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 Albert Stratton as Thomas Jefferson John Tillinger as King George III Kathryn Walker as Abigail Smith Adams Nancy Marchand as Mrs. Smith Robert Symonds as Benjamin Franklin W.B. Brydon as Samuel Adams Curt Dawson as John Hancock J.C. Powell as Charles Adams (Boy) John Wylie as John Dickinson William Shust as Patrick Henry Marcel Trenchard as John Quincy Adams (Boy) Reno Roop as Josiah Quincy