The Education of Max Bickford

The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who portrayed the young Lester Bickford, Max's son. Max's colleagues included Marcia Gay Harden as Andrea Haskell, his former student who had recently joined the faculty, and Helen Shaver as his best friend Erica, previously known as Steve before her transition. Max's daughter Nell, played by Katee Sackhoff, attended the college.

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  Richard Dreyfuss

  Max Bickford
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  Marcia Gay Harden

  Andrea Haskell
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  Regina Taylor

  Judith Bryant
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  Katee Sackhoff

  Nell Bickford
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  Stephen Spinella

  Rex Pinsker
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  Bonnie Dennison

  Hannah Grunwald
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  Patrick Fabian

  Josh Howlett