
Profiles in Courage
BiographyDramaHistory
⭐ 8.2 / 10(103)
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who faced terrible life crises.
- Runtime
- 1h
- Released
- 1964
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1964
Storyline
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who faced terrible life crises.
Top credits
Cast
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Jason Wingreen — Colby, Editor, Hanson, Reporter, Samuel Gray
Ken Drake — John Greenleaf Whittier, Minister, Mr. Wilson, Senator Shields
Woodrow Parfrey — Governor William Brandon, Principal Ralston, Slave Dealer
Len Wayland — Owen, Sen. David Rice Atchison, Stanbery
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
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• Only two actors played the same character in more than one episode of the series: Alan Hewitt played Thomas Jefferson in John Quincy Adams (1965) and John Marshall (1965); Carl Benton Reid played John C. Calhoun in Thomas Hart Benton (1964) and Daniel Webster (1965).
Episodes
26 episodes – 1 seasons
User reviews
⭐ /10
A View of Political Courage
👍 24 · 10/2/2005
⭐ 10/10
Deserves to be watched by all Americans.
👍 5 · 1/19/2012
⭐ /10
Dubious claim of authorship of book on which TV series is based
👍 5 · 12/19/2018
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Black and White












