The American President (2000)
“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 American PresidentDocumentary
Cast
- Walter Cronkite — George Washington
- Morley Safer — John Adams
- Andrew Young — Thomas Jefferson
- Dale Bumpers — James Madison
- Robert MacNeil — James Monroe
- George Will — John Quincy Adams
- James Carville — Andrew Jackson
- Mario Cuomo — Martin Van Buren
- Lloyd Bentsen — William H. Harrison
- Charlie Rose — John Tyler
- Howard Baker — James K. Polk
- Tim Russert — Millard Filmore
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