Robert Kennedy and His Times

Robert Kennedy and His Times
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Written by	Walon Green (writer) Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (book)
Directed by	Marvin J. Chomsky
Starring	Brad Davis Veronica Cartwright Ned Beatty Cliff De Young Joe Pantoliano Harris Yulin Jeffrey Tambor Jack Warden River Phoenix Jason Bateman Shannen Doherty
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	309 mins
Release
Original network	CBS
Original 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 1&2) 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

Crew

	Name
Directed by	Marvin J. Chomsky
Written by	Walon Green
Produced by	Robert W. Christiansen Rick Rosenberg
Music by	Fred Karlin
Cinematography by	Michael D. Margulies

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 the Internet Movie Database

Robert F. Kennedy

November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968 United States Senator from New York, 1965–1968 64th United States Attorney General, 1961–1964

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 Mississippi Delta tour Kennedy Compound Hickory Hill home

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 Center for Justice and Human Rights Human Rights Award Journalism Award Book Award Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Landmark for Peace Memorial Kennedy–King College Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge

Popular culture	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)

Electoral	1964 U.S. Senate election 1968 Presidential campaign primaries Boiler Room Girls

Family, family tree	Ethel Skakel (wife) Kathleen Kennedy (daughter) Joseph P. Kennedy (son) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (son) David Kennedy (son) Courtney Kennedy (daughter) Michael Kennedy (son) Kerry Kennedy (daughter) Chris Kennedy (son) Max Kennedy (son) Doug Kennedy (son) Rory Kennedy (daughter) Joseph P. Kennedy III (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) John F. Fitzgerald (grandfather)

John F. Kennedy

35th President of the United States (1961–1963) U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1953–1960) U.S. Representative for MA-11 (1947–1953)

Presidency (timeline)	Presidential Office: Inauguration Cabinet Judicial appointments Supreme Court Presidential pardons Domestic policy: Clean Air Act Communications Satellite Act Community Mental Health Act Equal Pay Act Federal affirmative action Federal housing segregation ban Fifty-mile hikes Food for Peace New Frontier Pilot Food Stamp Program Space policy Status of Women (Presidential Commission) University of Alabama integration Voter Education Project Foreign policy: Alliance for Progress Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Flexible response Kennedy Doctrine Peace Corps Trade Expansion Act USAID Vietnam War Cuba: Bay of Pigs Invasion Cuban Project Cuban Missile Crisis ExComm Soviet Union: Berlin Crisis Moscow–Washington hotline Vienna summit White House: Presidential limousine Presidential yacht Resolute desk Situation Room

Presidential speeches	Inaugural address American University speech "We choose to go to the Moon" Civil Rights Address "Ich bin ein Berliner" "A rising tide lifts all boats"

Elections	U.S. States House of Representatives elections, 1946 1948 1950 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, 1952 1958 1960 Presidential primaries Democratic National Convention 1956 1960 U.S. presidential election, 1960 debates

Personal life	Birthplace and childhood home Kennedy Compound US Navy service PT-109 Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana Arthur Evans PT-59 Castle Hot Springs Hammersmith Farm Coretta Scott King phone call Rocking chair "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"

Books authored	Why England Slept (1940) Profiles in Courage (1956) A Nation of Immigrants (1958)

Death	Assassination timeline reactions in popular culture State funeral Riderless horse attending dignitaries Gravesite and Eternal Flame

Legacy	John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Boston) 1964 Civil Rights Act Apollo 11 Moon landing Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Kennedy Space Center (Florida) Kennedy Round U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development VISTA Cultural depictions films Kennedy half dollar U.S. postage stamps U.S. five cent stamp Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences

Memorials, namesakes	Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington DC) JK College (Mauritius) Kennedy Expressway (Chicago) JFK International Airport (New York) JFK Memorial (Dallas) JFK Memorial Bridge (Kentucky–Indiana) JFK School of Government (Harvard Univ.) JFK Special Warfare Center and School (Fort Bragg, North Carolina) JFK University (California) JFK Memorial (Runnymede, Britain) Yad Kennedy (Jerusalem) USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)

Family	Jacqueline Bouvier (wife) Caroline Kennedy (daughter) John F. Kennedy Jr. son plane crash Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (son) John Schlossberg (grandson) Rose Schlossberg (granddaughter) Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (father) Rose Fitzgerald (mother) Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (brother) Rosemary Kennedy (sister) Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (sister) Eunice Kennedy Shriver (sister) Patricia Kennedy Lawford (sister) Robert F. Kennedy (brother) Jean Kennedy Smith (sister) Ted Kennedy (brother) P. J. Kennedy (paternal grandfather) John F. Fitzgerald (maternal grandfather)

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Ted Kennedy

February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009 United States Senator from Massachusetts, 1962—2009

Electoral history	United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1962 United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 United States presidential election, 1980

Books	My Senator and Me: A Dog's-Eye View of Washington, D.C. (2006) True Compass (2009)

Family, family tree	Joan Bennett Kennedy (first wife) Victoria Reggie Kennedy (second wife, widow) Kara Kennedy (daughter) Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. (son) Patrick J. Kennedy II (son) Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (father) Rose Kennedy (mother) Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (brother) John F. Kennedy (brother presidency) Rosemary Kennedy (sister) Kathleen Kennedy (sister) Eunice Kennedy Shriver (sister) Patricia Kennedy Lawford (sister) Robert F. Kennedy (brother) Jean Kennedy Smith (sister) Patrick J. Kennedy I (grandfather) John F. Fitzgerald (grandfather)

Related	Awards and honors Political positions Kennedy Compound Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act Chappaquiddick incident Mary Jo Kopechne Friends of Ireland

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