Ike
Creator
Melville Shavelson
Ike, also known as Ike: The War Years, is a 1979 television miniseries about the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The screenplay by Melville Shavelson is based on Kay Summersby's 1948 memoir Eisenhower Was My Boss and her 1975 autobiography, Past Forgetting: My Love Affair. The series aired from May 3–6, 1979 on ABC.
During World War II, General Dwight D. 'Ike' Eisenhower serves as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe. On a personal level, he has an extramarital affair with his driver Kay Summersby.
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Country
United States of America
Status
Ended
Cast
Lowell Thomas
Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Robert Duvall
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower · 3 eps
William Schallert
Gen. Mark Clark · 3 eps
Paul Gleason
Capt. Ernest 'Tex' Lee · 3 eps
Lee Remick
Kay Summersby · 3 eps
Darren McGavin
Gen. George S. Patton · 3 eps
Ian Richardson
FM Sir Bernard Montgomery · 3 eps
Dana Andrews
Gen. George C. Marshall · 3 eps
J.D. Cannon
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith · 3 eps
Jonathan Banks
Sergeant · 1 eps
Wensley Pithey
Winston Churchill · 3 eps
Vincent Marzello
Mickey McKeogh · 3 eps
Tony Clarkin
US Sergeant (uncredited) · 3 eps
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Stephen Roberts
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 3 eps
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Major Wiley
Sgt. Moaney · 3 eps
Richard Herd
Gen. Omar Bradley · 2 eps
Vernon Dobtcheff
Gen. Charles DeGaulle · 2 eps
Bonnie Bartlett
Mary 'Mamie' Eisenhower (née Doud) · 2 eps
Francis Matthews
Noël Coward · 2 eps
David de Keyser
FM Sir Alan Brooke · 2 eps
Clifton Jones
Sgt. Hunt · 2 eps
Charles Gray
Gen. 'Freddie' de Guingand · 1 eps
Whit Bissell
Admiral · 1 eps
K Callan
Mrs. Wetserfield · 1 eps
Martin Jarvis
King George VI · 1 eps
Julia McKenzie
Sibyl Bryan · 1 eps
William Boyett
Gen. Ward Hoffenberg · 1 eps
Laurence Luckinbill
Maj. Richard Arnold · 1 eps
Wolfgang Preiss
Gen. Alfred Jodl · 1 eps
Joe Unger
Private · 1 eps
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Episode Guide
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2Part 2
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From the same creator: Melville Shavelson
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