Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy on the NBC television series Law & Order. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, BAFTA- and Emmy Awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his forty-five year career. Allmovie has characterised Waterston as having "cultivated a loyal following with his quietly charismatic, unfailingly solid performances." Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Waterston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
On the Basis of Sex
as Erwin GriswoldYoung lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case...
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The Man in the Moon
as Matthew TrantMaureen Trant and her younger sibling Dani share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster...
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Serial Mom
as Eugene SutphinBeverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this...
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Hannah and Her Sisters
as David (uncredited)Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her...
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Miss Sloane
as George DupontAn ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control...
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The Killing Fields
as Sydney SchanbergNew York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with...
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The Six Triple Eight
as uncreditedDuring World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible...
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
as BenA renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in...
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Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the...
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Heaven's Gate
as Frank CantonHarvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle...
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The Enemy Within
as President William FosterA officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government...
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Warning Sign
as Cal MorseAn accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a...
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Capricorn One
as Lt. Col. Peter WillisIn order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators...
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Interiors
as MikeWhen Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the...
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Hopscotch
as Jack CutterWhen CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens...
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Le Divorce
as Chester WalkerWhile visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is...
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Nixon
as Richard HelmsA look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while...
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Anesthesia
as Prof. Walter ZarrowMultiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University...
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Fitzwilly
as OliverWhen Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately,...
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September
as PeterAfter a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend,...
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Miracle at Midnight
as Dr. Karl KosterGripping historical drama presents a triumphant celebration of the human spirit. The true-life...
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Shadow Conspiracy
as The PresidentBobby Bishop is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he...
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Rancho Deluxe
as Cecil ColsonTwo drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in...
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The Journey of August King
as Mooney WrightThe Journey of August King is a multi-dimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815....
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The Room Upstairs
as Travis ColesA Boston teacher decides to turn her old home into a boarding house to pull in some much-needed...
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Eagle's Wing
as White BullTwo men, an aging Native American and a ne'er-do-well trapper from North America, race to claim...
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Journey into Fear
as Mr. GrahamU.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab...
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Swimming to Cambodia
as Additional cast from 'The Killing Fields' (archive footage)Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance...
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Friendly Fire
as C.D.B. BryanIn March 1970, a U.S. Army officer arrived at the Iowa farm of Peg and Gene Mullen and informed...
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Three
as TaylorTwo college friends, traveling in Europe, find themselves rivals for the attentions of a...
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Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs
as Self / Host / NarratorMoment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs, hosted by Sam Waterston, tells the...
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Jane Fonda in Five Acts
as Self - ActorGirl next door, activist, so-called traitor, fitness tycoon, Oscar winner: Jane Fonda has lived...
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Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami
as ProsecutorThere is no question that the Arab terrorist portrayed by Robert Davi is guilty of killing five...
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The Man in the Woods
as Headmaster WaldorfOn a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her...
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The Matthew Shepard Story
as Dennis ShepardIn a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998....
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Mindwalk
as Jack EdwardsOn the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Sonia meets Jack and Tom. Sonia is a Norwegian...
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David's Mother
as John NilsSally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years...
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Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
as Alex MonteA prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired...
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Exiled
as Jack McCoyNYPD Detective Mike Logan, who was reassigned to Staten Island after punching a corrupt...
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In Bad Taste
as SelfA documentary on the career of filmmaker John Waters. Featuring interviews with actors and...
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as John Honeyman (segment "A Walk in the Woods")The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of...
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Merchant Ivory
as SelfThe first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the...
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Savages
as James, the Limping ManA tribe of primitive "mudpeople" encounter a croquet ball, rolling through their forest....
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Finnegan Begin Again
as Paul BroadbentA schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician,...
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Amazing Stories: The Movie IV
as (archive footage)Four tales are compiled from the popular television series. After a death row inmate (Patrick...
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The Proprietor
as Harry BancroftAn expatriated French novelist returns to Paris when she learns that her childhood home is being...
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
as Daniel ChamberlainThe story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point....
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The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
as Self“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!” Who among us has not wanted to open...
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Reflections of Murder
as Michael ElliottThe wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder....
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In Defense of Kids
as Paul WilcoxWhen a female lawyer finds a girl hiding in the back of her car, it starts her thinking, and she...
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Dateline: Saigon
as Narrator (voice)How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five...
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Dean Smith
as NarratorCoach, mentor, social activist ...the life and legacy of Dean Smith, North Carolina's legendary...
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Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)A beautiful and disturbing film recounts America’s story from the environment’s point of view....
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Generation
as DesmondNewlyweds shock the bride's father with plans for natural childbirth in a Greenwich Village loft.
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A Captive in the Land
as RoyceAn American meteorologist attempts to rescue an injured Soviet airman. A killer storm soon...
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Sweet Revenge
as Le ClerqA young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public...
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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Tom Wingfield (archive footage)A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi...
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Just Between Friends
as Harry CrandallHolly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in...
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Flagrant désir
as Inspecteur Gerry MorrisonIn the Médoc, a young woman is found drowned. An accident, her influential family of winegrowers...
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Much Ado About Nothing
as BenedickDon Pedro and his men (Teddy Roosevelt Roughriders) have returned from the wars. After Beatrice...
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Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators
as Narrator (voice)We all know Curious George. But what about his creators, Hans and Margret Rey? From fleeing Nazi...
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Gatsby in Connecticut: The Untold Story
as SelfThe summer Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived in Connecticut inspired one of the world's most...
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Cover Me Babe
as CameramanStudent filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.
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The Commission
as J. Lee RankinUsing transcripts from the Warren Commission Report, this film documents the workings of the...
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The Mayo Clinic
as Charlie MayoThe Mayo Clinic tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a "Medical...
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Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self (voice)A documentary 33 years in the making. A director and friend of Kurt Vonnegut seeks through his...
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Games Mother Never Taught You
as David BentellsHard-working career wife Laura becomes the first female executive in an all-male office and is...
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The Glass Menagerie
as Tom WingfieldAn aging Southern belle's preoccupation with her past and her dreams for her children's futures...
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Dempsey
as Doc KearnsNominated for two primetime Emmy Awards in 1984, this made-for-TV movie follows the true story...
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Welcome Home
as WoodyJake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the...
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Mahoney's Last Stand
as Felix"A truly remarkable performance!" - Charlie Chaplin In this rare and virtually unseen film we...
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The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean
as AndyWritten, directed, and self-financed by Juleen Compton, The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean is the...
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Night of 100 Stars III
as SelfA celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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A House Divided
as David DicksonIn the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon...
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The Fifth Missile
as Capt. Allard RenslowThe crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is...
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A Case for Love
as Self“A Case for Love” is a heartfelt yet personally challenging movie inspired by the teachings and...
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Lantern Hill
as Andrew StuartIn 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved...
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The Boy Who Loved Trolls
as OfoetiPaul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.
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Devil's Paradise
as JonesAt the start of the 20th century, a man lives in solitude on an island. One day on the mainland,...
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And It Was Good
as Judge Alexander Baas / Doctor / GravediggerA couple reunites after a long separation to find themselves in a world that seems designed for...
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Sweet William
as William McCluskyWilliam McClusky (Sam Waterston) is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly...
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A Walk in the Woods
as John HoneymanA true story about one US and one USSR delegate who, during 1982 talks in Geneva between USA and...
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Please Be Normal
as DadVictor is a struggling playwright and theater director and his girlfriend Mary is expecting...
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Rain Falls from Earth: Surviving Cambodia's Darkest Hour
as Self (voice)On April 17, 1975, the face of Cambodia would forever be changed. As Khmer Rouge soldiers...
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Jeopardy!
as uncreditedAmerica's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the...
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as SelfStephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jack McCoyIn the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...
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Law & Order
as Jack McCoyIn cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...
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Family Guy
as Bruce Kaplan (voice)Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...
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Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
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The Colbert Report
as uncreditedThe Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday...
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The View
as SelfABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
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The View
as Self - GuestABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...
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Amazing Stories
as Jordan ManmouthA truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...
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Grace and Frankie
as Sol BergsteinElegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives...
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The Newsroom
as Charlie SkinnerA behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on...
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Homicide: Life on the Street
as uncreditedAn American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore...
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Dr. Kildare
as MarkThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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Tales from the Crypt
as G.G. DevoeCadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...
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People's Choice Awards
as Self - PresenterAn American awards show recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public...
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Godless
as Marshall John CookA ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a...
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The Dropout
as George ShultzThe story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing...
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Jack McCoyThe inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing...
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The Civil War
as Abraham LincolnA documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the...
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HBO First Look
as uncreditedHBO First Look is an American television show on HBO that chronicles up and coming movies. It...
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Jo
as uncreditedJo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA...
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Prohibition
as Reader (voice)The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States...
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I'll Fly Away
as Forrest BedfordI'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s,...
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Masters of Science Fiction
as uncreditedMasters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series with each hour long...
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Oppenheimer
as Robert OppenheimerThis seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Travis ColesHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Q.E.D.
as uncreditedQ.E.D. is a 1982 short-lived adventure series set in Edwardian England, starring Sam Waterston...
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Lewis & Clark - The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery tells the remarkable story of the entire...
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Thomas Jefferson
as Thomas Jefferson (voice)The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned...
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Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled
as SelfThe life of a Norwegian icon, a world-renowned artist and a dedicated humanitarian: actress Liv...
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Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln"Lincoln" was a 1988 American television mini-series starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln,...
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The Nightmare Years
as Bill ShirerBased on the historical work "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "The Nightmare Years" tells...
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Time Life's Lost Civilizations
as NarratorNever before could you get this close to seven thousand years of history. Time Life's LOST...
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