Ragtime (1981)

11/20/1981 2h 35m

The passion, the violence, the birth of America's Gilded Age.

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Overview

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

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Cast Ages at Release

Brad Dourif

as Younger Brother

Born 03/18/1950, age

Howard Rollins

as Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Born 10/17/1950

Died 12/08/1996, age

Elizabeth McGovern

as Evelyn Nesbit

Born 07/18/1961, age

Mary Steenburgen

as Mother

Born 02/08/1953, age

James Olson

as Father

Born 10/08/1930

Died 04/17/2022, age

Robert Joy

as Henry Thaw

Born 08/17/1951, age

Moses Gunn

as Booker T. Washington

Born 10/02/1929

Died 12/16/1993, age

James Cagney

as New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo

Born 07/17/1899

Died 03/30/1986, age

Kenneth McMillan

as Willie Conklin

Born 07/02/1932

Died 01/08/1989, age

Pat O’Brien

as Delmas, Thaw's Lawyer

Born 11/10/1899

Died 10/15/1983, age

Donald O'Connor

as Evelyn's Dance Instructor

Born 08/28/1925

Died 09/27/2003, age

Mandy Patinkin

as Tateh

Born 11/30/1952, age

Jeffrey DeMunn

as Harry Houdini

Born 04/25/1947, age

Jeff Daniels

as P.C. O'Donnell

Born 02/19/1955, age

Fran Drescher

as Mameh

Born 09/30/1957, age

Frankie Faison

as Gang Member No. 1

Born 06/10/1949, age

Richard Griffiths

as Delmas' Assistant No. 1

Born 07/31/1947

Died 03/28/2013, age

Samuel L. Jackson

as Gang Member No. 2

Born 12/21/1948, age

Michael Jeter

as Special Reporter

Born 08/26/1952

Died 03/30/2003, age

Calvin Levels

as Gang Member No. 3

Born 09/30/1954, age

Bessie Love

as Old Lady - T.O.C.

Born 09/09/1898

Died 04/26/1986, age

Christopher Malcolm

as Police Captain No. 2

Born 08/19/1946

Died 02/15/2014, age

Zack Norman

as Gent No. 2 - Manager

Born 05/27/1940, age

Ted Ross

as Black Lawyer

Born 06/30/1934

Died 09/03/2002, age

Dorsey Wright

as Gang Member No. 4

Born 06/15/1957, age

George Harris

as Band Leader - Clef Club

Born 10/20/1949, age

Ron Weyand

as Dr. Muller

Born 02/28/1928

Died 07/17/2003, age

Barry Dennen

as Stage Manager

Born 02/22/1938

Died 09/26/2017, age

Andreas Katsulas

as Policeman No. 3

Born 05/18/1946

Died 02/13/2006, age

Ethan Phillips

as Guard at Family House

Born 02/08/1955, age

John Ratzenberger

as Policeman

Born 04/06/1947, age

Jan Tříska

as Special Reporter

Born 11/04/1936

Died 09/25/2017, age