Robert Kennedy and His Times

*Robert Kennedy and His Times*
Robert Kennedy and His Times
	Cliff De Young; Joe Pantoliano; Harris Yulin; Jeffrey Tambor; Jack Warden; River Phoenix; Jason Bateman; Shannen Doherty
Theme music composer	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Producers	Robert W. Christiansen; Rick Rosenberg; Irving Paul Lazar (associate producer)
Cinematography	Michael D. Margulies
Editor	Corky Ehlers
Running time	309 mins
Production company	Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 27, 1985

Robert Kennedy and His Times is a 1985 American television miniseries directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, based on the 1978 Robert F. Kennedy biography of the same name by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.^[1]

Cast

Actor	Role
Brad Davis	Robert F. Kennedy
Veronica Cartwright	Ethel Skakel Kennedy
Cliff De Young	John F. Kennedy
Ned Beatty	J. Edgar Hoover
Beatrice Straight	Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
G.D. Spradlin	Lyndon B. Johnson
George Grizzard	John Seigenthaler, Sr.
Harris Yulin	Joseph McCarthy
Mitch Ryan	Robert McNamara
Joe Pantoliano	Roy Cohn
Jeffrey Tambor	Pierre Salinger
Jack Warden	Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
Jordan Charney	Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
John Ericson	Senator
Danna Hansen	Lady Bird Johnson
Mimi Kennedy	Pat Kennedy
Dean Santoro	Fred Dutton
Charles Bateman	Army General Carey
Juanin Clay	Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Dorothy Fielding	Jean Kennedy Smith
Belita Moreno	Angie Novello
James Read	Teddy Kennedy
Dennis Redfield	Walter Sheridan
Alan Rosenberg	Jack Newfield
Hansford Rowe	Ron McMasters
Trey Wilson	Jimmy Hoffa
Natalie Gregory Betsy Baker	Courtney Kennedy Hill (Part 1&2) Courtney Kennedy Hill (Part 3)
Jason Bateman	Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Jeremy Brown	Matthew Kennedy
Shannen Doherty Rebecca Gullion	Kathleen Kennedy (Part 1&2) Kathleen Kennedy (Part 3)
Chris Hebert River Phoenix	Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (Part 3)
Steve Rumph	Young Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Branden Williams	David Kennedy
Dorothy Butts	Annie Lee Moss
Albert Hall	Roy Wilkins
Richard Kuss	Dave Beck
Wendy LaMastra	Joan Bennett Kennedy
Christopher Lofton	Stephen Edward Smith
Elizabeth Norment	Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Jack Thibeau	Clyde Tolson
Barbara Allyne-Bennet	Evelyn Lincoln
Shelly Lipkin	Robert Morgenthau
Walter Mathews	Kenneth Keating
Bufort McClerkins	Roosevelt Grier
Brent Spiner	Allard Lowenstein

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	N/W	Category/People
1985	Emmy Award	N	Lynda Gurasich for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling (Part 1)
1985	Emmy Award	N	Robert W. Christiansen and Rick Rosenberg for Outstanding Limited Series

References

^ Wills, Gary (November 12, 1978). "Fierce in His Loyalties and Enmities". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2015.

External links

Robert Kennedy and His Times at
IMDb

[NYT_1978-1] Wills, Gary (November 12, 1978). "Fierce in His Loyalties and Enmities". The New York Times. Retrieved February 21, 2015.

[1]

v t e Robert F. Kennedy
November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968 64th United States Attorney General, 1961–1964 United States senator from New York, 1965–1968
Life	1948 Palestine visit Senate Committee investigation of Labor and Management Cuban Missile Crisis ExComm Civil rights Freedom Riders Voter Education Project Baldwin–Kennedy meeting 1964 Democratic National Convention Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Mississippi Delta tour Kennedy Compound Hickory Hill home
Electoral	1964 U.S. Senate election 1968 presidential campaign primaries Boiler Room Girls
Speeches	Law Day Address (1961) Day of Affirmation Address (1966) Conflict in Vietnam and at Home (1968) University of Kansas (1968) Ball State (1968) On the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968) "On the Mindless Menace of Violence" (1968)
Books	The Enemy Within (1960) The Pursuit of Justice (1964) To Seek a Newer World (1967) Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis (1969)
Assassination	Sirhan Sirhan Ambassador Hotel Conspiracy theories Gravesite
Legacy and memorials	Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building Robert F. Kennedy silver dollar Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Human Rights Award Journalism Award Book Award Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Brooklyn Memorial Landmark for Peace Memorial Kennedy–King College Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Popular culture	Robert F. Kennedy in media Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963 documentary) Robert Kennedy Remembered (1968 documentary) "Abraham, Martin and John" (1968 song) The Missiles of October (1974 docudrama) Kennedy (1983 miniseries) Blood Feud (1983 film) Prince Jack (1985 film) Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985 miniseries) Hoover vs. The Kennedys (1987 miniseries) Thirteen Days (2000 film) RFK (2002 film) Bobby (2006 film) RFK Must Die (2007 documentary) The Kennedys (2011 miniseries) Ethel (2012 documentary) Killing Kennedy (2013 film) Jackie (2016 film) Bobby Kennedy for President (2018 miniseries)
Family, family tree	Ethel Skakel (wife) Kathleen Kennedy (daughter) Joseph Patrick Kennedy (son) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (son) Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (son) Kerry Kennedy (daughter) Christopher G. Kennedy (son) Max Kennedy (son) Douglas Harriman Kennedy (son) Rory Kennedy (daughter) Maeve Kennedy McKean (granddaughter) Joseph P. Kennedy III (grandson) Max Kennedy Jr. (grandson) Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (father) Rose Kennedy (mother) Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (brother) John F. Kennedy (brother presidency) Rosemary Kennedy (sister) Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish (sister) Eunice Kennedy Shriver (sister) Patricia Kennedy Lawford (sister) Jean Kennedy Smith (sister) Ted Kennedy (brother) Patrick J. Kennedy (grandfather) Mary Augusta Kennedy (grandmother) John F. Fitzgerald (grandfather)
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