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Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated the year before.
Original Release
11/08/1964 on NBC
US Release
11/08/1964
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jason Wingreen | Samuel Gray / Reporter / Hanson / Editor |
Ken Drake | Mr. Wilson / Minister |
Woodrow Parfrey | Principal Ralston / Governor William Brandon |
Len Wayland | Sen. David Rice Atchison |
Gene Darfler | Tom / Cole / Col. Aycoock |
Whit Bissell | Woodrow Wilson / Myles / Bridgham |
John Hoyt | Mr. Finchley / Lodge / Barney McKay |
Robert Sorrells | Hemmingway |
Walter Matthau | Gov. John Slaton / Andrew Johnson |
Simon Oakland | Perry Fuller / Captain Bogart |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Oscar W. Underwood | Sunday, 08 November 1964 |
2 | Mary S. McDowell | Sunday, 15 November 1964 |
3 | Thomas Hart Benton | Sunday, 29 November 1964 |
4 | Richard T. Ely | Sunday, 06 December 1964 |
5 | Sam Houston | Sunday, 13 December 1964 |
6 | Governor John M. Slaton | Sunday, 20 December 1964 |
7 | John Adams | Sunday, 27 December 1964 |
8 | Robert A. Taft | Sunday, 03 January 1965 |
9 | Anne Hutchinson | Sunday, 10 January 1965 |
10 | General Alexander William Doniphan | Sunday, 17 January 1965 |
11 | John Peter Altgeld | Sunday, 24 January 1965 |
12 | Frederick Douglass | Sunday, 31 January 1965 |
13 | Daniel Webster | Sunday, 07 February 1965 |
14 | Woodrow Wilson | Sunday, 14 February 1965 |
15 | Prudence Crandall | Sunday, 21 February 1965 |
16 | Andrew Johnson | Sunday, 28 February 1965 |
17 | Hamilton Fish | Sunday, 07 March 1965 |
18 | Charles Evans Hughes | Sunday, 14 March 1965 |
19 | Edmund G. Ross | Sunday, 21 March 1965 |
20 | George W. Norris | Sunday, 28 March 1965 |
21 | Grover Cleveland | Sunday, 04 April 1965 |
22 | John Quincy Adams | Sunday, 11 April 1965 |
23 | John Marshall | Sunday, 18 April 1965 |
24 | Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey | Sunday, 25 April 1965 |
25 | George Mason | Sunday, 02 May 1965 |
26 | Thomas Corwin | Sunday, 09 May 1965 |
Directors
Lamont Johnson, Michael Ritchie, José Quintero, Robert Gist, Sherman Marks, Alexander Singer, Gerald Mayer, Michael O'Herlihy, Daniel Petrie, Andrew Singer, Robert Crist, Joseph Anthony, Cyril Ritchard, Robert Stevens
Writers
Don Mankiewicz, A.J. Russell, David Karp, John F. Kennedy, Andy Lewis, Philip S. Goodman, Walter Bernstein, Peter S. Feibleman, William Hanley, Jonathan Miller
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jason Wingreen | Samuel Gray / Reporter / Hanson / Editor |
Ken Drake | Mr. Wilson / Minister |
Woodrow Parfrey | Principal Ralston / Governor William Brandon |
Len Wayland | Sen. David Rice Atchison |
Gene Darfler | Tom / Cole / Col. Aycoock |
Whit Bissell | Woodrow Wilson / Myles / Bridgham |
John Hoyt | Mr. Finchley / Lodge / Barney McKay |
Robert Sorrells | Hemmingway |
Walter Matthau | Gov. John Slaton / Andrew Johnson |
Simon Oakland | Perry Fuller / Captain Bogart |
Kent Smith | Sen. Charles Sumner / Charles Evans Hughes |
Alan Hewitt | Jefferson / Thomas Jefferson |
Arthur Malet | Sailor / Hays |
Neil Hamilton | Gov. John Winthrop |
Katherine Squire | Mrs. Simpson |
Ted de Corsia | General Ramsey / Gen. Thomas |
Byron Foulger | Mr. Bernard |
John Napier | Coggeshall |
Peter Whitney | Gronna |
Bill Erwin | Ingalls |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Saudek | Executive Producer |
Gordon Oliver | Producer |
Michael Ritchie | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1965 | Emmy | Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment | Nominated |