The Book of Acts Series (1957)
Overview
The Book of Acts is a 10-part series of short Bible films dramatizing the 28 chapters that comprise the Acts of the Apostles. The series was produced in 1957 by Family Films on behalf of Broadman Films, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Eddie Dew
Narrator
Carleton Young
Jesus Christ
Taylor Holmes
High Priest
Robert Brubaker
Simon Peter
Guy Prescott
James the Just
Charles Wagenheim
Crippled Man at the Temple
C. Lindsay Workman
Silas
Steve Conte
Agrippa II
Chris Drake
Phillip
Dick Foote
Timothy
Nelson Leigh
Apostle Paul / Saul of Taurus
Joseph Mell
Herod Agrippa
Thayer Roberts
Barnabas
Forrest Taylor
Ananias
Bradford Jackson
Stephen
Howard Hoffman
Tertullus
Hal Gerard
Luke
Don Gazzaniga
Julius
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