Mayday
2003 · Documentary · Drama
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TV series / 2000
The American President
Episode directors
James A. Edgar
“The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with Presidents Clinton, Bush, Ford, and Carter. Well known figures lend their voice to presidents of the past who lived before sound recordings, including: Colin Powell, Bob Dole, Walter Cronkite, Ben Bradlee, John Glenn, James Carville, Andrew Young, and the Rev. Billy Graham. Narrated by Hugh Sidey.
The story
“The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with Presidents Clinton, Bush, Ford, and Carter. Well known figures lend their voice to presidents of the past who lived before sound recordings, including: Colin Powell, Bob Dole, Walter Cronkite, Ben Bradlee, John Glenn, James Carville, Andrew Young, and the Rev. Billy Graham. Narrated by Hugh Sidey.
The seasons
Season 1
Season 1
Season details
“The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with Presidents Clinton, Bush, Ford, and Carter. Well known figures lend their voice to presidents of the past who lived before sound recordings, including: Colin Powell, Bob Dole, Walter Cronkite, Ben Bradlee, John Glenn, James Carville, Andrew Young, and the Rev. Billy Graham. Narrated by Hugh Sidey.
Cast
Walter CronkiteGeorge Washington
Morley SaferJohn Adams
Andrew YoungThomas Jefferson
Dale BumpersJames Madison
Robert MacNeilJames Monroe
George WillJohn Quincy Adams
James CarvilleAndrew Jackson
Mario CuomoMartin Van Buren
Lloyd BentsenWilliam H. Harrison
Charlie RoseJohn Tyler
Howard BakerJames K. Polk
Tim RussertMillard Filmore
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Sargent ShriverFranklin Pierce
David GergenJames Buchanan
Paul SimonAbraham Lincoln
Don ImusAndrew Johnson
Norman SchwarzkopfUlysses S. Grant
John GlennRutherford B. Hayes
Billy GrahamJames Garfield
Dan RostenkowskiChester A. Arthur
Lowell WeickerGrover Cleveland
Alexander HaigBenjamin Harrison
George ShultzWilliam McKinley
William F. Buckley Jr.Theodore Roosevelt
Colin PowellWilliam H. Taft
George MitchellWoodrow Wilson
Ben BradleeWarren G. Harding
Bill WeldCalvin Coolidge
Bob DoleHerbert Hoover
Gerald FordSelf
Jimmy CarterSelf
George H. W. BushSelf
Bill ClintonSelf
James Roosevelt Jr.Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom WickerZachary Taylor (voice)
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