The American President

Overview

“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 Cronkite

George Washington

Morley Safer

John Adams

Andrew Young

Thomas Jefferson

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Dale Bumpers

James Madison

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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

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Howard Baker

James K. Polk

Tim Russert

Millard Filmore