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Status
Ended
Release
1963 - 1964
Seasons / Eps
1 / 26
The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History.
144 Cast Members
Kent Smith
Gen. Nelson Miles
2 Episodes
Russell Johnson
Self - Narrator
3 Episodes
Ian Wolfe
Townsend
2 Episodes
Ricardo Montalban
Philip Crow
2 Episodes
James Dunn
Indian Agent McLean
2 Episodes
Noah Beery Jr.
Jervis
2 Episodes
Andrew Duggan
Col. Callaway
2 Episodes
David McCallum
Capt. Hanning
2 Episodes
Rodolfo Acosta
Lt. Bullhead
2 Episodes
Peggy McCay
Mrs. Callaway
2 Episodes
James MacArthur
Lt. Alexander
1 Episodes
Torin Thatcher
General Howe
1 Episodes
Carroll O'Connor
Johann Sutter
1 Episodes
Leif Erickson
President Grover Cleveland
1 Episodes
Barry Sullivan
E.J. Edwards
1 Episodes
Lloyd Nolan
Col. Fraser
2 Episodes
Peter Graves
Daniel Boone
2 Episodes
Byron Morrow
Gen. Beauregard
1 Episodes
David White
John C. Calhoun
1 Episodes
John Marley
Grey Beard
1 Episodes
