Benjamin Franklin (miniseries)

Benjamin Franklin
Written by	Howard Fast Loring Mandel
Directed by	Glenn Jordan
Starring	Willie Aames Eddie Albert Beau Bridges Melvyn Douglas Richard Widmark
Theme music composer	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producer(s)	Lewis Freedman George Lefferts
Running time	360 minutes
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	November 21, 1974

Benjamin Franklin is a 1974 American television miniseries that chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin. It was broadcast by CBS and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series.

Cast

Willie Aames as Franklin at age 12
Beau Bridges as Franklin the young man
Eddie Albert as Franklin the diplomat
Richard Widmark as Franklin the rebel
Melvyn Douglas as Franklin the elder statesman

External links

Benjamin Franklin at the Internet Movie Database

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries

1973–present

Tom Brown's Schooldays (1973)
Columbo: Double Exposure (1974)
Benjamin Franklin (1975)
Upstairs, Downstairs (1976)
Roots (1977)
Holocaust (1978)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1980)
Shōgun (1981)
Marco Polo (1982)
Nicholas Nickleby (1983)
Concealed Enemies (1984)
The Jewel in the Crown (1985)
Peter the Great (1986)
A Year in the Life (1987)
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
War and Remembrance (1989)
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990)
Separate but Equal (1991)
A Woman Named Jackie (1992)
Prime Suspect 2 (1993)
Prime Suspect 3 (1994)
Joseph (1995)
Gulliver's Travels (1996)
Prime Suspect 5 (1997)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1999)
The Corner (2000)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
Band of Brothers (2002)
Taken (2003)
Angels in America (2004)
The Lost Prince (2005)
Elizabeth I (2006)
Broken Trail (2007)
John Adams (2008)
Little Dorrit (2009)
The Pacific (2010)
Fargo (2014)
Olive Kitteridge (2015)

Miniseries or Movie

Downton Abbey (2011)
Game Change (2012)
Behind the Candelabra (2013)

Benjamin Franklin

January 6, 1706 – April 17, 1790 President of Pennsylvania (1785–1788), Ambassador to France (1779–1785) Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)

Founding of the United States	'Join, or Die' (1754 political cartoon) Albany Plan of Union Albany Congress Hutchinson Letters Affair Committee of Secret Correspondence Committee of Five Declaration of Independence Model Treaty Franco-American alliance Treaty of Amity and Commerce Treaty of Alliance Staten Island Peace Conference Treaty of Paris, 1783 Delegate, 1787 Constitutional Convention Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly Postmaster General Founding Fathers

Inventions, other events	Franklin's electrostatic machine Bifocals Franklin stove Glass armonica Gulf Stream exploration, naming, and chart Lightning rod Kite experiment Pay it forward Associators 111th Infantry Regiment Junto club American Philosophical Society Library Company of Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hospital The Academy and College of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Contributionship Union Fire Company Early American currency United States Postal Service President, Pennsylvania Abolition Society Master, Les Neuf Sœurs Other social contributions and studies Gravesite

Writings	Silence Dogood letters (1722) A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725) Pennsylvania Gazette (1729–1790) Poor Richard's Almanack (1732–1758) "Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress" (1745) "The Speech of Polly Baker" (1747) Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. (1751) Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751) Birch letters (1755) The Way to Wealth (1758) Pennsylvania Chronicle (1767) Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773) Proposed alliance with the Iroquois (1775) A Letter To A Royal Academy (1781) Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America (1784) The Morals of Chess (1786) An Address to the Public (1789) A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771–90, pub. 1791) Bagatelles and Satires (pub. 1845) Franklin as a journalist

Legacy	Franklin Court Benjamin Franklin House Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Franklin Institute Benjamin Franklin Medal Depicted in The Apotheosis of Washington Benjamin Franklin statue, Washington D.C. In popular culture Ben and Me (1953 short) Ben Franklin in Paris (1964 musical play) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) Benjamin Franklin (1974 miniseries) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) Benjamin Franklin (2002 documentary series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Sons of Liberty (2015 miniseries) Sons of Ben (supporters group for the Philadelphia Union soccer club Franklin half dollar One-hundred dollar bill Washington-Franklin stamps other stamps Cities, counties, schools named for Franklin Franklin Field State of Franklin Ships named USS Franklin Ben Franklin effect

Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment The New-England Courant The American Museum magazine American Revolution patriots Syng inkstand

Family	Deborah Read (wife) Sarah Franklin Bache (daughter) Francis Franklin (son) William Franklin (son) Richard Bache Jr. (grandson) Benjamin F. Bache (grandson) Louis F. Bache (grandson) William Franklin (grandson) Andrew Harwood (great-grandson) Alexander Bache (great-grandson) Josiah Franklin (father) Jane Mecom (sister) James Franklin (brother) Mary Morrill (grandmother) Peter Foulger (grandfather) Richard Bache (son-in-law) Ann Smith Franklin (sister-in-law)

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