FDR

The story

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most revered and influential Americans of this century. The subject of hundreds of books and countless plays, films, and television programs, he has become an icon for an entire generation. Until this definitive 4-hour documentary based on two books by senior creative consultant and FDR biographer Geoffrey Ward, the personal motivations and physical and emotional trails that marked his life remained elusive.

Cast

D David McCulloughNarrator F Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage) E Eleanor RooseveltSelf (archive footage) J James RooseveltSelf (archive footage) G Geoffrey C. WardSelf — Biographer C Curtis RooseveltSelf — Grandson D Doris Kearns GoodwinSelf — Biographer B Blanche Wiesen CookSelf — Eleanor Roosevelt Biographer B Bronson ChanlerSelf — Hudson Valley Neighbor E Edna GurewitschSelf — Roosevelt Family Friend E Eleanor Roosevelt SeagravesSelf — Granddaughter G Grenville ClarkSelf (archive footage)

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J James M. CoxSelf (archive footage) H Hugh GallagherSelf — Biographer E Elmer LoftinSelf — Warm Springs Resident R Robert Fulton CopelandSelf — Warm Springs Resident H H. Stuart RaperSelf — Medical Director, Warm Springs Foundation J Janice Howe RaperSelf — Physical Therapist B Ben C. FowlerSelf — Warm Springs Resident A Alice ConverseSelf — Physical Therapist D David GinsburgSelf — FDR Administration A Alonzo FieldsSelf — White House Butler H Herbert HooverSelf (archive footage) T Thomas J. WalshSelf (archive footage) J John Nance GarnerSelf (archive footage)