Kennedy (1983 miniseries)

1983 American TV series or program

Kennedy

Written by| Reg Gadney
Directed by| Jim Goddard
Starring| Martin Sheen
Blair Brown
John Shea
E. G. Marshall
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Vincent Gardenia
Kelsey Grammer
Music by| Richard Hartley
Country of origin| United States
United Kingdom
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 3
Production
Executive producers| Alan Landsburg
Margaret Matheson
Producer| Andrew Brown
Cinematography| Ernest Vincze
Editors| Andrew Nelson
Ralph Sheldon
Running time| 311 minutes
Production companies| Alan Landsburg Productions
Central Independent Television
Original release
Network| NBC
Release| November 20 (1983-11-20) –
November 22, 1983 (1983-11-22)

Kennedy is a 1983 five-hour television miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard.[1] The miniseries is a biography of the 1961–1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. It was co-produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on November 20, 1983, and concluding on November 22, the twentieth anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.

The miniseries stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, E. G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Geraldine Fitzgerald as Rose Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover, and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others.

The series was originally broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneously.[2]

## Cast

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* Martin Sheen as John F. Kennedy
* Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy
* John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy
* E. G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
* Geraldine Fitzgerald as Rose Kennedy
* Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover
* Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith
* Charles Brown as Martin Luther King Jr.
* Kevin Conroy as Edward M. Kennedy
* Nesbitt Blaisdell as Lyndon B. Johnson
* Tom Brennan as Adlai Stevenson
* Ellen Parker as Ethel Kennedy
* Donald Neal as Ralph Yarborough
* John Glover as Bill
* Jessica Ann Durr as Caroline Kennedy (ages 5–6)
* Hannah Fallon as Caroline Kennedy (ages 3–4)
* James Burge as Peter Lawford
* Peter Boyden as Pierre Salinger
* Laurie Kennedy as Patricia Kennedy Lawford
* Joe Lowry as Dave Powers
* Joanna Camp as Eunice Kennedy Shriver
* Al Conti as Sargent Shriver
* Frances Conroy as Jean Kennedy Smith
* Kent Broadhurst as Richard Paul Pavlick
* Peggy Hewitt as Letitia Baldrige
* David Leary as Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
* Don MacLaughlin as Chief Justice Earl Warren
* Larry Keith as Stanley Levison
* Harry Madsen as Clint Hill
* Tanny McDonald as Lady Bird Johnson
* Carmen Mathews as Mamie Eisenhower
* David Schramm as Robert McNamara
* Janet Sheen as Elaine de Kooning
* Trey Wilson as Kenneth O'Donnell
* George Guidall as Nicholas Katzenbach
* Barton Heyman as Curtis LeMay
* J. R. Dusenberry as John Connally
* Margo Tully as Nellie Connally
* Satch Franklin as extra at armoury

## Reception

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The series was nominated for three Golden Globes and four BAFTA Awards, and won the latter for Best Drama Series or Serial and Best Make Up.

### Nielsen Ratings

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Part 1 averaged a 12.0/17, against The Day After, and ranked 54th out of 64 programs the week of November 14–20, 1983.[3] However, Parts 2 and 3 both ranked in the Top 10 for the week, with Part 2 averaging a 22.3/34 and Part 3 averaging a 24.3/37. Out of 64 programs airing the week of November 21–27, 1983, Part 2 ranked 6th for the week, and Part 3 ranked 4th for the week.[4]

## See also

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* Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
* Robert F. Kennedy in media
* Assassination of John F. Kennedy in popular culture

## References

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1. ^ Kennedy: The Complete Series (1983), ASIN B001KGDNAW
2. ^ Central. The Times, Tuesday, April 21, 1987; pg. 30
3. ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1983/BC-1983-11-28.pdf [bare URL PDF]
4. ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1983/BC-1983-12-05.pdf [bare URL PDF]

## External links

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* Kennedy at IMDb

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Works directed by Jim Goddard

* Out (1978)
* Fox (1980)
* The Black Stuff (1980)
* A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
* The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)
* Kennedy (1983)
* Parker (1984)
* Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil (1985)
* Shanghai Surprise (1986)
* Metamorphosis (1987)
* The Impossible Spy (1987)
* The Four Minute Mile (1988)
* The Free Frenchman (1989)
* De terre et de sang (1992)
* Lie Down with Lions (1994)
* Gadgetman (1996)
* The House of Angelo (1997)

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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)|

* Transition
* Inauguration
* Cabinet
* Judicial appointments
* Supreme Court
* Executive Orders
* Presidential Proclamations
* Presidential pardons
* Presidential limousine
* Presidential yacht
* Resolute desk
* Situation Room

| Foreign policy|

* Alliance for Progress
* Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
* Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
* Flexible response
* Kennedy Doctrine
* Peace Corps
* Trade Expansion Act
* Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
* USAID
* Vietnam War
* Cuba: Bay of Pigs Invasion
* Cuban Project
* Cuban Missile Crisis
* ExComm
* Soviet Union: Berlin Crisis
* Moscow–Washington hotline
* Vienna summit

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New Frontier|

* Communications Satellite Act
* Community Mental Health Act
* Equal Pay Act
* Executive Order 11110
* Federal affirmative action
* Federal housing segregation ban
* Fifty-mile hikes
* Food for Peace
* Pilot Food Stamp Program
* Presidential Medal of Freedom
* Space policy
* Status of Women (Presidential Commission)
* University of Alabama integration
* Voter Education Project
* All-Channel Receiver Act
* Oil Pollution Act of 1961
* Revenue Act of 1962
* Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961
* Wetlands Loan Act

Presidential
speeches|

* Inaugural address
* American University speech
* "We choose to go to the Moon"
* Report to the American People on Civil Rights
* "Ich bin ein Berliner"
* "A rising tide lifts all boats"
* Remarks at Amherst College on the Arts
* State of the Union Address
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963

Elections|

* U.S. House of Representatives elections: 1946
* 1948
* 1950
* U.S. Senate elections in Massachusetts: 1952
* 1958
* 1960 presidential primaries
* 1960 presidential campaign
* Democratic National Conventions: 1956
* 1960
* U.S. presidential election 1960
* debates

Personal life|

* Birthplace and childhood home
* Kennedy Compound
* Hickory Hill
* La Querida
* Wexford
* Navy service: PT-109
* Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana
* Arthur Evans
* PT-59
* Castle Hot Springs
* Hammersmith Farm
* Coretta Scott King phone call
* "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
* John F. Kennedy document hoax

Books|

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

Death|

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

Legacy|

* Bibliography
* John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
* Profile in Courage Award
* Twenty-fourth Amendment
* Civil Rights Act of 1964
* Apollo 11 Moon landing
* Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
* Kennedy Space Center
* 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
* Operation Sail

Memorials,
namesakes|

* Harvard Kennedy School
* Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
* John F. Kennedy Federal Building (Boston)
* John F. Kennedy International Airport
* Boston statue
* Brooklyn bust
* Dallas memorial
* Hyannis memorial
* London bust
* Nashua bust
* Portland memorial
* Runnymede memorial
* John F. Kennedy Arboretum
* John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
* John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
* John F. Kennedy University (defunct)
* John F. Kennedy Stadium
* Kennedy Expressway
* Mount Kennedy
* MV John F. Kennedy
* USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
* USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
* Yad Kennedy
* Love Park

Family|

* Jacqueline Bouvier (wife)
* Caroline Kennedy (daughter)
* John F. Kennedy Jr. (son)
* Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (son)
* Rose Schlossberg (granddaughter)
* Tatiana Schlossberg (granddaughter)
* Jack Schlossberg (grandson)
* 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 (grandfather)
* John F. Fitzgerald (grandfather)
* Pushinka (dog)
* Billie and Debbie (hamsters)
* Sardar (horse)

* ← Dwight D. Eisenhower
* Lyndon B. Johnson →

* Category

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Robert F. Kennedy

November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968

* 64th United States Attorney General, 1961–1964
* United States senator from New York, 1965–1968

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
* Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
* Mississippi Delta tour
* Kennedy Compound
* Hickory Hill home

Electoral|

* 1964 U.S. Senate election
* 1968 presidential campaign
* primaries
* Boiler Room Girls

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
* Executive Order 14176

Legacy and
memorials|

* Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
* Robert F. Kennedy silver dollar
* Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights
* Human Rights Award
* Journalism Award
* Book Award
* Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
* Brooklyn Memorial
* Landmark for Peace Memorial
* Arch of Dignity, Equality, and Justice
* Kennedy–King College
* Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools
* Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
* USNS Robert F. Kennedy

Popular
culture|

* Robert F. Kennedy in media
* 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)
* Killing Kennedy (2013 film)
* Jackie (2016 film)
* Bobby Kennedy for President (2018 miniseries)

Family,
family tree|

* Ethel Skakel (wife)
* Kathleen Kennedy (daughter)
* Joseph Patrick Kennedy (son)
* Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (son)
* Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (son)
* Kerry Kennedy (daughter)
* Christopher G. Kennedy (son)
* Max Kennedy (son)
* Douglas Harriman Kennedy (son)
* Rory Kennedy (daughter)
* Maeve Kennedy McKean (granddaughter)
* Joseph P. Kennedy III (grandson)
* Max Kennedy Jr. (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)
* Mary Augusta Kennedy (grandmother)
* John F. Fitzgerald (grandfather)

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