Series
The American President
- Creator
- James A. Edgar
- Year
- 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.
Episodes
Top 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
Sargent Shriver
Franklin Pierce
David Gergen
James Buchanan
Paul Simon
Abraham Lincoln
Don Imus
Andrew Johnson
Norman Schwarzkopf
Ulysses S. Grant
John Glenn
Rutherford B. Hayes
Created by
James A. Edgar
Directed by
James A. Edgar