James A. Michener's Centennial was a TV-(Mini)series of 1 season that ran from 1978 to 1979.
Storyline
The story of the evolution of the town Centennial, Colorado, following the paths of dozens of people who come to the area for many reasons: money, freedom, or crime. It also shows the bigoted treatment of the Native Indians by the advancing US colonists. It is topped off with a murder mystery that takes 100 years to solve. - Source: IMDb.com
Main cast
Actors appearing in more than 40% of all episodes.
- Raymond Burr (12 episodes as Herman Bockweiss)
- Barbara Carrera (12 episodes as Clay Basket)
- Richard Chamberlain (12 episodes as Alexander McKeag)
- Robert Conrad (12 episodes as Pasquinel)
- Richard Crenna (12 episodes as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn)
- Chad Everett (12 episodes as Major Maxwell Mercy)
- Sally Kellerman (12 episodes as Lise Bockweiss)
- Dennis Weaver (12 episodes as R.J. Poteet)
- Alex Karras (11 episodes as Hans Brumbaugh)
- Brian Keith (11 episodes as Sheriff Axel Dumire)
- Donald Pleasence (11 episodes as Sam Purchas)
- Lynn Redgrave (11 episodes as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe)
- Stephen McHattie (11 episodes as Jacques 'Jake' Pasquinel)
- William Atherton (10 episodes as Jim Lloyd)
- Timothy Dalton (10 episodes as Oliver Seccombe)
- Cliff De Young (10 episodes as John Skimmerhorn)
- Andy Griffith (10 episodes as Professor Lewis Vernor)
- Gregory Harrison (10 episodes as Levi Zendt)
- David Janssen (10 episodes as Paul Garrett and Narrator)
- Lois Nettleton (10 episodes as Maude Wendell)
- Cristina Raines (10 episodes as Lucinda McKeag Zendt)
- Robert Vaughn (10 episodes as Morgan Wendell)
- Anthony Zerbe (10 episodes as Mervin Wendell)
- Jesse Vint (6 episodes as Amos Calender)
- Sharon Gless (5 episodes as Sidney Endermann)
- Les Lannom (5 episodes as Bufe Coker)
- Kario Salem (5 episodes as Marcel 'Mike' Pasquinel)
- Michael LeClair (5 episodes as Young Jim Lloyd)
- Glynn Turman (5 episodes as Nate Person)
- Gloria McMillan (5 episodes as Mrs. Brumbaugh)
Episodes
| No. | Name | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only the Rocks Live Forever | October 1, 1978 |
| 2 | The Yellow Apron | October 8, 1978 |
| 3 | The Wagon and the Elephant | October 28, 1978 |
| 4 | For as Long as the Waters Flow | November 4, 1978 |
| 5 | The Massacre | November 11, 1978 |
| 6 | The Longhorns | December 3, 1978 |
| 7 | The Shepherds | December 10, 1978 |
| 8 | The Storm | January 14, 1979 |
| 9 | The Crime | January 21, 1979 |
| 10 | The Winds of Fortune | January 28, 1979 |
| 11 | The Winds of Death | February 3, 1979 |
| 12 | The Scream of Eagles | February 4, 1979 |