Lincoln on Television
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- StarsCharles CollingwoodJames DalyDonald Davis"A Season of War" tells of 1863. during the Civil War. and the pressures and problems which faced the nation. Donald Davis is Lincoln; Ossie Davis is Frederick Douglass..
- StarsRichard BlakeTary RebenarA. Lincoln Portrayal Slated. Richard Blake, famous Lincoln interpreter, stars in "A Look at Lincoln," a dramatic portrayal of our 16th president, at 9.30 P.M. February 7 on channels 67, 73, 28. The gifted actor recreates a warm and human picture of Lincoln as the country storyteller, young frontier lawyer, budding politician and war-weary president. Using Lincoln's actual speeches, letters and anecdotes, the performance evokes the humor, paths and ideals of the Great Emancipator. Blake portrayed Lincoln for many years and has toured extensively, visiting colleges, communities and professional theaters. Appearing with Blake will be folksinger Tary Rebenar, who: sings "The Blue Tailed Fly," "Wait for the Wagon," and some Lincoln campaign songs..
- StarsRichard BlakeJohn F. KennedyRichard NixonIf Abraham Lincoln were running for President now, how would he use television? Would he let himself be packaged and sold like a laundry soap? The program examines the use of television by political candidates by showing how "Abe," played by actor Richard Blake, might organize his political campaign today. Featured are political commercials from past campaigns, including the first spots ever done -- for Eisenhower in 1952, and a portion of the first Nixon-Kennedy debate.
- StarsFrancis ChoulerJustin SalingerCarel NelThe documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
- DirectorRobert GuenetteStarsRichard BasehartJoseph Leisch Jr.Robert LeonardThe events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dramatized using simulated documentary footage.
- DirectorRob ThompsonStarsKris KristoffersonJane CurtinBug HallThe story of Abraham Lincoln's presidency told from the perspective of his son, Tad.
- DirectorGordon RigsbyStarsRoy DotriceGeorge C. Scott
- DirectorAdrian MoatStarsTom HanksRegen WilsonBilly CampbellBased on The New York Times best-selling novel, Killing Lincoln is the suspenseful, eye-opening story of the events surrounding the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
- DirectorFielder CookStarsCharles DurningArthur HillHope LangeA television adaptation of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Abraham Lincoln did verbal battle with Stephen Douglas, his opponent for a U.S. Senate seat, over the issue of slavery.
- StarsGraham SibleyStefan AdegbolaJenny SteadThrough a poverty-ridden childhood on the American frontier, Lincoln is determined to leave his mark on the world.
- DirectorJohn MoffittStarsEd SullivanJack BittnerThe Bob De Voye TrioHal Holbrook (as Abe Lincon) and Jack Bittner (as Stephen A. Douglas) perform the debate scene from the off-Broadway play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois." Patti Page sings "Big Daddy"/"Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" medley and "Just a Simple Melody." The Three Stooges perform an operating sketch in a parody of TV doctor shows. Bill Dana in character as "C.I.A. Spy Jose Jimenez". Sculptor Avard Tennyson Fairbanks works on a clay model of Abe Lincoln's head throughout show.
- CreatorDouglas HeyesStarsKirstie AlleyDavid CarradinePhilip CasnoffThe story of two friends and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
- CreatorDouglas HeyesStarsKirstie AlleyGeorg Stanford BrownDavid CarradineTwo friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
- StarsHal HolbrookSada ThompsonMichael CristoferThe life of Abraham Lincoln is told in episodic parts.
- DirectorHerschel DaughertyStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyKirk, Spock, Abraham Lincoln and Vulcan legend Surak are pitted in battle against notorious villains from history for the purpose of helping a conscious rock creature's understanding of a concept he does not understand, "good vs. evil".
- DirectorJohn GrayStarsRob MorrowLance HenriksenDonna MurphyApril 14, 1865. As four year of Civil War draw to a close, our country again faces unforgettable tragedy: the assassination of the President. Starring Lance Henriksen as the Great Emancipator and Rob Morrow as assassin John Wilkes Booth, this riveting recreation of The Day Lincoln Was Shot (from Jim Bishop's landmark book) is a thrilling and detailed chronicle of the plot, murder and manhunt that changed America forever. To avenge what he called the Confederacy's "noble cause," Booth conspires with his motley followers, rages and boasts, and aspires to a place in history as a Great Man. The weary Lincoln, longing for a just peace, meets with his Cabinet, steals precious time with his family and dreams - literally - of the death of a President. Minute by minute, killer and victim edge closer to the burst of gunfire at Ford's Theatre that stopped Lincoln's heart - and shattered the country's soul.
- DirectorJack SmightStarsRaymond MasseyLowell ThomasThe drama examines the reasons for Lincoln's trip to Gettysburg and shows the reactions of the press, public figures and general public to his famous Gettysburg Address.
- DirectorRichard GoodeStarsLeopold BadiaLeonard BellOwen CliffordHumble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsCasey AllenGus AubreyRichard BishopHumble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
- DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsChuck ConnorsJohnny CrawfordPaul FixAn eccentric man who pretends he's Abe Lincoln spends a weekend with Lucas and Mark. He finds himself in trouble when he gets in a fight with a man in the saloon and breaks the man's arm.
- DirectorAndrew McCulloughNorman LloydJudd WhitingStarsAlistair CookeRoyal DanoCrahan DentonThe program has six segments: (1) "Lincoln Part I: The End and the Beginning" (drama tracing the end and beginning of Abraham Lincoln's life), (2) "The Telephone" (comic operatic sketch), (3) "Leonardo da Vinci" (short portrayal of the Italian polymath), (4) "Lonely Hearts Ballet" (showing of a 1952 ballet film short), (5) "Flagg Dog Training School" (feature), and (6) "Plastics" (short documentary).
- DirectorAndrew McCulloughJean Benoît-LévyNorman LloydStarsClaude BessyKenneth BuckBlanche CholetThe program has five segments: (1) "Lincoln, Part II: Early Boyhood" (drama tracing Abraham Lincoln's early youth), (2) "A Christmas Tie" (William Saroyan story), (3) "Tugboat Captain" (documentary), (4) "The Automobile" (short feature), and (5) "Dance Madness" (French ballet production).
- DirectorAndrew McCulloughNorman LloydStarsJames BroderickBlanche CharlesAlistair CookeNorman Lloyd and James Agee continue the story of Lincoln; Robert Tallman and Helen Hayes present stories of Mother Goose.
- DirectorAndrew McCulloughNorman LloydStarsJames AgeeBrian AherneAlistair CookeThe program has five segments: (1) "Lincoln Part IV: New Salem" (tracing Lincoln's arrival in New Salem), (2) "Henry V, Act 5, Scene 2" (famous Shakespearean love scene), (3) "Jose Greco" (production of Ravel's 'Bolero'), (4) "Old Time Aviation" (celebration in film of 50th anniversary of aviation), and (5) "Role of a Rescue Helicopter in Korea" (feature).
- DirectorAndrew McCulloughNorman LloydStarsRichard BordenAlistair CookeRoyal DanoThe program has five segments: (1) "Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge" (tracing Lincoln's early political career), (2) "Napoleon's Love Letters" (dialogue from love letters between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine), (3) "The Pelican" (wildlife feature), (4) "Valentines" (tracing the origin of Valentine's Day and the exchange of valentines), and (5) (driver training film).
- DirectorTad DanielewskiNorman LloydStarsAlistair CookeJames AgeeBlanche CholetThe program has two segments: (1) "Mr. Lincoln" (feature film on the young Abraham Lincoln made from previous Omnibus episodes), and (2) "The Story of Valentines" (short feature on the history of valentines).
- DirectorTucker BowenStarsSidney Blackmer Jr.Shoshana CohenTom GambrillWorld remembers Abraham Lincoln as Frank,Candid,forthright and honest political icon but behind this mythic "Honest Abe" lies a master politician,a skilled manipulator and clever tactician bending men to his will.
- DirectorMolly HermannStarsJulia BaylissEdwin Brown IIIJay ButlerWashington, D.C. in 1861. The Civil War is at the doorstep and the city is bracing for disaster. America is a country torn in two. An untested President Lincoln strives to make the nation's capital the political center of the Union, but finds he is surrounded by Southern sympathies and under constant threat of attack. See how this once sleepy small town grew into the metropolis we know today. A city cast in marble, a symbol of American liberty and a memorial to those who fought tooth and nail to preserve it.
- DirectorMolly HermannStarsWilliam FrascaTuesday BeebeBecca BoothWe all know the main story of Abraham Lincoln's death, how he was killed, where it took place, and who pulled the trigger. But what exactly happened during the last day of his life? Relive April 14, 1865, as we track the hours of the day that shocked the world, following both assassin and victim on separate paths that would ultimately converge at the Presidential Box at Ford's Theatre. We'll also look at the objects, like Lincoln's hat and John Wilkes Booth's gun, that witnessed the crime that changed the course of American history forever.
- DirectorKeith JohnsonShane SeleyStarsJoe AullJoAnn BarberDan BarnettThis is the story of the 1860 election, and how a group of politically minded young men created a national political organization - the Wide Awakes - who marched by torch light and may have handed the Presidency to Abraham Lincoln
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyTrey MillerSpotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyMichael AlbanAbraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyBen AnklamRobert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyJerome ArringtonFormer slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyDevin AlbertA Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneySean ArchuletThe North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyZach BallOnce drummed out of the army for drinking, Ulysses S. Grant earns his place as the North's best general; the Union's first black regiment marches into battle;
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyTracey AllynA U.S. senator, war hero, and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America;
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneySean ArchuletGeorge McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyAnthony MisianoJohn Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
- DirectorKevin R. HershbergerStarsBrian KilmeadeDermot MulroneyMichael AlbanThe defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;
- DirectorPhilip LeacockStarsDean JonesAnn SothernDennis WeaverA ten-year-old girl writes a letter to President Abraham Lincoln urging him to grow a beard.
- DirectorAllen ReisnerStarsRichard JordanPatty DukeBlair BrownJoseph Armagh rejects the love of Elizabeth Healey, learns of the dying Katherine Hennessey's unrequited love, promising to wed her daughter Bernadette before Katherine's jealous husband goes too far in a salacious attack on Joseph.
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsJames WhitmoreMelvyn DouglasTeresa WrightAt age 63, Ulysses S. Grant learns he is dying of cancer. Mark Twain, his friend, remarked, "He was groping in the past to find himself, to salvage from the wreckage of his life some remnants of his self-esteem." The story unfolds in flashbacks through his illustrious life.
- DirectorAlex SegalStarsArthur AndersonJohn BaragreyMelvyn DouglasAt age 63, Ulysses S. Grant learns he is dying of cancer. The story of his illustrious life unfolds in flashbacks.
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertScott MarloweThe guys are transported to February 1861 to a barn where a group of conspirators led by Jeremiah plots to kill Abraham Lincoln. They have developed a time bomb but are surprised by a raid of governmental agents. Tony flees with Jeremiah.
- DirectorBen KruegerStarsTheo WilsonShana BergStephanie BrightTheo Wilson time travels to 1865 and immerses himself in the events that lead to the assassination of President Lincoln
- DirectorBrook LinderStarsLisa MortonLauren ParkerDave SchraderUncloaks the historic origins of the horror of two grieving First Ladies. Did they unwittingly invite an evil presence with a malevolent agenda that may still torment America's presidents, as well as their families, visitors, and advisors?
- DirectorMax MillerStarsMark Samual BonannoBroden KellyZachary RuaneThe guys plot to recover a pirate's booty. A surprise call from a talk show host sends Zach on an odyssey, while shocking news sends Ed Helms reeling.
- DirectorJustin FolkStarsRobert BroskiJason J. LewisAllen GuelzoThe most famous debates in American history turned a little known Illinois lawyer into a presidential contender when Abraham Lincoln confronted slavery with the Declaration of Independence's idea that all men are created equal.
- 2013–201544mTV-G7.9 (20)TV EpisodeDirectorJonathan JudgeStarsAmber FrankCurtis HarrisBenjamin Flores Jr.Louie takes Frankie to Ghost World on her birthday; Frankie is put into ghost jail.
- CreatorBarry FanaroMort NathanStarsChi McBrideMax BakerDann FlorekThe misadventures of Abraham Lincoln, his loony associates, and the only sane man among them, the President's Black butler Desmond Pfeiffer.
- DirectorMaurice GeraghtyStarsBruce BennettRhys WilliamsClaire Du BreyAbraham Lincoln interrupts his campaign for the U.S. Senate to defend the son of a boyhood friend who has been charged with murder.
- DirectorCharles BennettStarsDorothy BruceJoseph J. GreeneRichard HaleDetective Allan Pinkerton thwarts a plot to kill President-elect Abraham Lincoln in 1861.
- DirectorJules BrickenStarsLloyd CorriganJeff DonnellJames GriffithStory of Abe Lincoln and his love for Ann Rutledge.
- Episode: (2001)2000–200241mTV-GTV EpisodeDirectorDavid PriestStarsJerry OrbachRob TrompMost Americans agree that John Wilkes Booth fired the bullet that killed President Abraham Lincoln during a play at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. But that is where the agreement ends. For years historians have been troubled by the facts surrounding Lincoln's assassination. New evidence suggests the wrong people were put on trial and hanged for this murderous act. Learn who was really behind the Lincoln assassination. There was a walled city located in a vast grove of palm trees in ancient Canaan. It was also the city that blocked the Israelites' conquest of Canaan. But before they could get to the city of Jericho, they had to find a way to cross the Jordan River. Did the Jordan River really stop flowing at the approach of the Israelite army? And if it did, how could a rag tag army of farmers, shepherds, and vagabonds conquer the greatest fortress city of its time? Is it possible that a mighty blast of trumpets brought down 15-foot thick brick walls? The Bible tells a story of intrigue and unwavering faith. But what is the story told by archaeological investigations?
- DirectorJoseph K. ChomynStarsDana AndrewsEd BegleySidney Blackmer
- DirectorH.C. PotterStarsRobert RyanCharles BickfordRichard LongDuring the dark days of the Civil War, a doctor gives President Lincoln a puppy to buoy his spirits.
- DirectorHarry HornerStarsHugh ReillyMichael FoxRichard GainesThe story of five events that propelled Lincoln into the White House.
- DirectorJohn BrahmStarsFrank FergusonDon GarrettJames GregoryDuring the trying days of 1862, Abraham Lincoln overhears a disturbing conversation.