The Walking Dead- your 1970s TV movie cast

[fallensaviour]

Alright heres my entry;

Rick-James Brolin
Lori-Adrienne Barbeau
Shane-Martin Sheen/Jack Lord
Carl-Jackie Earl Haley
Sophia- Kristy McNichol
Daryl- Robert Vaughn
Dale-Jack Klugman
Andrea-Catherine Bach
Herschel-Lorne Greene
Glenn- Mako
T-Dog- Fred Williamson
Michonne- Pam Grier/Jayne Kennedy
Merle-Chuck Connors
Governor-Robert Culp

[Hector]

I think we have a winner!!!!! ^^^^^^^^^^

[HumanWolfman]

You need Darren McGavin, Lara Parker and JoAnn Phlug to have a hit.

[StrangeVisitor]

I think that a young Jan Michael Vincent had the right anti-establishment/bada$$ feel to be cast as Daryl.

Since Ken Foree was a little too on the nose, I was going to suggest Bill Duke for T-Dog but he was better known in the 80's so how about...



Yaphet Kotto.



Louise Lasser (from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) as Lori.



He's already got experience playing a cop so Kent McCord as Rick.



Kristy McNichol is a good pick but has a little too much 'tude even as a kid, how about Kim Richards as Sophia.



Bringing a different vibe to Carl would be Scott Jacoby.



For Dale I felt Burgess Meredith too obvious and went with Barnard Hughes.



And lastly as Andrea, the vastly under-utilized in the 1970s - JoAnna Cameron.

edit: I hate to leave this half done - plus I came up with perfect 70s Glenn, so here's the rest of the cast:



As an alternate to the unbeatable Pam Grier - the bad-azz & beautiful Gloria Hendry as Michonne.



Another Governor hailing from the UK - Patrick McGoohan.



Tom Laughlin (Billy Jack) as Shane



Kris Kristofferson as Merle (and he'd already played JMV's brother in Vigilante Force).



Buddy Ebsen as Herschel



Lastly (again) as Glenn - Brian Tochi of Omega Man, Anna and the King (TV series), Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan and Razzmatazz.

[johnnystorm]

Those are great picks!

[StrangeVisitor]

...and picturing zombie CNR makes me giggle. Especially wiggling his glasses & moaning in that voice!

[StrangeVisitor]

Finished my formerly incomplete cast on pg2.

[fallensaviour]

Great picks ,I had debated on putting Tom Laughlin in for the Governor.