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  • Pioneers of Television Breaking Barriers (Season 4, Episode 3)
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    TV Episode | 56 min | Documentary, History

Pioneers of Television

Breaking Barriers (Season 4, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 56 min | Documentary, History

From PBS: This episode traces the story of people of color on American television -- including the mid-1960s breakthroughs of African Americans Diahann Carroll ("Julia") and Bill Cosby ("I Spy"). Latino landmarks range from "I Love Lucy" ...See moreFrom PBS: This episode traces the story of people of color on American television -- including the mid-1960s breakthroughs of African Americans Diahann Carroll ("Julia") and Bill Cosby ("I Spy"). Latino landmarks range from "I Love Lucy" with Desi Arnaz to "Miami Vice" with Edward James Olmos. Also featured are Asian-Americans like George Takei ("Star Trek"), who details his youth spent in a Japanese internment camp. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Steve Boettcher (as Steven J. Boettcher)
Status
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Updated Apr 29, 2014

Release date
Apr 29, 2014 (United States)

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77 cast members
Name Known for
Benjamin Bratt
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
Self (as Jimmie Walker) Self (as Jimmie Walker)   See fewer
Ed Ames
Self Self   See fewer
Richard Pryor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Desi Arnaz
Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy (archive footage) Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy (archive footage)   See fewer
Lucille Ball
Lucy Ricardo - I Love Lucy (archive footage) Lucy Ricardo - I Love Lucy (archive footage)   See fewer
Milton Berle
Self - Texaco Star Theater (archive footage) Self - Texaco Star Theater (archive footage)   See fewer
Humphrey Bogart
Dobbs - Film Treasure of the Sierra Madre (archive footage) Dobbs - Film Treasure of the Sierra Madre (archive footage)   See fewer
Leo Carrillo
Pancho - the Cisco Kid (archive footage) Pancho - the Cisco Kid (archive footage)   See fewer
Alvin Childress
Amos Jones - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage) Amos Jones - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage)   See fewer
Marc Copage
Corey Baker - Julia (archive footage) Corey Baker - Julia (archive footage)   See fewer
Franklin Cover
Tom Willis - the Jeffersons (archive footage) Tom Willis - the Jeffersons (archive footage)   See fewer
Mike Evans
Lionel Jefferson - All in the Family (archive footage) Lionel Jefferson - All in the Family (archive footage)   See fewer
Gail Fisher
Peggy Fair - Mannix (archive footage) Peggy Fair - Mannix (archive footage)   See fewer
The Four Step Brothers
Themselves - episode of Texaco Star Theater (archive footage) Themselves - episode of Texaco Star Theater (archive footage)   See fewer
Alec Guinness
Koichi Asano - Film A Majority of One (archive footage) Koichi Asano - Film A Majority of One (archive footage)   See fewer
Rusty Hamer
Rusty Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage) Rusty Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage)   See fewer
Amy Hill
Grandma Kim - All American Girl (archive footage) Grandma Kim - All American Girl (archive footage)   See fewer
Sherry Jackson
Terry Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage) Terry Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage)   See fewer
Don Johnson
Det. James Crockett - Miami Vice (archive footage) Det. James Crockett - Miami Vice (archive footage)   See fewer
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Rudy Huxtable (archive footage) Rudy Huxtable (archive footage)   See fewer
Clyde Kusatsu
Benny Kim - All American Girl (archive footage) Benny Kim - All American Girl (archive footage)   See fewer
Bruce Lee
Kato - Green Hornet (archive footage) Kato - Green Hornet (archive footage)   See fewer
Marjorie Lord
Kathy Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage) Kathy Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage)   See fewer
Lee Meriwether
Losira - episode of Star Trek (archive footage) Losira - episode of Star Trek (archive footage)   See fewer
Clayton Moore
Lone Ranger - the Lone Ranger (archive footage) Lone Ranger - the Lone Ranger (archive footage)   See fewer
Tim Moore
George 'Kingfish' Stevens - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage) George 'Kingfish' Stevens - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage)   See fewer
Greg Morris
Barney Collier - Mission: Impossible (archive footage) Barney Collier - Mission: Impossible (archive footage)   See fewer
David Nelson
David Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage) David Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage)   See fewer
Harriet Nelson
Harriet Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage) Harriet Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage)   See fewer
Ozzie Nelson
Ozzie Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage) Ozzie Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage)   See fewer
Ricky Nelson
Ricky Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage) Ricky Nelson - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (archive footage)   See fewer
Leonard Nimoy
Mr. Spock - Star Trek (archive footage) Mr. Spock - Star Trek (archive footage)   See fewer
Lloyd Nolan
Dr. Morton Chegley (archive footage) Dr. Morton Chegley (archive footage)   See fewer
Carroll O'Connor
Archie Bunker - All in the Family (archive footage) Archie Bunker - All in the Family (archive footage)   See fewer
Amanda Randolph
Louise the Maid - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage) Louise the Maid - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage)   See fewer
Phylicia Rashad
Clair Huxtable (archive footage) Clair Huxtable (archive footage)   See fewer
Duncan Renaldo
Cisco Kid - the Cisco Kid (archive footage) Cisco Kid - the Cisco Kid (archive footage)   See fewer
Roxie Roker
Helen Willis - the Jeffersons (archive footage) Helen Willis - the Jeffersons (archive footage)   See fewer
Gilbert Roland
Cisco Kid - Film the California Trail (archive footage) Cisco Kid - Film the California Trail (archive footage)   See fewer
Esther Rolle
Florida Evans - Good Times (archive footage) Florida Evans - Good Times (archive footage)   See fewer
Rosalind Russell
Bertha Jacoby (archive footage) Bertha Jacoby (archive footage)   See fewer
William Shatner
Capt. James T. Kirk (archive footage) Capt. James T. Kirk (archive footage)   See fewer
Gregory Sierra
Lt. Lou Rodriguez - Miami Vice (archive footage) Lt. Lou Rodriguez - Miami Vice (archive footage)   See fewer
Jay Silverheels
Tonto - the Lone Ranger (archive footage) Tonto - the Lone Ranger (archive footage)   See fewer
Kate Smith
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mel Stewart
Henry Jefferson - All in the Family (archive footage) Henry Jefferson - All in the Family (archive footage)   See fewer
Nick Stewart
Lightnin' the Janitor - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage) Lightnin' the Janitor - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage)   See fewer
Danny Thomas
Danny Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage) Danny Williams - Make Room for Daddy (archive footage)   See fewer
Philip Michael Thomas
Det. Ricardo Tubbs - Miami Vice (archive footage) Det. Ricardo Tubbs - Miami Vice (archive footage)   See fewer
Ernestine Wade
Sapphire Stevens - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage) Sapphire Stevens - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage)   See fewer
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Theo Huxtable - Cosby Show (archive footage) Theo Huxtable - Cosby Show (archive footage)   See fewer
Spencer Williams
Andy Brown - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage) Andy Brown - Amos 'n' Andy Show (archive footage)   See fewer
Van Williams
Brit Reid - Green Hornet (archive footage) Brit Reid - Green Hornet (archive footage)   See fewer
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