Profiles in Courage

Thomas Hart Benton (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

In 1850 Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri hopes for California statehood. Knowing it will not be admitted as a slave state he fights Senator Calhoun's bill that would forbid Congress from voting against slavery in the Territories.

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Jim Boles Pres. of Senate Pres. of Senate See fewer	Get Smart (1965)
Richard Bull Francis Preston Blair Francis Preston Blair See fewer	Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Russell Collins Foote Foote See fewer	The Enemy Below (1957)
Gene Darfler Col. Aycoock Col. Aycoock See fewer	Faces (I) (1968)
Ralph Deloach Sen. Dodge Sen. Dodge See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Lyle Fox Mr. Folsom Mr. Folsom See fewer	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
Lamont Johnson Fremont Fremont See fewer	Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Brian Keith Thomas Hart Benton Thomas Hart Benton See fewer	The Parent Trap (1961)
William Lanteau Prince Sevigne Prince Sevigne See fewer	On Golden Pond (1981)
James Maloney Mr. Basserman Mr. Basserman See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Geraldine McEwan Jesse Jesse See fewer	The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
John Newton Newspaperman Newspaperman See fewer	The Detectives (1959)
Carl Benton Reid John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun See fewer	In a Lonely Place (1950)
Bill Walker Joseph Joseph See fewer	Big Jake (1971)
Len Wayland Sen. David Rice Atchison Sen. David Rice Atchison See fewer	Barnaby Jones (1973)
Napoleon Whiting Henry Henry See fewer	Giant (1956)
Jason Wingreen Hanson Hanson See fewer	Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Meg Wyllie Eliza Eliza See fewer	The Last Starfighter (1984)