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The Sacketts is a 1979 American made-for-television Western miniseries directed by Robert Totten and starring Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Jeff Osterhage, and Glenn Ford.Based on the novels The Daybreakers (1960) and Sackett (1961) by Louis L'Amour, the film recounts the story of the Sackett brothers in 1869 who leave their Tennessee home and start a new life together in Santa Fe.
Osterhage is of German descent, and began his acting career in a television adaptation of True Grit in 1978 and starred in the 1979 TV movie The Legend of the Golden Gun. He is probably most recognizable to western fans in his role as Tyrel Sackett in the 1979 western The Sacketts , followed by the 1982 The Shadow Riders , both being film ...
The Sacketts was a two-part TV movie broadcast on May 15 and 16, 1979, based on the novels The Daybreakers and Sackett. It starred Sam Elliott as Tell Sackett, Tom Selleck as Orrin, and Jeff Osterhage as Tyrel, but also featured parts for Western movie veterans, including Glenn Ford , Gilbert Roland , Jack Elam , Slim Pickens , Pat Buttram ...
The Visitor (1979) as Det. Jake Durham; The Sacketts (1979, TV miniseries) as Tom Sunday; Beggarman, Thief (1979, TV Movie) as David Donnelly; The Gift (1979, TV Movie) as Billy Devlin; Day of the Assassin (1979) as Christakis; Virus (1980) as President Richardson; Happy Birthday to Me (1981) as Dr. David Faraday; My Town (1986, TV Series) as ...
Ana Alicia Ortiz Torres (born December 12, 1956) [1] is a Mexican-American retired actress who performed in theatre and on television. After getting her television start by spending a year on the daytime soap-opera Ryan's Hope, she gained international recognition for her role as scheming vineyard heiress Melissa Agretti on the long-running primetime soap opera Falcon Crest which she portrayed ...
Date Event January 3 The USA Network is founded.: January 10 The Music for UNICEF Concert is televised from New York City on NBC.: February 11 In the U.S., 43 million viewers watch Elvis, an ABC movie starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, despite being the first Elvis biopic film ever made.
The Sacketts (1979, TV movie) - Benson Bigelow; Sourdough (1981) - Narrator; The Shadow Riders (1982, TV Movie) - Colonel Holiday Hammond (Gunrunner) Travis McGee (1983, TV movie) - Meyer; Blame It on the Night (1984) - Extra (uncredited) The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory (1987, TV movie) - McGregor; Once Upon a Texas Train (1988, TV movie) - Fargo ...
Ruth Roman (born Norma Roman; December 22, 1922 – September 9, 1999) [3] was an American actress of film, stage, and television.. After playing stage roles on the East Coast, Roman moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in films.