“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.
Top 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
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