Series synopsis
Centennial is an American action & adventure drama western television series that premiered on NBC on October 1, 1978. It ended on February 4, 1979. It stars Robert Conrad, Richard Chamberlain, Raymond Burr and Sally Kellerman.
The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.
Premise
The economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late 1970s.
Premise: Their Passion Blazed Across Seven Generations
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Robert Conrad as Pasquinel
- Richard Chamberlain as Alexander McKeag
- Raymond Burr as James Clark
- Sally Kellerman as Lise Bockweiss
- Barbara Carrera as Clay Basket
- Richard Crenna as Colonel Frank Skimmerhorn
- Donald Pleasence as Sam Purchas
- Alex Karras as Hans Brumbaugh
Supporting cast
- Lynn Redgrave as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe
- Chad Everett as Major Maxwell Mercy
- Stephanie Zimbalist as Elly Zendt
- Brian Keith as Sheriff Axel Dumire
- Dennis Weaver as R.J. Poteet
- Mark Harmon as Captain John McIntosh
- Cliff DeYoung as John Skimmerhorn
- Gregory Harrison as Levi Zendt
- Pernell Roberts as General Asher
- Timothy Dalton as Oliver Seccombe
- Andy Griffith as Professor Lewis Vernor
- David Janssen as Narrator
Guest cast
- James Best
- Robert Phalen as Rev. Holly
- Alan Napier as Lord Venneford
- Michael Ansara as Lame Beaver
- Joaquín Martínez as Capt. Salcedo
- Julio Medina as Father Gravez
- Clive Revill as Finlay Perkin
- Greg Mullavey as Mule Canby
- Geoffrey Lewis as Sheriff Bogardus
- Morgan Paull as Philip Wendell as Adult
- Julie Sommars as Alice Grebe
- William Bogert as Walter Bellamy
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | October 1, 1978 | February 4, 1979 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Only the Rocks Live Forever A feisty Quebec trapper meets Arapaho Chief Lame Beaver in his travels throughout the American West. Thus beginning a series of relationships that create a timeline of adventures from the late 1700's to the 20th century. On a trip to St. Louis to sell his wares, he encounters the wealthy silversmith Herman Bockweiss (Raymond Burr) and enters a partnership with him to bring guns and silver to the Indians. He agrees to marry Bockweiss' daughter Lise (Sally Kellerman) and leaves shortly thereafter to return to his trapping trade. He encounters and saves the life of his future partner, Alexander McKeag (Richard Chamberlain), a Scotsman attempting to escape his past. They make their way to an Arapaho camp where McKeag, who has been injured, is tended by Chief Lame Beaver's daughter, Clay Basket (Barbara Carrera). They fall in love, but she instead marries Pasquinel at her father's request. Accompanied by Clay Basket, the partners set out in search of Pasquinel's true desire - gold. |
October 1, 1978 |
| 2 |
The Yellow Apron In spite of mounting tensions between the races, Pasquinel, McKeag and the Indians continue a profitable releationship in trading. Clay Basket bears Pasquinel two sons, Jacques and Marcel, while back in St. Louis, Lise gives birth to Pasquinel's daughter, Lisette. Pasquinel continues his obsessive search for Lame Beaver's gold, while McKeag and Clay Basket are secretly in love with each other, but her honor in marriage to Pasquinel won't allow her to reveal it to McKeag. |
October 8, 1978 |
| 3 |
The Wagon and the Elephant 1845: In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, young Mennonite Levi Zendt heads out west with his bride-to-be Elly Zamm. On the wagon train and in St. Louis they meet young English writer Oliver Seccombe and Army Captain Maxwell Mercy - who is married to Lisette, Pasquinel's daughter. McKeag weds Clay Basket and adopts her half-breed daughter Lucinda. While on the wagon train, guide Samuel Purchase tries to rape Elly, causing Levi and Elly to leave it, meeting McKeag and later establish the settlement of the town Centennial. |
October 28, 1978 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 1, 1978 |
| Last aired | February 4, 1979 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Status | ended |