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The First Olympics: Athens 1896 is a 1984 US TV miniseries produced by Columbia Pictures Television for broadcast by the NBC network. This television miniseries tells the story of the founding of the modern Olympics by focusing on individuals in several countries and their preparations and eventual competition in Athens in 1896. The two-part mini-series originally aired in the United States on 20 May 1984.
Original Release
05/20/1984 on NBC
US Release
05/20/1984
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Ogden Stiers | Dr. William Milligan Sloane |
Hunt Block | Robert Garrett |
David Caruso | James Connolly |
Alex Hyde-White | Arthur 'Skip' Blake |
Benedict Taylor | Edwin Flack |
Edward Wiley | Coach John Graham |
Nicos Ziagos | Spiridon Louis |
Honor Blackman | Madam Ursula Schumann |
Gayle Hunnicutt | Mary Sloane |
Virginia McKenna | Annabel Flack |
Directors
Writers
Charles Gary Allison, William Bast
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Ogden Stiers | Dr. William Milligan Sloane |
Hunt Block | Robert Garrett |
David Caruso | James Connolly |
Alex Hyde-White | Arthur 'Skip' Blake |
Benedict Taylor | Edwin Flack |
Edward Wiley | Coach John Graham |
Nicos Ziagos | Spiridon Louis |
Honor Blackman | Madam Ursula Schumann |
Gayle Hunnicutt | Mary Sloane |
Virginia McKenna | Annabel Flack |
Bill Travers | Harold Flack |
Louis Jourdan | Baron Pierre de Coubertin |
Angela Lansbury | Alice Garrett |
Keith Edwards | Albert Tyler |
Dave King | Nathaniel Perry |
Rolf Saxon | Tim Coldfelt |
Titos Vandis | Father of Spiridon Louis |
William Armstrong | William Hoyt |
Hutton Cobb | Thomas Burke |
Matt Frewer | Francis Adonijah 'Addie' Lane |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Larry White | Executive Producer |
William Hill | Producer |
Charles Gary Allison | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) | Won |
1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1984 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |