| The White Shadow The White Shadow was a U.S. drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978 to March 16, 1981. It starred Ken Howard as a White ex-NBA basketball player (per the storyline, previously with the Chicago Bulls) who was hired as head basketball coach at Carver Higher School, a mostly Black and Hispanic urban high school in South Central Los Angeles. Cast Ken Howard - Coach Ken Reeves Joan Pringle - Vice Principal (later Principal) Sybil Buchanan Jason Bernard - Principal James Willis (pilot episode) Ed Bernard - Principal James Willis (Seasons 1 and 2) Thomas Carter - James Hayward (Seasons 1 and 2, guest-starring in Episode 54) Kevin Hooks - Morris Thorpe Nathan Cook - Milton Reese (Seasons 1 and 2, guest-starring in Episode 54) Erik Kilpatrick - Curtis Jackson (Seasons 1 and 2) Byron Stewart - Warren Coolidge Josiah Schlatter - Fran Dickerson (Season 2) Ken Michelman - Abner Goldstein (Seasons 1 and 2, guest-starring in Episode 54) Timothy Van Patten - Mario "Salami" Pettrino Ira Angustain - Ricardo "Go-Go" Gomez (Seasons 1 and 2, guest-starring in Episode 54) Russell Phillip Robinson - Team Manager Phil Jeffers Robin Pearson Rose - Katie Reeves Donahue (Seasons 1 and 2) Jerry Fogel - Bill Donahue (Seasons 1 and 2) John Mengatti - Nick Vitaglia (Seasons 2 and 3) Larry Flash Jenkins - Wardell Stone (Season 3) Stoney Jackson - Jesse B. Mitchell (Season 3) Wolfe Perry - Teddy Rutherford (Season 3) Art Holliday - Eddie Franklin (Season 3) John Laughlin - Paddy Falahey (Season 3) Roosevelt Grier - Wrestling Coach Ezra Davis (Season 3) |