"Lincoln" was a 1988 American television mini-series starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on Gore Vidal’s novel. … Sam Waterston, Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Mulligan, Deborah Adair, Ruby Dee, Thomas Gibson, Tom Brennan Added on Amazon Prime 2023-07-25.