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The American President
“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.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 10 episodes (April 9, 2000)
Cast
- Walter Cronkite as George Washington
- Morley Safer as John Adams
- Andrew Young as Thomas Jefferson
- Dale Bumpers as James Madison
- Robert MacNeil as James Monroe
- George Will as John Quincy Adams
- James Carville as Andrew Jackson
- Mario Cuomo as Martin Van Buren
- Lloyd Bentsen as William H. Harrison
- Charlie Rose as John Tyler
- Howard Baker as James K. Polk
- Tim Russert as Millard Filmore
Details
- First aired
- April 9, 2000
- Episodes
- 10
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- PBS
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 8.0 / 10 from 1 votes
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