Roots: Cast Rate: –☹️ Very Bad🙁 Bad😐 Average🙂 Good😃 Excellent🤩 Super! ★ Save Rating✔ Rating Saved! Notify me: –about new episodeabout new seasonabout end of season Subscribe✔ Subscription Saved! Roots Drama, History 1/23/77 – 1/30/77 United States GeneralEpisodesCastCharactersGallery Cast See full cast → Olivia Cole as Mathilda Olivia Cole as Mathilda Ben Vereen as 'Chicken' George Moore LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte Louis Gossett, Jr. as Fiddler Louis Gossett, Jr. as Fiddler Vic Morrow as Ames Vic Morrow as Ames Robert Reed as Dr. William Reynolds Robert Reed as Dr. William Reynolds John Amos as Toby Madge Sinclair as Bell Reynolds Madge Sinclair as Bell Reynolds Lynda Day George as Mrs. Reynolds Leslie Uggams as Kizzy Reynolds Carolyn Jones as Mrs. Moore Sandy Duncan as Missy Anne Reynolds Chuck Connors as Tom Moore Chuck Connors as Tom Moore Edward Asner as Capt. Thomas Davies Ian McShane as Sir Eric Russell