November 18, 1976 in seven installments, two of which ran 120 minutes, and the other six lasting 60 minutes -- a total of nine hours' air time in all. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Allen Reisner, Douglas Heyes
- Genres
- Drama, Television, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 30, 1976 Wide
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Cast
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Sian Barbara Allen
as Cara Leslie
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Patty Duke
as Bernadette Hennessey Armagh
- Norman Bartold
- Bernard Behrens
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Ray Bolger
as R. J. Squibbs
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Philip Bourneuf
as Father Scanlon
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Neville Brand
as O'Herlihy
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Blair Brown
as Elizabeth Healey
- William Bryant
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John Carradine
as Father Hale
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Elizabeth Cheshire
as Young Bernadette
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Steve Coit
as William McKinley
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Beverly D'Angelo
as Miss Emmy
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Severn Darden
as Plover
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Lee de Broux
as Theodore Roosevelt
- John DeLancie
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Peter Donat
as Clair Montrose
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Robert Donner
as Wounded Texan
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Johnny Doran
as Young Joseph
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Charles Durning
as Ed Healey
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Anne Dusenberry
as Ann-Marie
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Henry Fonda
as Sen. Enfield Bassett
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George Gaynes
as Orestes Bradley
- Ted Gehring
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Stefan Gierasch
as Gannon
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Tracey Gold
as Rosemary Armagh
- Duane Grey
- Richard Herd
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Celeste Holm
as Sister Angela
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David Huffman
as Sean Armagh
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Burl Ives
as "Old Syrup"
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Clifton James
as Gov. Hackett
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Harvey Jason
as Haroun "Harry" Zieff
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Joe Kapp
as Strickland
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Linda Kelsey
as Peg
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Perry King
as Rory Armagh
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Sally Kirkland
as Aggie
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Terry Kiser
as Courtney Wickersham
- Martin Kove
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Connie Kreski
as PearlGray
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Patrick Laborteaux
as Young Rory
- Todd Martin
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Sean McClory
as Boland
- Boyd 'Red' Morgan
- Barbara Morrison
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Kermit Murdock
as James Spaulding
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Barbara Parkins
as Martinique
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Joanna Pettet
as Katherine Hennessey
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William Prince
as Jay Regan
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Bill Quinn
as Dr. Harris Herbert
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Ford Rainey
as Abraham Lincoln
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Pernell Roberts
as Braithwaite
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Roger Robinson
as Cpl. Lincoln Douglas
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Cynthia Sikes
as Claudia Desmond Armagh
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Ann Sothern
as Mrs. Finch
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Jenny Sullivan
as Honora Houlihan
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Ken Swofford
as Capt. Muldoon
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Georgio Tozzi
as Foreign Gentleman
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Robert Vaughn
as Charles Desmond
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Mills Watson
as Preston
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Byron Webster
as William Jennings Bryan
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Douglas Heyes
as Kevin Armagh
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John Houseman
as Judge Newell Chisholm
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Richard Jordan
as Joseph Armagh
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Richard Matheson
as James Garfield
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Vic Morrow
as Tom Hennessey
- Eldon Quick
- James O'Connell
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Jane Seymour
as Marjorie Chisholm
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Katherine Crawford
as Moira Armagh
- William Gordon
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Kristopher Marquis
as Sean (as a child)
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Missy Gold
as Mary Armagh (as a child)
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John Herbsleb
as Young Courtney
