Guest Stars George Grizzard as John Adams Tim Wilson as John Adams II (Younger) Michael O'Hare as Richard Cranch Allan Carlsen as John Adams II K.C. Ligon as Fanny John Tillinger as King George III Kathryn Walker as Abigail Smith Adams Nancy Marchand as Mrs. Smith Curt Dawson as John Hancock W.B. Brydon as Samuel Adams John Houseman as Justice Gridley James Noble as Jonathan Sewall Addison Powell as The Reverend Smith