About the TV Show
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Marco Polo
First Air Date: December 05, 1982
| First Aired on | : | 1982 |
| Status | : | Ended |
| Created By | : | |
| Networks | : | NBC |
| Genres | : | Drama,Action & Adventure |
| Seasons/Episodes | : | 8 episodes in 1 Seasons |
Marco Polo is an American-Italian television miniseries originally broadcast by NBC in the United States, by Antenne 2 in France and by RAI in Italy in 1982. It starred Kenneth Marshall as Marco Polo, the 13th-century Venetian merchant and explorer. The series also featured appearances by Denholm Elliott, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Ian McShane, Leonard Nimoy, and others. It was originally broadcast in four episodes, where episodes 1 and 4 were twice as long as episodes 2 and 3. The series is sometimes divided into six equally long episodes.
Seasons
Main Actors
Ken Marshall
Character : Marco Polo
Denholm Elliott
Character : Niccolò Polo
Tony Vogel
Character : Matteo Polo
Anne Bancroft
Character : Marcos Mutter
John Gielgud
Character : Doge di Venezia
Burt Lancaster
Character : Teobaldo Visconti
Leonard Nimoy
Character : Achmet
Mario Adorf
Character : Giovanni
F. Murray Abraham
Character : Jacopo
Bruno Corazzari
Character : Agostino
Tony Lo Bianco
Character : Nicola Polo
John Houseman
Character : Patriarca di Aquileia
Sada Thompson
Character : Aunt Flora
David Warner
Character : Antonio Rustico
Ruocheng Ying
Character :
Ian McShane
Character : Ali Ben Yussouf
James Hong
Character : Phagspa
Tiffany Brissette
Character :
Tad Horino
Character : The Immortal
Jim Lau
Character :
Jack Ong
Character :
Patrick Mower
Character : Brother Damian
Rate Furlan
Character : Senator
Angelo Pellegrino
Character : Monk
Franco Fantasia
Character : Venetian Captain
Francesco Filippo Fassina
Character : Papal Secretary
Renato D'Amore
Character : Messenger
Rodolfo Marcenaro
Character : Merchant
Carlo Nardone
Character : Sailor
Lorenzo Rizzato
Character : Venetian Nobleman
Beulah Quo
Character : Empress Chabi
Junichi Ishida
Character : Prince Chinkin
Gordon Mitchell
Character : Arnolfo, Jailer
Enzo Spitaleri
Character : Senator
Bruno Zanin
Character : Giulio
John Dicks
Character : Brother Philip
Lao Lin
Character : Bayan
Soon-Tek Oh
Character : Wang Zhu
Zaibao Yang
Character : Yang Ku
Tetsurō Tamba
Character : Saiamon
Gino Santercole
Character : Giuseppe
Riccardo Cucciolla
Character : Uncle Zane
Vernon Dobtcheff
Character : Prosecutor
Vladek Sheybal
Character : Prosecutor
Jesse Dizon
Character : Novice Lama
Marilù Tolo
Character : Donna Fiammetta
Jack Watson
Character : Old Sailor
Paul Müller
Character : Brother Anselmo
Enzo Robutti
Character : Cardinal
Renato Scarpa
Character : Brother Thomas
Corrado Gaipa
Character : Senator
Andrew Keir
Character : Old Shepherd
William Squire
Character : Inn-Keeper
John Karlsen
Character : Judge
Georgia Slowe
Character : Caterina
Sada Thompson
Character : zia Flora
Naren Hua
Character :
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