Around the World in 80 Days 35 years old

Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC. The production garnered three nominations for Emmy awards that year. The teleplay by John Gay is based on the Jules Verne novel of the same title. Starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Julia Nickson as Princess Aouda, and Peter Ustinov as Detective Fix, the miniseries featured multiple cameo appearances, including Patrick Macnee, Simon Ward, and Christopher Lee as members of the Reform Club, and Robert Morley, who had a cameo in the 1956 film adaptation, and Roddy McDowall appear as officials of the Bank of England. Other familiar faces, credited as guest stars and in more substantial roles, include John Hillerman, Jack Klugman, Darren McGavin, Henry Gibson and John Mills. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book, and the script makes several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Louis Pasteur, Jesse James, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Queen Victoria.

Credits

Cast

Name	Character
Pierce Brosnan He was 35 , now 71 years old	as Phileas Fogg
Julia Nickson She was 30 , now 66 years old	as Prinzessin Aouda
Eric Idle He was 46 , now 81 years old	as Jean Passepartout
Christopher Lee He was 66 , 93 years old when he died	as Stuart
Darren McGavin He was 66 , 83 years old when he died	as Benjamin Mudge
John Mills He was 81 , 97 years old when he died	as Faversham
Roddy McDowall He was 60 , 70 years old when he died	as McBaines
James Sikking He was 55 , now 90 years old	as Jenks
Pernell Roberts He was 60 , 81 years old when he died	as Kapitän Speedy
Ian McNeice He was 38 , now 74 years old	as Batcular
Patrick Macnee He was 67 , 93 years old when he died	as Ralph Gautier
John Hillerman He was 56 , 84 years old when he died	as Sir Francis Commarty
Anna Massey She was 51 , 73 years old when she died	as Queen Victoria
Henry Gibson He was 53 , 73 years old when he died	as Train conductor
Robert Morley He was 80 , 84 years old when he died	as Wentworth
Jack Klugman He was 66 , 90 years old when he died	as Captain Bunsby
Arielle Dombasle She was 35 , now 71 years old	as Lucette
Lee Remick She was 53 , 55 years old when she died	as Sarah Bernhardt
Jill St. John She was 48 , now 84 years old	as Die falsche Prinzessin
Peter Ustinov He was 67 , 82 years old when he died	as Detective Wilbur Fix
Robert Wagner He was 59 , now 94 years old	as Alfred Bennett
Simon Ward He was 47 , 70 years old when he died	as Flannigan
Stephen Nichols He was 38 , now 73 years old	as Jesse James

Crew

Name	Job title
Jules Verne Writing He was 161 , 77 years old when he died	Writer
John Gay Writing He was 303 , 47 years old when he died	Writer
Buzz Kulik Directing He was 66 , 76 years old when he died	Director

Around the World in 80 Days (35 years)

Ended

First Air Date: 1989-04-16
Runtime: [120] minutes
Number of Episodes: 3