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Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated the year before.
Original Release
11/08/1964 on NBC
US Release
11/08/1964
Cast
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar W. Underwood | Sunday, 08 November 1964 |
| 2 | Mary S. McDowell | Sunday, 15 November 1964 |
| 3 | Thomas Hart Benton | Sunday, 29 November 1964 |
| 4 | Richard T. Ely | Sunday, 06 December 1964 |
| 5 | Sam Houston | Sunday, 13 December 1964 |
| 6 | Governor John M. Slaton | Sunday, 20 December 1964 |
| 7 | John Adams | Sunday, 27 December 1964 |
| 8 | Robert A. Taft | Sunday, 03 January 1965 |
| 9 | Anne Hutchinson | Sunday, 10 January 1965 |
| 10 | General Alexander William Doniphan | Sunday, 17 January 1965 |
| 11 | John Peter Altgeld | Sunday, 24 January 1965 |
| 12 | Frederick Douglass | Sunday, 31 January 1965 |
| 13 | Daniel Webster | Sunday, 07 February 1965 |
| 14 | Woodrow Wilson | Sunday, 14 February 1965 |
| 15 | Prudence Crandall | Sunday, 21 February 1965 |
| 16 | Andrew Johnson | Sunday, 28 February 1965 |
| 17 | Hamilton Fish | Sunday, 07 March 1965 |
| 18 | Charles Evans Hughes | Sunday, 14 March 1965 |
| 19 | Edmund G. Ross | Sunday, 21 March 1965 |
| 20 | George W. Norris | Sunday, 28 March 1965 |
| 21 | Grover Cleveland | Sunday, 04 April 1965 |
| 22 | John Quincy Adams | Sunday, 11 April 1965 |
| 23 | John Marshall | Sunday, 18 April 1965 |
| 24 | Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey | Sunday, 25 April 1965 |
| 25 | George Mason | Sunday, 02 May 1965 |
| 26 | Thomas Corwin | Sunday, 09 May 1965 |
Directors
Lamont Johnson, Sherman Marks, Robert Gist, Michael Ritchie, José Quintero, Michael O'Herlihy, Alexander Singer, Gerald Mayer, Robert Stevens, Daniel Petrie, Cyril Ritchard, Joseph Anthony, Andrew Singer, Robert Crist
Writers
Don Mankiewicz, A.J. Russell, David Karp, John F. Kennedy, Andy Lewis, Philip S. Goodman, William Hanley, Jonathan Miller, Peter S. Feibleman, Walter Bernstein
