candidate: Among his television films he was featured in " Family Reunion " playing Bette Davis ' grandson ; he starred in " Small Sacrifices " ( opposite Farrah Fawcett ) which won a Peabody Award , and in Jim Goddard 's British production of " Kennedy " with Martin Sheen and Blair Brown ; Shea portrayed Robert F. Kennedy and spent six months with Goddard and Sheen to help accurately recreate the Kennedy presidency from his election to assassination .