Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Gangster Chronicles' from 1970-1982:
- Allan Arbus as Goodman (1981)
- Brian Benben as Michael Lasker (1981)
- Chad Redding as Joy Osler (1981)
- David Wilson as Vincent 'Mag Dog' Coll (1981)
- E.G. Marshall as Narrator (1981)
- James Andronica as Frank Costello (1981)
- Joe Penny as Bugsy Siegel (1981)
- Jon Polito as Thomas 'Three Finger' Lucchese (1981)
- Jonathan Banks as Dutch Schultz (1981)
- Joseph Mascolo as Salvatore Maranzano (1981)
- Kathleen Lloyd as Stella Siegel (1981)
- Kenneth Tigar as Thomas E. Dewey (1981)
- Louis Giambalvo as Al Capone (1981)
- Madeleine Stowe as Ruth Lasker (1981)
- Markie Post as Chris Brennan (1981)
- Michael Nouri as Lucky Luciano (1981)
- Richard Castellano as Joe 'The Boss' Masseria (1981)
- Robert Davi as Vito Genovese (1981)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Gangster Chronicles':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Series premiere. Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel and Michael Lasker (a fictional composite of several gangland leaders) meet in 1907 while stealing money from the body of a dead gangster, then emerge as forces to be reckoned with in organized crime during the Prohibition era.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
When efforts by Luciano, Lasker and Siegel to arrange a truce in the gangland wars fail, an attempt is made on the life of Lasker and his new bride.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
After being kidnapped, tortured and released by gang boss Maranzano, Charlie (Lucky) Luciano lays low waiting for his chance to take revenge against his torturer.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Luciano masterminds the slaying of Masseria and then he, Lasker and Siegel join Maranzano's mob.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Maranzano orders Luciano, Lester and Siegel to kill Dutch Schultz.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Luciano and Lasker set up the notorious Murder, Inc. to keep themselves in power.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Season 1, episode 8
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Season 1, episode 9
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Season 1, episode 10
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Season 1, episode 11
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Luciano, Lasker and Siegel's operation is threatened by rival gangsters, a goverment commission and feuding amongst themselves.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Luciano, Lasker and Siegel agree to support Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the Democratic presidential nomination in exchange for having the investigations by soon-to-be-equally-famous Republican district attorney Thomas E. Dewey called off.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Stephen McPherson, David Assael, Art Eisenson D: Richard C. Sarafian
Bugsy Siegel sets out to kill the man who arranged an attempt on his life, and Luciano and Lasker persuade Huey Long to allow them to operate in Louisiana. (Last show of the series.)