<P> North and South (1985) also featured many well - known actors as guest stars, including Elizabeth Taylor as bordello proprietor Madam Conti, David Carradine as the sadistic Justin LaMotte, Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln, Gene Kelly as Bent's father Senator Charles Edwards, Robert Mitchum as Colonel Patrick Flynn, M.D., Johnny Cash as abolitionist John Brown, Jean Simmons as Orry's mother Clarissa Main, Mitchell Ryan as Orry's father Tillet Main, John Anderson as George's father William Hazard, Jonathan Frakes as George's older brother Stanley Hazard, Inga Swenson as George's mother Maude Hazard, Robert Guillaume as abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Morgan Fairchild as Burdetta Halloran, David Ogden Stiers as Congressman Sam Greene, and Olivia Cole as Madeline's devoted but doomed servant Maum Sally . John Jakes' wife Rachel also made an appearance in Episode 6 as Lincoln's wife Mary . North and South: Book II (1986) saw the return of Carradine as LaMotte, Holbrook as Lincoln, and Stiers as Congressman Greene, as well as new guests Lloyd Bridges as Jefferson Davis, Anthony Zerbe as Ulysses S. Grant, Nancy Marchand as Dorothea Dix, James Stewart as Miles Colbert, Wayne Newton as Captain Thomas Turner, and William Schallert as Robert E. Lee, with Linda Evans as Rose Sinclair and Olivia de Havilland as Mrs. Neal . 1994's Heaven and Hell featured Peter O'Toole as "louche actor" Sam Trump and Billy Dee Williams as Francis Cardozo . </P> <P> Filming of the miniseries resulted in four marriages among the cast and crew . Read and Kilbourne, who played opposite each other, married in 1988 and now have two children . Frakes and Francis, who had previously played opposite each other on the failed NBC soap Bare Essence, also married in 1988 . Lesley - Anne Down married assistant cameraman Don E. FauntLeRoy in 1986 . They met during filming of Book I when both were married to other people, and eventually obtained divorces . Garber married screenwriter Chris Hager, whom she met in 1985 when he worked as a grip on the set of North and South: Book II . They had a daughter, Molly, in 1986, and later divorced . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Character </Th> <Th> North and South 1985 </Th> <Th> North and South: Book II 1986 </Th> <Th> Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III 1994 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Orry Main </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Patrick Swayze </Td> <Td> Patrick Swayze (archive / uncredited) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Hazard </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> James Read </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madeline Fabray </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Lesley - Anne Down </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Constance Flynn </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Wendy Kilbourne </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Virgilia Hazard </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Kirstie Alley </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ashton Main Young Ashton Young Ashton </Td> <Td> Terri Garber Temi Epstein (Ep. 1) Stephanie Jolluck (Ep. 2) </Td> <Td> Terri Garber </Td> <Td> Terri Garber </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brett Main Young Brett Young Brett </Td> <Td> Genie Francis Nikki Creswell (Ep. 1) Melissa Manley (Ep. 2) </Td> <Td> Genie Francis </Td> <Td> Genie Francis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Elkanah Bent </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Philip Casnoff </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Charles Main </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Lewis Smith </Td> <Td> Kyle Chandler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Billy Hazard Young Billy </Td> <Td> John Stockwell Cary Guffey (Ep. 1) </Td> <Td> Parker Stevenson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stanley Hazard </Td> <Td_colspan="3"> Jonathan Frakes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isabel Truscott Hazard </Td> <Td> Wendy Fulton </Td> <Td> Mary Crosby </Td> <Td> Deborah Rush </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Justin LaMotte </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> David Carradine </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clarissa Gault Main </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Jean Simmons </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maude Hazard </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Inga Swenson </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Burdetta Halloran </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Morgan Fairchild </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Congressman Sam Greene </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> David Ogden Stiers </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Huntoon </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Jim Metzler </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Salem Jones </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Tony Frank </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Priam </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> David Harris </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Semiramis </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Erica Gimpel </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cuffey </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Forest Whitaker </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ned Fisk </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Andrew Stahl </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maum Sally </Td> <Td> Olivia Cole </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madam Conti </Td> <Td> Elizabeth Taylor </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Garrison Grady </Td> <Td> Georg Stanford Brown </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tillet Main </Td> <Td> Mitchell Ryan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Hazard </Td> <Td> John Anderson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ironworker </Td> <Td> Ray Spruell </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Barman </Td> <Td> Ronnie Stutes </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Augusta Barclay </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kate McNeil </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rafe Baudeen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lee Horsley </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Miles Colbert </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Stewart </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mrs. Neal </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Olivia de Havilland </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rose Sinclair </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Linda Evans </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Captain Thomas Turner </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wayne Newton </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ezra </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beau Billingslea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lt. Rudy Bodford </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Michael Dudikoff </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lt. Stephen Kent </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Whip Hubley </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hope Hazard </Td> <Td> uncredited </Td> <Td> Jennifer and Michele Steffin </Td> <Td> Mary Elizabeth McCae </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sam Trump </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter O'Toole </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Willa Parker </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rya Kihlstedt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Prudence Chaffee </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mariette Hartley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Adolphus </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rip Torn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cooper Main </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Wagner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Judith Stafford Main </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cathy Lee Crosby </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Will Fenway </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tom Noonan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gus Main </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> uncredited </Td> <Td> Cameron Finley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Scar </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gregory Zaragoza </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Running Wolf </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ted Thin Elk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gettys LaMotte </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cliff De Young </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jack Quinlan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Woody Watson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Isaac </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stan Shaw </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jane </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sharon Washington </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="4"> Historical figures </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Person </Th> <Th> Book I 1985 </Th> <Th> Book II 1986 </Th> <Th> Book III 1994 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Abraham Lincoln </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Hal Holbrook </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mary Todd Lincoln </Td> <Td> Rachel Jakes (uncredited) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ulysses S. Grant </Td> <Td> Mark Moses </Td> <Td> Anthony Zerbe </Td> <Td> Rutherford Cravens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frederick Douglass </Td> <Td> Robert Guillaume </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Brown </Td> <Td> Johnny Cash </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George B. McClellan </Td> <Td> Chris Douridas </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Pickett </Td> <Td> Cody W. Hampton </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson </Td> <Td> William Preston Daly </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hiram Berdan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kurtwood Smith </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jefferson Davis </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lloyd Bridges </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Robert E. Lee </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Schallert </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dorothea Dix </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nancy Marchand </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Francis Cardozo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Billy Dee Williams </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Major Anderson </Td> <Td> James Rebhorn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Character </Th> <Th> North and South 1985 </Th> <Th> North and South: Book II 1986 </Th> <Th> Heaven and Hell: North and South Book III 1994 </Th> </Tr>

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