Kennedy

Overview

Kennedy is a five-hour miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. The miniseries was produced by Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on 20 November 1983 around the time of the 20th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. The TV miniseries was a biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. The mini-series stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, E.G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others. The series was broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 Countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneous. The series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA, and won Baftas for Best Drama Series and Best Make Up.

Cast

Martin Sheen

John F. Kennedy

Kevin Conroy

Ted Kennedy

Nesbitt Blaisdell

Lyndon B. Johnson

Peter Boyden

Pierre Salinger

Kent Broadhurst

Richard Paul Pavlick

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James Burge

Peter Lawford

William Cain

Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer

Joanne Camp

Eunice Shriver

Kelsey Grammer

Stephen Smith

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Veronica Castang

Evelyn Lincoln

Frances Conroy

Jean Smith

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Al Conti

Sargent Shriver