Forrest Bedford is a Southern lawyer in the late 1950s, generally content with his privileged life.
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- Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 30 wins & 38 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
| Sam Waterston | ... |
Forrest Bedford
(38 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Regina Taylor | ... |
Lilly Harper
(38 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Jeremy London | ... |
Nathaniel 'Nathan' Bedford
(38 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Ashlee Levitch | ... |
Francie Bedford
(38 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| John Aaron Bennett | ... |
John Morgan Bedford
(38 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Kathryn Harrold | ... |
Christina LeKatzis
(38 episodes, 1991-1993)
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Peter Simmons | ... |
Paul Slocum
(38 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| RaéVen Kelly | ... |
Adlaine Harper
(19 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Bill Cobbs | ... |
Lewis Coleman
(13 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Scott Paulin | ... |
Tucker Anderson
(11 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Elizabeth Omilami | ... |
Joelyn
(11 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Roger Aaron Brown | ... |
Reverend Henry
(10 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Rebecca Koon | ... |
Eileen Slocum
(9 episodes, 1991-1992)
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| Harold Perrineau | ... |
Robert Evans
(8 episodes, 1991-1993)
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Danny Nelson | ... |
Chief Mayhew
(8 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Sonny Shroyer | ... |
Bobby Slocum
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(8 episodes, 1991-1992)
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| Ed Grady | ... |
Judge Lake Stevens
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(8 episodes, 1991-1992)
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| Brad Sullivan | ... |
Coach Zollicofer Weed
(7 episodes, 1991-1992)
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| Deborah Hedwall | ... |
Gwen Bedford
(7 episodes, 1991-1992)
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Kathy Larson | ... |
Cookie Baker
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(7 episodes, 1992-1993)
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| Mary Alice | ... |
Marguerite Peck
(7 episodes, 1992)
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| Vondie Curtis-Hall | ... |
Joe Clay
(6 episodes, 1992-1993)
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| Wendy Benson-Landes | ... |
Taylor
(6 episodes, 1992-1993)
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| Joe Inscoe | ... |
Kyle Cooper
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(6 episodes, 1992-1993)
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| Amy Ryan | ... |
Parkie Sasser
(6 episodes, 1992)
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| Rebecca Wackler | ... |
Laurie
(5 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| N'Bushe Wright | ... |
Claudia Bishop
(5 episodes, 1992-1993)
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| Geoff McKnight | ... |
Plaquemines
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(5 episodes, 1992-1993)
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Terry Beaver | ... |
Nick Larkin
(5 episodes, 1992-1993)
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Steve DuMouchel | ... |
Brad Dunkins
(5 episodes, 1992-1993)
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Joseph Wilkins | ... |
Trux Emerson
(5 episodes, 1992-1993)
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Saundra Dunson-Franks | ... |
Sara
(4 episodes, 1991-1993)
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Christy Dennis | ... |
Miranda
(4 episodes, 1991-1992)
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Gerald Brown | ... |
Higgs
(4 episodes, 1991)
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Emerson St. John | ... |
Corey Bedford
(4 episodes, 1991)
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| Dorian Harewood | ... |
Clarence 'Cool Papa' Charleston
(4 episodes, 1992)
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| Brett Rice | ... |
D.A. McKeeson
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(4 episodes, 1992)
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Frank Taylor | ... |
Jerry Blount
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(4 episodes, 1992)
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Tom Even | ... |
Judge
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(3 episodes, 1991-1993)
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| Tom Nowicki | ... |
Darren Snyder
(3 episodes, 1991-1992)
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Jane Smithwick | ... |
Lucy
(3 episodes, 1991-1992)
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| Rob Scoggins Jr. | ... |
Friend of Nathan
(3 episodes, 1991)
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Jason Eden | ... |
M. Sugarbush
(3 episodes, 1991)
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| Jimmie Ray Weeks |
(3 episodes, 1992-1993)
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Stephen Michael Ayers | ... |
Tim Underhill
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(3 episodes, 1992-1993)
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Brett Snell | ... |
Roddy Anderson
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(3 episodes, 1992-1993)
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| Cara Buono | ... |
Diane
(3 episodes, 1992)
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| Suzzanne Douglas | ... |
Ruth
(3 episodes, 1992)
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| Steve Coulter | ... |
Officer Gatewood
(3 episodes, 1992)
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Michael Dolan | ... |
Francis
(3 episodes, 1992)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1993) (United States) (tv) (original airing)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Forrest Bedford is a Southern lawyer in the late 1950s, generally content with his privileged life. But the winds of change are blowing, and he becomes increasingly involved with civil rights cases. Mean- while, Lilly Harper, who cares for his children, is on her own journey of political and personal awareness.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In the 2013 book "Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad", David Chase (a writer and Executive Producer on this show before creating The Sopranos (1999)) recalled his impatience with some of the network's strategies for marketing the show, especially NBC airing commercials featuring Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World". "If I'd had a gun, I would have killed somebody. What fucking wonderful world? Ku Klux Klan, Mississippi civil rights workers being murdered, housewives from Detroit being gunned down in their cars, black kids being lynched? They were trying to sell a series about human pain as a cute story about some cute little boy and his nanny. And it fucking made me want to puke." See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992). See more » |
| Quotes |
[Francie and John Morgan are fighting in the back seat]
D.A. Forrest Bedford: If I have to stop this car somebody's going to regret it! See more » |