| The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van Heflin, and featuring theme music by Richard Rodgers, presented a weekly one-hour dramatization of the lives of famous Americans and important historical events in American History. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Russell Johnson | Self - Narrator | 3 |
| Andrew Duggan | Col. Callaway | 2 |
| Laurie Mock | Frances Callaway | 2 |
| David McCallum | Capt. Hanning | 2 |
| Claude Akins | Father Kranz | 2 |
| Ricardo Montalban | Philip Crow | 2 |
| Joseph Cotten | Captain Meehan | 2 |
| Peter Graves | Daniel Boone | 2 |
| Lloyd Nolan | Col. Fraser | 2 |
| Noah Beery Jr. | Jervis | 2 |
| Ian Wolfe | Townsend | 2 |
| Miriam Colon | Sarah Crow | 2 |
| Arthur Hunnicutt | Simon Kenton | 2 |
| Eddie Little Sky | Left Hand | 2 |
| Peggy McCay | Mrs. Callaway | 2 |
| Stuart Cooper | Flanders Callaway | 2 |
| James Dunn | Indian Agent McLean | 2 |
| Richard Lupino | Lt. Brown | 2 |
| Kent Smith | Gen. Nelson Miles | 2 |
| Diane Ladd | Annie Thompson | 1 |
| George Kennedy | Sergeant Muldaney | 1 |
| James T. Callahan | Josh | 1 |
| Isabel Cooley | Lydia | 1 |
| Walter Brooke | Taylor | 1 |
| Don Keefer | Copeland | 1 |
| James Daly | George Jones | 1 |
| Frank Cady | Drover | 1 |
| Richard Kiley | Col. Edwin L. Drake | 1 |
| Anthony Caruso | Sitting Bull | 1 |
| Ron Howard | Daniel Waterhouse | 1 |
| Julie Sommars | Meg Jethro | 1 |
| John Dehner | President Thomas Jefferson | 1 |
| Lee Marvin | Misok Bedrozian | 1 |
| Jackie Cooper | Lt. Dickson | 1 |
| John Fiedler | Philip Arnold | 1 |
| Michael Rennie | President Jefferson Davis | 1 |
| Jack Warden | Latham | 1 |
| Earl Holliman | Will Cross | 1 |
| Robert Culp | Sam Houston | 1 |
| Ricardo Montalban | Jean Lafitte | 1 |
| Marion Ross | Sister Marcella | 1 |
| Marion Ross | Etta Wheeler | 1 |
| Victor Jory | Andrew Jackson | 1 |
| Gene Evans | Sgt. Winn | 1 |
| Antoinette Bower | Anna Pratt | 1 |
| Rip Torn | Lieutenant John C. Freemont | 1 |
| Joan Hackett | Sister Blandina | 1 |
| Carroll O'Connor | O'Rourke | 1 |
| Carroll O'Connor | Johann Sutter | 1 |
| Lloyd Bridges | Wild Bill Hickok | 1 |
| Brian Keith | Henry Bergh | 1 |
| Tim O'Connor | Gen. Breckinridge | 1 |
| Wayne Rogers | Tombs | 1 |
| Ruby Dee | Harriet Tubman | 1 |
| Barry Sullivan | William Ralston | 1 |
| Barry Sullivan | E.J. Edwards | 1 |
| Jack Klugman | John Brown | 1 |
| Sorrell Booke | E.W. Ross | 1 |
| Leo Gordon | McCanles | 1 |
| John Marley | Grey Beard | 1 |
| John Marley | Callum | 1 |
| John Anderson | Colonel Knowlton | 1 |
| Leif Erickson | Abel Parrish | 1 |
| Leif Erickson | President Grover Cleveland | 1 |
| Robert Cummings | Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse | 1 |
| Fritz Weaver | Colonel Thomas Rose | 1 |
| Richard Bull | Landlord | 1 |
| David Lewis | Dr. Bartlett | 1 |
| Bill Walker | Charlie | 1 |
| Jacqueline Scott | Eliza Waterhouse | 1 |
| H.M. Wynant | Lieutenant Waters | 1 |
| Douglas Henderson | Captain Hull | 1 |
| Sheree North | Agnes Lake | 1 |
| George Macready | Dr. Keen | 1 |
| Bernard Fox | Redcoat Lieutenant | 1 |
| Philip Abbott | Janin | 1 |
| Ian Wolfe | Brewer | 1 |
| Frank Maxwell | Connolly | 1 |
| Frank Faylen | O'Brien | 1 |
| Hampton Fancher | Fleming | 1 |
| Bernie Hamilton | Wilbur Jones | 1 |
| Mario Alcalde | Too-Chee-La | 1 |
| Torin Thatcher | General Howe | 1 |
| Torin Thatcher | Colonel Lewis Washington | 1 |
| Frank Aletter | James Welton | 1 |
| Collin Wilcox Paxton | Elizabeth Cross | 1 |
| Steven Marlo | Red Deer | 1 |
| Denver Pyle | Gen. Mills | 1 |
| J.D. Cannon | Clarence King | 1 |
| Andrew Prine | Billy the Kid | 1 |
| Woodrow Parfrey | George Bissel | 1 |
| Don Dubbins | Jason Chiles | 1 |
| Whit Bissell | Benjamin Silliman | 1 |
| George Lindsey | Hampton | 1 |
| Roy Barcroft | Dr. Anthony Thompson | 1 |
| Ivan Dixon | Sgt. Willis | 1 |
| Parley Baer | Major Beckham | 1 |
| William Fawcett | Brink | 1 |
| Ethel Waters | Rit | 1 |
| Michael Constantine | Colonel Streight | 1 |
| Walter Burke | Higgins | 1 |
| Tom Reese | Mike Williams | 1 |
| Henry Beckman | Guard Sergeant | 1 |
| Hal Needham | Recruiting Officer | 1 |
| Gina Gillespie | Ellen Howard | 1 |
| Alan Baxter | Judge | 1 |
| Edward Andrews | Mayor William March 'Boss' Tweed | 1 |
| George Mitchell | Dr. Drury | 1 |
| Patrick McVey | Dr. Crosley | 1 |
| Harry Townes | Judah P. Benjamin | 1 |
| Harry Townes | Dr. O'Reilly | 1 |
| Brock Peters | Joe Bailey | 1 |
| David White | John C. Calhoun | 1 |
| David White | Benton | 1 |
| Sean McClory | Major Carlton | 1 |
| Russell Johnson | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| Vito Scotti | Ticket Seller | 1 |
| Ossie Davis | John Ross | 1 |
| James Griffith | Harry Young | 1 |
| Jeremy Slate | Captain Nathan Hale | 1 |
| Dorothy Adams | Mrs. Woodhaven | 1 |
| Richard Eyer | Robert Jackson | 1 |
| Byron Morrow | Gen. Beauregard | 1 |
| Byron Morrow | Mayor Hall | 1 |
| Joe De Santis | General Vallejo | 1 |
| James Westerfield | Attorney Thomas Green | 1 |
| Nancy Malone | Jenny | 1 |
| Russell Collins | Watson | 1 |
| Barry Kelley | Hughes (uncredited) | 1 |
| Dick Wilson | Mr. Metcalf | 1 |
| Arthur Batanides | Pouliades | 1 |
| Arthur Batanides | Lieutenant Gomez | 1 |
| Carl Benton Reid | Trenholm | 1 |
| Valentin de Vargas | Okahatan | 1 |
| Stuart Nisbet | Businessman | 1 |
| Maxwell Reed | Major Hardwick | 1 |
| Nora Marlowe | Widow Chich | 1 |
| Sandy Kenyon | Captain James | 1 |
| Richard X. Slattery | Tucker | 1 |
| Geoffrey Horne | Wales | 1 |
| Rupert Crosse | William Still | 1 |
| Paul Burke | Capt. Richard Pratt | 1 |
| Ken Mayer | Harrison | 1 |
| Flip Mark | Andrew Jackson | 1 |
| Joel Fluellen | Newby | 1 |
| Maggie McNamara | Laura Drake | 1 |
| Len Lesser | Varnes | 1 |
| Dick Foran | Colton | 1 |
| James MacArthur | Lt. Alexander | 1 |
| James MacArthur | Rodger Young | 1 |
| Wallace Ford | Uncle Billy Smith | 1 |
| Kent Smith | William Carroll | 1 |
| Kent Smith | Grymes | 1 |
| Noel Drayton | Buchanan | 1 |